With USD 10 billion investment committed in telecom infrastructure, and 100 percent teledensity planned, the Indian telecom equipment vendors can only look upward over the next couple of years. With…Read More
The future for electronic T&M looks bright but will not be without counter-pressures, including intense price pressure and the transition from hardware to software. In 2017, the electronic test and…Read More
Telecommunications in India has emerged as a key driver of economic and social development in an increasingly knowledge intensive global scenario. The telecom infrastructure facilitates connectivity of 1.2 billion subscribers…Read More
Bharti Airtel is one of the world’s leading providers of telecommunication services with significant presence in 16 countries, representing India, Sri Lanka, and 14 countries in Africa. The company’s diversified…Read More
The state-run telecom operator, BSNL claims that it has outperformed private sector rivals such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular in net subscriber additions, when over 11.3 million…Read More
The other state-owned telco, MTNL, operates only in Mumbai and Delhi in India, and in Mauritius, so its scale of cash flow is significantly lower than that of BSNL. The…Read More
Reliance Communications (RCom) has exited the flagship wireless businesses. It has hived-off its fiber and related infrastructure assets worth of Rs 3000 crore to Reliance Jio, with 178,000 km fiber transferred…Read More
Reliance Jio disrupted the telecom sector when it launched its services in September 2016, triggering a wave of consolidation in one of the world’s most crowded telecom markets. Perhaps some…Read More
Tata Teleservices (TTSL and TTML) are in the process of merging their consumer mobile business (CMB) with Bharti Airtel (and Bharti Hexacom). Shareholders of Bharti Airtel have approved the merger…Read More
Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, two of India’s leading operators partnered together on August 31, 2018 to form Vodafone Idea Limited, building a company of international repute, scale, and standards….Read More
No doubt, India must not get left behind when it comes to 5G, as it did at the time of 2G, 3G, and 4G, but the question is, are the…Read More
September 27, 2018 was a landmark day for the Indian telecom industry. The Union Cabinet approved the National Digital Communications Policy – 2018 and re-designated the Telecom Commission as the…Read More
The draft of the National Digital Communications Policy 2018 is a bold attempt to ensure India’s transition to a digitally empowered economy and create a vibrant competitive telecom market to…Read More
Digital transformation is a state of being; it is not something with definitive beginning and ending points, but a constant state of motion. Digital transformation is more than a buzzword;…Read More
While telecom service providers see the big opportunity IoT offers, given the current financial health of the telecom sector they may be able to immerse in it completely only after a couple of years.
Stakeholders in the telecom value chain must capitalize on the potential of new age technologies and help drive transformational changes that go beyond their core business.
3GPP is becoming increasingly important as the mobile ecosystem expands beyond smartphones.
In the competitive telecom services scenario that has emerged over the last couple of years, the Indian market seems to be in no mood for MVNOs.
The industry is now consolidating on subscriber base.
3300-4200 MHz Emerges Globally as a Key Spectrum Range
July 1, 2017 is a defining day in India’s history of tax reforms. No country as large and complex as India has attempted a tax reform of this scale. The net impact of GST on prices of telecom products and services remains to be seen.
New innovations in G.fast and fiber-to-the-distribution-point (FTTdp) enable next-generation bandwidth coupled with a fiber-deep solution without committing to a full fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) installation.
Gigabit LTE has the potential to accelerate 5G rollout as it is a true stepping stone to 5G. Carriers will be able to take advantage of both 4G and 5G networks with a layer of Gigabit coverage everywhere. For carriers, this means a more economical road to 5G.
Brand Finance has ranked the most valuable telecom brands globally, bridging the gap between the marketing and financial worlds for 2016.
Operators will invest heavily in the advancement of LTE standards, rather than going all-in on 5G before it has been fully standardized.
Mobile frauds are areas of great concern for companies as 40–45 percent of financial transactions are done via mobile devices, and this threat is expected to grow to 60–65 percent by 2017. Credit and debit card fraud cases top the chart of cybercrimes.
