The teleco is reportedly setting up two earth stations in Mumbai and Nagpur, and will set up two mini hubs in Leh and Port Blair for the latest satellite backhaul-based services that will provide connectivity in areas like the North East, Jammu and Kashmir Uttaranchal, Andaman Nicobar, and Lakshadweep.

Aruna Sundararajan is setting the agenda for the telecom sector's next phase of growth.

The transition from 4G to 5G will be a software transition so it can be done much faster, says Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan.

TRAI has not only recommended a steep cut of 43 per cent in the base price for the premium 700 MHz band spectrum - coveted for high-speed data services like 4G - but also called for the auction of the \"entire available spectrum\".

RBI increases repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%, maintains 'neutral' stanceThe RBI's Monetary Policy Committee, during its by-monthly meeting on Wednesday, increased the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent from the previous rate of 6.25 per cent. This is the second hike in the interest rate after four years of continuous halt by the central bank. This time too, the MPC again maintained the neutral stance to achieve the medium-term target for inflation of 4 per cent in ...

With Internet of Things (IoT), 5G connectivity and automation, a future of possibilities is at our doorstep.

The EU found that the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit illegally bolstered its dominance in the mobile business since 2011 by forcing Android device makers to pre-install Google Search and its Chrome browser together with its Google Play app store.

OnePlus 6 Red Edition will go on its first sale today. The new variant was launched earlier this month. The Red Edition of OnePlus 6 will be available from Rs 39,999.

Operators like Reliance Jio, for obvious reasons, have raised concerns over the bid process.

South Korea has just capped the maximum working hours in a week to  40, plus 12 hours of overtime, making it 52; India's telecom department has decided that Andaman & Nicobar islands will only have 2G services; the nation's largest life insurer, LIC, has decided to acquire a majority stake in the hugely loss-making IDBI Bank. BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey explains this and more on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

OnePlus 6 is currently available in five variants in the Indian market which also includes the silky white and Avengers special edition. However, OnePlus has unveiled an all new colour Red for the device.

The acquisition of open telecom solutions provider Radisys by Reliance Industries is subject to statutory and regulatory approvals and nod of Radisys' shareholders. The deal is slated to close in the fourth quarter of 2018.

OnePlus to develop the first 5G smartphoneThe next OnePlus device might very well be the first 5GB smartphone ever. Talking at Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, OnePlus chief Pete Lau said that the company is exploring its partnership with Qualcomm to develop one of the first 5G phones. The launch of the next OnePlus flagship, which is likely to be called OnePlus 7, will be in sync with the first yeatr of 5G in the US. OnePlus is also looking into carrier deals in the United St...

OnePlus to develop the first 5G smartphone; Redmi 6 Pro launched in China; Xiaomi sells a million units of Mi 8 series, Mi Band 3; Apple starts assembling iPhone 6s in India; Apple-Samsung seven-year-long legal war comes to an end; Instagram brings own video call feature and WhatsApp Payments delayed due to lack of communication. Watch more in this episode of Weekly Tech Wrap with Vivek Punj.

Operators in the United States will be among the first to launch 5G commercial services. The country's four major operators have publicly announced that they will begin providing 5G services between late 2018 and mid-2019.

5G subscription by 2022, 78% to use 4G by 2023 in India: Ericsson  Indian mobile users can expect to access 5G services by 2022 while 4G connections are estimated to soar around four-folds in the country , according to a report released by Ericsson Mobility today. \"We expect 5G smartphone subscriptions to become available by 2022. And by the end of 2023, there will be some 10 million subscriptions on 5G in India,\" Ericsson Mobility Report (EMR) Editor Patrik Cerwall told PT...

RIL's telecom arm Reliance Jio today said it is looking at covering 99 per cent of India's population by the end of the current fiscal.