Despite regular raids by DoT (Department of Telecommunications) across the country, and strict laws against the use, selling and possession of mobile signal repeaters, the proliferation of such illegal equipment is rampant

The stock price of Vodafone Idea has risen 2.39% in one week,  12% since the beginning of the year and 248% in one year. However, it has fallen 11.9% in one month

Given that the government has not included this band in the upcoming auctions, the 5G services are likely to be further delayed in the country

According to Ookla, Vi delivered the highest upload and download speeds in the final quarter of 2020. Vi has also been to give the fastest 4G network in 16 Indian states.

This round of auction will be held for 2,251.25 Megahertz (MHz) in seven frequency bands -- 700 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz 2100 Mhz, 2300 Mhz and 2500 Mhz -- at a cumulative base price of Rs 3.92 lakh crore

The panel, headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, concluded that sufficient preparatory work has not been undertaken for the launching of 5G services in India.

Vi is giving new postpaid users 150GB data with Rs 399 postpaid plans for six months from the date of subscription. The Vi postpaid plan offers 40GB data with unlimited STD and local calls for Rs 399 with 200GB rollover data.

Days after the Indian government sent a notice to Twitter for failing to remove and block over 200 tweets and accounts, it has sent the company a list of another 1178 accounts that it wants removed.

As you invest in 5G, you will stop investing in 4G because capacity creation will be done on 5G which will obviously be lower cost of producing a gigabyte, given that you have much higher spectrum in those bands, Vittal said

Even though 5G is not yet available, the 5G network will bring a new lifestyle which may not be imaginable right now, just like how we did not imagine the convenience 4G will bring five years ago, says Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth

The company's  revenue rose 24.2 per year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 26,518 crore during the December quarter, its highest-ever quarterly revenue, led by strong customer additions.

Airtel, BSNL, Jio, and VI offer postpaid plans priced at Rs 999 that give data and calling benefits. All telcos offer family add-on connections and streaming benefits.

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Gopal Vittal said the telco will eventually refarm its mid-band spectrum to deliver 5G since it has adequate amount of spectrum available in that range.

The New Delhi-based telco did the 5G demonstration over a commercial network in Hyderabad. The firm stated that it operated 5G and 4G simultaneously over the existing spectrum in the 1800MHz band. It did so through the Non-Standalone (NSA) technology

Airtel on Thursday announced that it has become the country's first telco to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city.

It said the quantum of spectrum allocation will determine the quality of 5G offerings as scarcity of airwaves increases costs and makes operations inefficient.

Reliance Jio has de-listed some of its prepaid plans from the website that were exclusive to JioPhone users. The plans that are now available offer only on-net calling.

The ongoing tussle between DoT, and DoS, ISRO and defence ministry has already delayed the launch of 5G in the country. Globally, radiowaves across sub-1 GHz (600 MHz, 700 MHz), mid-band (3.5 GHz), and millimeter-band (26, 28 GHz) are being used to deliver 5G services

Following the news, Bharti Airtel share price opened higher at Rs 542.80 and later gained 2.62% intraday to Rs 554.40 against the previous close of Rs 540.25