Jio has bid aggressively to bridge the gap between spectrum market share and subscriber market share as it was facing network constraints with strong subscriber growth, said Credit Suisse

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) managed to sell airwaves worth Rs 77,814 crore, which is about 20 per cent of the amount (Rs 3.9 lakh crore) that the department wanted to generate from these auctions

Reliance Jio said that the acquired spectrum can be utilised for transition to 5G services at the appropriate time, where the company has developed its own 5G stack

Jio acquired 488.35 MHz of airwaves, while Bharti Airtel acquired 355.45 MHz for Rs 18,699 crore.

The newly acquired airwaves will help Airtel improve its coverage in villages by offering a superior experience to an additional 90 million customers.

Experts say that these plans might put an end to the conversations around tariff hike for some time. Jio's move is likely to hit the Vodafone Idea harder as Airtel is presently focusing on the premium end of the market

Successful winners will be able to boost network capacity after having the rights to use the spectrum. With this, the new players may also start their telecom services

Under the JioPhone 2021 offer, new users will get 24 months of unlimited voice calling,  unlimited data (2 GB High-Speed Data every month) and a brand new JioPhone for Rs 1,999. No recharge would be needed for 2 years

Airtel and Qualcomm will collaborate to enable a wide array of use cases, including 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), which is designed to deliver broadband connectivity at Gigabit speeds to homes and businesses

Reliance Jio announced its collaboration with Google for making a low-cost Android smartphone last year. Now, chipset maker Qualcomm has likely joined the team to power the smartphones

While the Nokia 5.4 went on its first sale a few days ago, Nokia 3.4 will go on sale today.

TSDSI, which develops standards for telecom and ICT products and services in India, has developed the country's own 5G technology standard - 5Gi. But concerns around it are growing louder by the day

The proposed transaction is part of Airtel's strategy to align the shareholding of its customer facing products, services and businesses under the same holding group.

Airtel and Jio users can cover their prepaid and postpaid physical SIM cards into eSIMs. Vi has this service available for postpaid users.

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

HMD has launched two new smartphones in India, the Nokia 5.4 and the Nokia 3.4, and they bring a lot on the table.

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.

The BT MindRush theme, Post-Pandemic Paradigm, brought out how businesses evolved in possibly their toughest year ever

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.