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

MindRush 2021: Experts agree that biggest impediment for all operators will be spectrum cost and all stakeholders need to work together towards addressing these challenges. The other challenge for telcos is to seamlessly deploy infrastructure support

Fire at Serum Institute: 5 dead, company to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to families Serum Institute of India (SII) Chairman & Managing Director Cyrus Poonawalla on Thursday expressed sorrow on the loss of lives due to the fire that broke out at its under-construction facility in Pune. He said that the company will be offering a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each of the families of the deceased, in addition to the mandated amount as per the norms. SII is manufacturing the Covishield vacc...

According to economists at YES Bank, heath and R&D related spending is expected to see a boost to align India with its global peers and to adapt to ongoing changes in global health conditions

Jio might also go for 700 MHz spectrum for which the reserve prices are 38 per cent higher than 800 MHz spectrum in 19 circles, and 56 per cent higher (than 800 MHz) in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles

Following a mock auction on February 26, the telecom department will start the auction from March 1, 2021. Successful bidders will have to pay the bid amount within 10 days of the issue of demand note

Earlier this month, the government approved a proposal for the auction of 2,251.25 megahertz of spectrum worth Rs 3.92 lakh crore at the base price

While Indian government is still mulling over 5G trials, countries like China, South Korea, and US have raced ahead in 5G deployments; 135 live 5G services are available in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Americas, and Asia Pacific

Analysts are of the view that these renewals alone would cost Jio around Rs 28,000 crore, Airtel Rs 12,900 crore, and Vodafone Idea Rs 8,300 crore at the reserve price, totalling Rs 49,200 crore

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While Jio has reportedly asked Department of Telecommunications to auction 700 MHz spectrum recently; it asked DoT to auction 700 MHz in 2015 as well but didn't buy anything in 2016 auctions

Stocks to watch today on December 17: Wipro, IRCTC, Aster DM, Hero MotoCorp, IndusInd Bank, Future Enterprises, Jubilant FoodWorks among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Thursday's trading session

Currently, Infosys -- with over 2 lakh employees in India -- has around 2 per cent people working from office while rest are working from home

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A committee will be formed to identify 'India Trusted Sources' for telecom equipment and may also blacklist certain vendors, with focus on national security, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed

WhatsApp's support page suggests people to use the latest version of supported operating system to enjoy all the latest features. It adds that WhatsApp for Android is running on Android 4.0.3 or later, while WhatsApp for iPhones requires iOS 9 or newer

Semiconductors are used in the majority of electronic products today and constitute to be a significant part of the total value of Bill of Material (BOM). Defined by rapid changes in technology, semiconductor manufacturing is a complex and research-intensive sector, requiring heavy investment

Maharashtra led the pack with 19.32 per cent share followed by Uttar Pradesh and Delhi with 10.2 per cent and 9.7 per cent contribution, respectively

The auto industry recorded a turnover of $15.9 billion during the during the first half of 2020-21 against $26.2 billion in 2019-20, which itself was lower than $29 billion in the same period of 2018-19

The CCEC observed that sugarcane farmers sell their produce to sugar mills but they do not get their dues from the mill owners as they have surplus sugar stock