Recent events involving DoT have sparked debate over its overbearing methods of handling the telecom sector and, in a way destroying it rather than promoting it

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CII also warned that the low average revenue per user may restrict participation of the Indian telecom companies in the forthcoming 5G spectrum auction, adding that this can be further subdued by high reserve prices.

Like in the case of 3G and 4G deployment, India remains a laggard, with the process of 5G spectrum sale yet to begin; 5G is still at least a couple of years away from deployment in the country

The matter is likely to be taken up by Digital Communications Commission later this month. With its approval, the RPF to select auctioneer for spectrum sale will be floated

According to the report, telcos -Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio- would continue to rely on external funding arrangements to support their debt servicing and elevated capex requirements

India is looking to auction 5G spectrum and commercial mines for coal

India is not yet ready for a full-fledged 5G rollout, but going slow in a fast-evolving technology space may have its benefits

In the latest one - 35th GST Council meeting held in Delhi on June 21 - several key decisions, including the extension of the date for filing annual GST returns by two months to August 30 and introduction of a new single-form GST return filing system from January 1, 2020, were taken.

Honor president George Zhao said that the sale of 5G smartphones is expected to cross the 100-million mark in the next year. He further added that China might be the first market to cross the 100-million sale mark in the world.

The smartphone user base in India will touch 1.1 billion by the year 2024, whilst the mobile subscriptions are foreseen to grow from about 610 million in 2018 to 1.25 billion in 2024.

The issue dates back to October 2016, when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended imposing total penalty of Rs 3,050 crore on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular for allegedly denying inter-connectivity to newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm

The Modi Government is planning to sell 8,600 megahertz of telecom airwaves across multiple frequency bands in its latest round of spectrum auction in 2019.

The messages that were written on the pillar of the bridge praise ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It also mentions name of Pakistani Islamist militant Hafeez Saed

The government's decision to put up an early auction of 5G spectrum is a significant step as it is a major source of revenue for it.