The Department of Telecom had earlier set a target to start 5G trials in 2019 and rollout the next-generation service in 2020.

Over 1500 mobile towers in Punjab have been damaged during the ongoing farmers' agitation

Not in the business of corporate or contract farming, says Reliance as it moves court to stop vandalism

Airtel has shot-off a letter to the telecom department slamming the charges as baseless and outrageous.

There were reports that farmers at various places in Punjab, were disconnecting the power supply to mobile towers of a particular telecom operator.

Under the provisions of the directive, the government will declare a list of trusted sources and trusted products for installation in the country's telecom network.

Reliance Jio's net profit jumped to Rs 2,844 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2020, from Rs 990 crore in the year-ago period.

The Supreme Court cautioned the telecom firms and said that failure to pay installments of AGR-related dues would incur penalty, interest and contempt of court.

The decline in subscriber base during April was preceded by a loss of 28 lakh connections in March, which saw the lockdown being imposed towards the end, India Ratings and Research said.

Official sources said that the government had told BSNL not to use Chinese equipment in 4G upgrade, and that implementation of the direction meant that the company had to issue a new tender.

The Department of Telecom is considering measures to urge private telecom operators to bring down their dependence on Chinese-made telecom equipment.

While Airtel paid Rs 10,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Ltd put in Rs 2,500 crore and promised to pay another Rs 1,000 crore before the end of the week.

After facing ire of the Supreme Court, the DoT directed all telecom operators to clear their dues by the end of the day.

Government is owed Rs 1.47 lakh crore -- Rs 92,642 crore in unpaid licence fee and another Rs 55,054 crore in outstanding spectrum usage charges.

The SC pulled up top telco executives for non-compliance of its order to pay adjusted gross revenue of Rs 1.47 lakh crore to the DoT.

The SC directed the MDs, Directors of telecom firms to explain why contempt action be not taken against them for non-compliance of the order.

As per an Inter-Ministerial Group report of August 31, 2017, the total debt of the telecom industry was Rs 7.88 lakh crore.

The benefit accruing to Bharti Airtel will be about Rs 11,746 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 23,920 crore and Reliance Jio Rs 6,670 crore.

Jio had stormed the telecom sector with free voice calls and dirt-cheap data

Mobile data charges in India are by far the cheapest in the world even as the demand for mobile data services continue to grow rapidly, the company said.