State-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Friday reported a profit of Rs 262 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year, marking its first return to profitability since 2007.
In a landmark move to enhance telecom accessibility, security, and empowerment across India, Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday launched a suite of citizen-focused initiatives.
The revenue of India’s telecom industry increased 8 per cent (quarter-on-quarter) to Rs 674 billion (13 per cent growth year-on-year) in the second quarter of FY25, mainly driven by tariff hikes, according to a new report.
Data from the telecom regulator TRAI on Monday said in October, 13.45 million subscribers submitted their requests for mobile number portability (MNP).
Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha that total 42 beneficiaries have been approved under the PLI scheme for telecom and networking products (till October 31).
On the first day of the monsoon session, members remembered former Union telecom minister Sukh Ram Sharma along with Mast Ram, Roop Singh Chauhan and Parveen Sharma who passed away.
Private 5G captive networks are about the deployment of high speed, enhanced data capacity, and ultra-low latency applications inside a closed manufacturing unit, hospital, airport and shipping port, among others.
"Today, 9 structural reforms and 5 process reforms in the telecom sector have been approved. These reforms will change the framework of the entire telecom sector."
According to people in the know, during the meeting on September 1, Birla and Vaishnaw discussed about the health of the sector and the urgent need for government intervention.
Harassed by tardy maintenance of the MTNL’s transmission lines and underground cable thefts, its subscribers migrated gradually to other telecom service providers.
