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India has the second-largest number of telephone connections in the world, and according to the government, the tele-density has reached 86.37%, while the rural tele-density is at 58.85%. As on October 30, 2020 the total telephone connections rose to 1171.72 million out of which 1151.73 million are mobile connections.The Internet subscribers stood at 776.45 million with broadband connections reaching to 726.32 million in September 2020, the statistics revealed.In a series of actions to facilitate digital connectivity in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August last year, launched optic-fiber cable (OFC) network connecting Andaman & Nicobar Islands to Chennai.During the Independence Day address on August 15, Modi announced a 1000-day program to connect more than 6 lakh villages with fibre-based network, to deliver high-speed Internet servces.Anshu Prakash-headed Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in an ambition to connect the uncovered areas of the North Eastern … [Read more...] about BSNL, MTNL turn Ebidta positive, data rates fall to Rs 10.55 per unit: Government

NEW DELHI: Weeks after the government took steps to designate a ‘trusted source’ criteria for procuring infrastructure for mobile services, Chinese telecom major Huawei has approached top echelons of the government to get a “fair chance and level-playing field” in the Indian telecom sector, including participation in the 5G business. The company is looking to file application for the infrastructure modernisation programmes initiated by state-owned BSNL and MTNL, and said it is awaiting criteria for being categorised as a ‘trusted source’ in the telecom space. Huawei has been doing business in India for over two decades and is a major supplier to top operators such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. The company said that its operations here are “complaint with all the rules and regulations” that have been mandated by the government. “We need a fair opportunity to do business in India. We have followed the rule book and law of the … [Read more...] about Need fair-play and level-playing field: Huawei India CEO

India's telecom subscriber base grew to over 1.17 billion in October with Bharti Airtel maintaining its leadership in mobile subscriber addition that accounts for over 98 per cent of total connections in the country, according to the monthly report released by sector regulator Trai on Wednesday. … [Read more...] about Airtel again pips Jio in mobile customer addition

The high court gave the direction after advocate Naushad Ahmed Khan, representing the Chief Nodal Officer and nodal officers of Shahjanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC), said hanging wires and cables are required to be removed. Mr Khan sought direction to various agencies to remove the wires. … [Read more...] about 12-DE-Rocky-Delhi HC chandni chowk

MUMBAI: Stocks of technology companies have been the rage all through the Covid disruption, as it fast-forwarded the adoption of digital technology at a scale that was not expected to be achieved in several years.In the US, the rally in the shares of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Microsoft has been well-documented, because of heavy investor bets on tech companies, and so has been the 820 per cent gravity-defying surge in the shares of electric car-cum-technology company Tesla.In India too, technology and internet economy companies like Info Edge, IndiaMART Intermesh and, to some extent, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (read R-Jio) have benefited from investors’ penchant for such companies.However, it is a little-known cloud service providing company based in Hyderabad, which has trumped all of the big shots named above. The stock is Tanla Platform.Shares of Tanla Platform, which is a communication platform as a service company, have seen a parabolic rise in the … [Read more...] about Back from near-zero, India’s own internet economy stock eclipses Tesla’s mind-numbing rally