Telecom

World Telecom Day: How India Became A Telecom Powerhouse?

17 May 2024

This World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), it is fitting to reflect on the remarkable journey of telecom expansion in India. The country now boasts a 99 percent 4G coverage footprint, with over 600,000 villages connected and approximately 442,000 5G Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), according to data from the...

Telecom Equipment Production Surpass Rs. 45,000 Crore Mark

02 May 2024

The success of smartphone exports has paved the way for a new success story in telecom equipment manufacturing and exports. In the financial year 2024, telecom equipment production surpassed Rs 45,000 crore, with exports reaching around Rs 10,500 crore, largely supported by the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme of the...

Airtel prepays Rs 8,024 cr to clear liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2015

31 Jul 2023

Bharti Airtel, a telecom company, announced on Monday that it had paid the Department of Telecom Rs 8,024 crores in order to prepay deferred liabilities related to spectrum purchased in a 2015 auction. In a statement, Airtel stated that the interest rate on the liabilities that were prepaid was 10%....