Making connectivity cheap and ubiquitous wasn’t merely a commercial proposition; it served one of New Delhi’s central development goals, writes Srinivasan Sivabalan for Bloomberg.
While global capital chased the AI semiconductor booms—tripling Korean stocks and doubling Taiwanese equities—the benchmark Indian index hasn’t gone anywhere in the past two years.
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, along with their industry body COAI have urged the govt to auction entire 1,200MHz of the 6GHz band exclusively for licensed mobile use.
Global media also reports on Shein relaunching in India 5 years after it was banned by Delhi. The relaunch is taking place under a deal with Reliance Retail.
Reliance Jio had written to Union telecom minister arguing TRAI incorrectly concluded satellite spectrum should be allocated and not auctioned. Bharti Airtel backed this stance.
Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Tuesday at India Mobile Congress that TRAI will decide cost of spectrum. Starlink & Amazon's Kuiper prefer administrative allocation.
At a Delhi event, Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal says satellite companies, like telecom firms, should have to go through the auction process rather than be allocated spectrum by govt.
Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.
Chinese restrictions on yttrium supplies have driven international spot prices to $1,150 per kg, over 127 times the domestic price, highlighting the need to diversify supply sources.
Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.
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