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.
Bharti Airtel topped the list with bids worth Rs 6,856 cr. Reliance Jio bought the 14.4 MHz spectrum at Rs 973 crore & Vi acquired 50 MHz of spectrum at Rs 3,510 cr.
A telecommunications official, Revathi Mannepalli was the first engineer in her village. Now she's part of the Radio Regulation Board of the International Telecommunication Union.
Airtel and Vodafone networks will be using the existing 4G infrastructure in India to build their 5G network while Reliance will use a sophisticated standalone network.
Bharat Bhatia, president of telecom body ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI), says satellite broadband is a must for rural connectivity, but spectrum auctions could get in the way.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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