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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Telecom

Licence for call, video apps, easing insolvency issues — what’s in Modi govt’s draft telecom bill

Draft bill released Wednesday continues to reserve for govt the right to intercept calls and take control of telecom services during a war or whenever national security is invoked.

Why OTTs, telcos mustn’t lock horns over infra cost-sharing

There is no evidence to suggest that the increased penetration of OTT services has adversely affected the revenues and profits of telecom operators.

How Gati Shakti master plan has pulled ministries out of silos, is helping plan projects better

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan, a Rs 100 lakh-crore project for developing infra, is increasing synergy across ministries, which is expected to speed up implementation.

India doesn’t need speed breakers. Modi govt right to help automobile, telecom

Ease of business and industrial output should not remain shackled to constantly changing political processes and rigid bureaucracy.

Retrospective tax is a start, Modi govt needs to do more to make India’s playing field fairer

Retrospective taxes are just one facet of arbitrary state action. MNCs that have committed billions of dollars have many other legal minefields awaiting them.

Reliance Jio emerges biggest bidder for telecom spectrum as it buys 73% of airwaves sold

Of the total Rs 778.2 billion raised in the latest spectrum auction, rival Bharti Airtel spent Rs 186.99 billion while Vodafone India unit acquired spectrum worth Rs 19.9 billion.

Two telecom lines failed to protect NSE, world’s top derivatives exchange

NSE handles highest number of futures & options contracts in the world. It halted trading Wednesday as both its telecom lines went down at the same time.

Govt approves Rs 12,000 crore-PLI scheme for telecom sector

Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the govt is positioning India as a global powerhouse for manufacturing & created a conducive environment for ease of doing business.

Punjab Governor summons state chief secretary, DGP, seeks report on damage to cell towers

Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has also sought govt intervention in the matter, claiming a daily loss of Rs 3,000-3500 crore due to the destruction.

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asks farmers not to disrupt state’s telecom services

Singh's appeal came after a registered body of telecom service providers asked the state govt to persuade farmers not to resort to any unlawful activity in their fight for justice.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.