Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel may not participate in the country’s upcoming spectrum auction, which includes 5G airwaves, due to the high prices set by the Indian government.
India expects to award spectrum worth about $74 billion in an auction scheduled in the first quarter...
Indian carriers Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and BSNL have submitted their applications for 5G field trials with the Department of Telecom (DoT), The Economic Times reported.
According to the report, Vodafone Idea and Airtel have submitted their applications with Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, while Reliance Jio has submitted an application for...
French communications regulator Arcep officially opened applications for the sale of 5G spectrum licenses, Arcep said in a statement.
Interested operators will have until February 25 to submit their applications.
This announcement follows the confirmation of pricing and terms released by Arcep in mid-December.
Arcep also confirmed...
Vodafone hunting first commercial NB-IoT deal
Indian telecommunications
operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are currently
getting ready to launch commercial NB-IoT services in the Indian market in the
coming months, according to a report by The Economic Times.
The two telcos have already inked partnerships with several...
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is currently focusing on the development of internet of things applications to expand its presence in this segment, local newspaper Economic Times reported Sundi Raman, head of digital products and IoT for Airtel Business, as saying.
Raman said that India was...
Japanese telco Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has delayed the launch of its nationwide mobile services. The service was initially expected for next month, and instead the company will launch a free rial service for a limited number of customers from...
Microsoft cloud revenue surges 39% in fourth quarter
Microsoft experienced a record fiscal year, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Q4 showed that commercial cloud revenue increased 39% year-over-year to $11.0 billion, which, according to Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, represents the...
Vodafone said its share in Indus Tower will not be included in a deal
UK mobile telecommunications group Vodafone confirmed it is negotiating about potentially merging its Indian business with rival mobile operator Idea Cellular.
Vodafone issued a brief statement in which the telco said it is...
Reliance Jio launched on Sept. 5 with offer of free data and unlimited voice and text messaging services
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm said it has attracted more than 16 million subscribers in the mobile segment since the launch of commercial operations on Sept. 5, according to...
Indian government confirmed only 40% of the available frequencies were sold during spectrum auction
The government of India has raised more than 657.9 billion rupees ($9.8 billion) in the recent mobile spectrum auction, local press reported.
The local authorities previously said they were expecting to obtain $83 billion through the...
The telco currently counts 500,000 subscribers in its LTE trial
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm aims to launch commercial LTE services across India in the coming months, parent firm Reliance Industries said in its earnings report. Reliance Jio Infocomm said it has signed up...
NGENA aims to launch services in early 2017; comprises Deutsche Telekom, Reliance Jio, SK Telecom and more
BARCELONA, Spain – CenturyLink, Deutsche Telekom, Reliance Jio Infocomm and SK Telecom announced their Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance during this week's Mobile World Congress event.
The alliance plans...
