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  • 5G in India! Airtel broadcasts collaboration with Qualcomm to hurry up roll out

    Image Source : PTI 5G in India! Airtel broadcasts collaboration with Qualcomm to hurry up roll out
    Telecom main Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc on Tuesday introduced their collaboration for accelerating 5G in India. Recently, Airtel turned India’s first telco to reveal 5G over a LIVE business community within the metropolis of Hyderabad.
    An Airtel assertion stated that by means of its community distributors and gadget companions, the telecom will utilise the Qualcomm 5G RAN platforms to roll-out virtualised and Open RAN-based 5G networks.
    “Airtel, as a board member of the O-RAN Alliance, is committed to driving the success of O-RAN and is working with Qualcomm Technologies to explore and implement the O-RAN approach for India,” it stated.
    The versatile and scalable structure of O-RAN will create new alternatives for small and medium-sized companies to grow to be viable gamers within the deployment of 5G networks, it added.
    In addition, Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies will collaborate to allow a variety of use circumstances, together with 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) that’s designed to ship broadband connectivity at Gigabit speeds to houses and companies. This collaboration additionally goals to permit a sooner rollout of broadband providers in a price efficient and expeditious method throughout India for “last mile” connectivity challenges.

    Airtel 5G options together with FWA providers will have the ability to ship multi-gigabit web speeds wirelessly to prospects and open up a variety of improvements, stated the assertion.
    Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel stated: “With Airtel’s integrated service portfolio and Qualcomm Technologies’5G leadership, we will be well placed to usher India into the next era of hyper-fast and ultra-low latency digital connectivity.”
    Rajen Vagadia, Vice President, Qualcomm India Private Limited and President, Qualcomm India stated: “There is a compelling case to speed up the roll-out of 5G networks in India, as it is going to assist fast-track the nation’s socio-economic progress and improvement. We are happy to be working with Airtel, and we’re excited by the chance forward.
    He added that this collaboration is predicted to play a essential position in Airtel’s plans so as to add 5G community protection and capability the place and when it’s wanted essentially the most.
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  • Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea apply for collaborating in spectrum public sale

    Image Source : PTI Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea apply for collaborating in spectrum public sale
    Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea on Tuesday submitted purposes to take part within the Rs 3.92 lakh crore spectrum public sale scheduled to start out from March 1, in response to official sources. This spherical of public sale will probably be held for two,251.25 Megahertz (MHz) in seven frequency bands — 700 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 900 Mhz, 1800 Mhz 2100 Mhz, 2300 Mhz and 2500 Mhz — at a cumulative base worth of Rs 3.92 lakh crore.
    “Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea have submitted applications (for the spectrum auction),” an official supply advised PTI.
    Bharti Airtel’s 12.4 MHz of spectrum within the 900 MHz band and 47 MHz within the 1800 MHz band, in addition to Reliance Communications’ 44 MHz of spectrum within the 800 MHz band will come up for renewal.
    Vodafone Idea must renew 6.2 MHz of spectrum within the 900 MHz band and 38.2 MHz within the 1800 MHz band.
    Some consultants have been of the view that the loss-making telecom firm Vodafone Idea (VIL) might not take part within the public sale for renewal of spectrum in some circles.

    Telecom operators can get spectrum within the 900 megahertz band, getting used for 4G companies, within the upcoming public sale for lower than half the value in a number of circles in comparison with the quantity paid by telecos in earlier auctions.
    The base worth within the 800 Mhz band has been lowered as a result of spectrum on this band remained unsold in 15 of the 19 circles that have been put for public sale in 2016. Bids have been acquired just for radiowaves in Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan and UP East.
    According to ICICI Securities, the ultimate reserve worth for 800 MHz spectrum within the upcoming public sale is eighteen.5 per cent decrease than the October 2016 public sale worth, which ought to profit the related operators.
    The base worth of spectrum in 1800 Mhz band and 2300 Mhz band has been mounted 14.5 per cent and 17.5 per cent increased than the October 2016 base worth, in response to ICICI Securities.
    The Department of Telecom has additionally elevated base worth of 700 Mhz in North East and Jammu and Kashmir circles to Rs 34 crore in comparison with Rs 30 crore really useful by the telecom regulator Trai.
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  • Vodafone Idea strikes SC searching for correction in DoT’s AGR math

    A day after Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) too moved Supreme Court searching for modification of its order in order that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) can think about its submissions concerning arithmetical errors within the calculations concerning its adjusted gross income (AGR) dues.
    The firm on Thursday stated in its petition the calculations made by DoT had errors like double counting, not contemplating funds already made, not adjusting for interconnect funds, and so on. Vi stated the surplus demand on account of these errors is to the tune of Rs 5,932 crore of principal quantity, which might have an total influence of over 4 occasions on the overall principal quantity on account of imposition of curiosity, penalty and curiosity on penalty.
    Vi stated that regardless of its requests to the DoT to right the errors, the latter has not accomplished it, thus inflicting prejudice to it. —FE

  • Consumer in focus: DoT & Trai could sprint telcos’ hopes of mounted flooring worth


    The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is just not in favour of permitting or fixing a flooring worth for voice or knowledge providers supplied by telcos as there was substantial hike in tariffs by the operators in latest months with none corresponding drop in consumer numbers, senior authorities officers advised The Indian Express.
    A last resolution on the difficulty is prone to be taken after the spectrum public sale in March. The DoT, nevertheless, doesn’t wish to be seen taking an anti-consumer stance and subsequently could keep away from the ground pricing altogether, officers stated.
    “We have a forbearance model. In the past few months, the data consumption for all players has been very high…pattern is likely to continue now. They (telcos) have raised tariffs also in recent months,” an official stated.
    Apart from the DoT, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) can also be learnt to have supported the thought of not fixing a flooring worth for the providers, sources stated.
    Though Trai had began consultations on the difficulty of flooring pricing in December final yr, a nationwide lockdown in March this yr, put in place to stop the unfold of Covid-19, introduced these open-house debates to a halt.

    ExplainedLong-term productiveness is keyDemand for flooring pricing for knowledge and voice providers has been unanimously supported by telecom operators, and business representatives too have requested expedition of the method. However, authorities have identified that knowledge consumption has been fairly excessive and telcos have raised tariffs in latest months. While the business has pressed for the necessity for a flooring worth, doing so might not be as productive till it’s for the long term, coverage specialists stated.

    Former Trai Chairperson RS Sharma, who had kick-started discussions, nevertheless, retired in September this yr, with out having achieved the finality on this difficulty.
    It is now seemingly, officers stated, that the brand new chairperson P D Vaghela could both begin a contemporary session course of or drop the matter altogether primarily based on his conferences with DoT officers.
    The difficulty of flooring pricing for knowledge in addition to voice providers has been unanimously supported by the three huge non-public telcos, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vi (Vodafone Idea). Industry physique Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents the three telcos, has additionally in latest months written to the Trai to expedite the method of fixing a flooring worth for each knowledge and name providers, however with none success.
    In its letter to the DoT, the business physique had stated that the demand for a flooring worth on each knowledge and voice providers was a “legitimate” demand given the monetary well being of the telecom gamers.
    “Given the financial pressure on the sector and the fact that ARPU (average revenue per user) and tariffs of the Indian telecom sector are the lowest in the world, floor pricing is imperative to ensure that the sector is sustainable,” COAI had stated in its letter.
    Of the three, each Bharti Airtel and Vi are below strain following the Supreme Court’s October 2019 ruling on adjusted gross income (AGR).
    The court docket had dominated that Bharti Airtel and Vi should pay long-pending AGR dues, the penalty for non-payment over the previous years, and the curiosity on penalty for non-payment.
    Bharti Airtel owes DoT greater than Rs 43,000 crore, of which it has paid near Rs 18,000 crore till now, whereas Vi owes greater than Rs 58,000 crore, of which it has paid almost Rs 6,900 crore.

  • 4G speed is not available on the phone, so change fast settings and run fast internet

    In India, more users use internet on 4G smartphones, but it is not necessary that you are always getting the best 4G speed. There can be many reasons for this. In this case, you can improve the Internet speed by changing some settings of the device. If you are users of Reliance Jio, Vodafone-Idea or Bharti Airtel, then you can get best 4G speed by changing these settings in the device. 

    Select Best Network Type

    You need to select the best network type in your phone. For this, you have to go to the Settings of the phone and tap on ‘Network Settings’ and here in Preferred Network Type you will need to select 4G or LTE. By doing this the network of your phone will not shift to 3G or 2G. This way you will continue to get the best speed. 

    Clear  Cache Files – Cache files are stored in the phone for a long time. With such files, not only your phone, 4G Internet also becomes slow. In such a situation, it is important that you clear the phone’s Cache at least once in 7 to 10 days. For this, the help of auto cleaner apps can be taken.

    Set Best APN – For  information, tell that Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea have different APNs (Access Point Network). You can check whether your APN of your telecom service provider is correct by going to your phone’s network settings. If the phone is not getting the right speed, then you go to the APN Settings menu and click on Reset to default. With this, your phone’s network will start working well.

  • Bharti Airtel Q2 net loss balloons to ₹23,045 crore


    Bharti Airtel Ltd posted a massive net loss, its second quarterly loss in 14 years, amid a brutal price war unleashed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd that has ravaged its rivals and reshaped India’s telecom market.

    The New Delhi-based operator swung to a ₹23,045 crore loss in the quarter ended 30 September from a net profit of ₹118 crore in the year earlier, due to provisions made for an unfavourable court verdict.

    Bharti Airtel’s net loss exceeded its consolidated revenue from operations which grew 4.9% year on year to ₹21,131 crore in the September quarter.

    Airtel’s results come three weeks after the apex court upheld the government’s broader definition of revenue, on which it calculates levies on telecom operators, dealing a ₹92,000 crore blow to the telecom industry, which is already burdened with falling tariffs and mounting debt.

    The top court rejected the definition of the adjusted gross revenue proposed by telecom operators and excluded revenue from non-core telecom operations, such as rent, dividend and interest income. The order marked the end of a 14-year legal tussle between the DoT and operators.

    The department of telecommunications has also asked operators to conduct a self-assessment of dues.

    Bharti Airtel, in a statement on Thursday, said it is hopeful of relief and in the absence of the same, has provided for an additional amount aggregating ₹28,450 crore as a charge for the quarter (comprising of Principal of Rs. 6,164 crore, interest of ₹12,219 crore, penalty of Rs. 3,760 crore, and interest on penalty of Rs. 6,307 crore) with respect to the license fee as estimated based on the Court Judgement and spectrum usage charges as estimated based on the definition of AGR.