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6 days ago | 
livemint.com | Devina Sengupta |Jatin Grover
News Summary With the northern region emerging as the primary site of conflict, some firms have established task forces to track employee locations and monitor the status of their operations there. This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Devina Sengupta |Jatin Grover
New Delhi, May 9 -- Mounting tensions with Pakistan have prompted Indian companies to prioritize employee safety, recommending work-from-home for those near affected areas and suspending all travel to offices near the border. With the northern region emerging as the primary site of conflict, some firms have established task forces to track employee locations and monitor the status of their operations there.
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1 week ago | 
htsyndication.com | Jatin Grover |Devina Sengupta
New Delhi, May 9 -- The Centre is unlikely to conduct a spectrum auction in 2025, according to two government officials as well as industry executives who are aware of the matter. Reason: India's three telecom operators are not inclined to buy more spectrum this year after spending vast amounts in previous auctions, the people cited above said on condition of anonymity.
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1 week ago | 
livemint.com | Jatin Grover |Devina Sengupta
The operators are currently looking to recoup the investments gone into purchasing ₹1.5 trillion worth 5G spectrum in 2022 and capital expenditure for rollout of the network, analysts said. “Department of telecommunications (DoT) is targeting to auction the spectrum early next year," one of the officials cited above said.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Devina Sengupta |Jatin Grover
New Delhi, April 2 -- Vodafone Idea Ltd, India's third-largest telecom operator that just received a second lifeline from the government, is scouting for a chief executive officer (CEO) as incumbent Akshaya Moondra's term expires in August this year, according to two senior telecom executives aware of the development.
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1 month ago | 
livemint.com | Devina Sengupta |Jatin Grover
“The search for the new CEO has started and the telco may look at CXOs from industries like consumer and technology (sectors) who have a strong understanding of distribution," said one of the sector executives on the condition of anonymity. Also Read | You may soon be able to identify spam callers Mint's emailed queries to Vi remained unanswered at the time of publishing.
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2 months ago | 
financialexpress.com | Jatin Grover |Rishi Raj
With Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio forming strategic partnerships with Starlink, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is now expected to expedite its recommendations on satellite spectrum pricing. Sources said that the regulator will likely recommend that satellite companies initially focus on providing services in mobile dark areas — regions where terrestrial networks are unavailable.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
financialexpress.com | Jatin Grover
Communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said the Cabinet has approved the refarming of 687 MHz of spectrum from various government ministries for the deployment of 5G and future 6G services. The total worth of the spectrum that has been approved for refarming so far is estimated to be Rs 2 lakh crore, officials said. The spectrum will now be brought for auctions.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
financialexpress.com | Jatin Grover
Jio Platforms, the parent company of telecom operator Reliance Jio, on Thursday reported a 4.9% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth in its net profit to Rs 6,861 crore for the October-December quarter. Consolidated revenue from operations during the period rose 4.3% QoQ to Rs 33,074 crore on the back of the impact of tariff hikes, subscriber additions, growth in data and voice consumption.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
financialexpress.com | Jatin Grover
On Monday, the US government announced restrictions on advanced AI chip exports. Jatin Grover explains that the procurement cap of 50,000 GPUs till 2027 will not impact India as it is looking to initially build a 10,000-GPU AI compute infrastructure under the IndiaAI MissionThe US Interim Final Rule on Artificial Intelligence Diffusion requires countries interesting in purchasing advanced AI chips to obtain a license for this.
