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Govt appoints Anshu Prakash as new telecom secretary
Govt appoints Anshu Prakash as new telecom secretary

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Wednesday cleared the appointment of Anshu Prakash as the new secretary in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), replacing incumbent Aruna Sundararajan, a Kerala cadre 1982-batch IAS officer, who is retiring on July 31 after a two-year stint. Prakash, a 1986-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre has been currently working as an additional secretary in the telecom department.

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Telecom NewsReduce the IUC: Use pure LRIC methods to calculate interconnection charges
B K Syngal, Former CMD, VSNL

The telecom regulatory authority of India or TRAI has started the exercise of reviewing interconnection usage charge (IUC). There is always a dispute between incumbent and new operators on interconnection charges. Incumbent operators want high IUC as they have been around for a longer time and, thus, have more number of subscribers, while new operators want low IUC........read more
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Telecom News Vodafone Idea partners with Amdocs for multi-year smart operations services for postpaid segment
Telecom NewsTelecom NewsTelecom NewsAmdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, today announced that Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL) has selected Amdocs to consolidate the merged entity’s postpaid operations for retail and enterprise customers across mobile and fixed-line services. As part of the new multi-year agreement, Idea postpaid customers will be migrated to Amdocs Service Monetization Software Suite, which has been supporting Vodafone postpaid customers...read more
Telecom News BSNL reviews outsourced functions to save cost; faces Rs 800 cr revenue-expense gap
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Telecom News Employees union seek Centre’s soft loans to revive crisis-affected BSNL
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Telecom News Telcos’ no to bidding as Trai turns down DoT plea to reduce base price for 5G spectrum auction
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Telecom News Anritsu strengthens leadership for 5G NR Protocol Conformance Tests in Global Certification Forum
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Telecom News Airtel, Vodafone Idea may have limited participation in 5G spectrum auction
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Telecom News Make India hub of telecom equipment manufacturing: Prasad to telcos
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Telecom NewsTelecom NewsTelecom NewsAt the Huawei Developer Conference today, Huawei launched HarmonyOS – a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system designed to deliver a cohesive user experience across all devices and scenarios. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei''s Consumer Business Group, explained the company''s thoughts behind developing this new OS. "We''re entering a day and age where people expect a holistic intelligent experience across all devices and scenarios. To support this, we felt it was important to have an operating system...read more
Telecom News Karbonn Mobiles launches new ‘Made in India’, ‘Made for India’ range of feature-packed phones to celebrate the Independence month
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Telecom News Coolpad plans to release its first 5G-ready smartphones in Indian market
Telecom NewsTelecom NewsTelecom NewsCoolpad announced its plans of releasing its first 5G-ready smartphones in the Indian market. In an official release, Coolpad said that it has been investing in the new-age 5G technology since 2012 and has filled more than 800 patents related to the technology. Coolpad further plans to invest USD 500 million in India in the next five years. It is not clear as to when exactly Coolpad plans to release a 5G device, but the company stressed that as soon as the Indian smartphone network is ready, it will launch its first set of 5G smartphones....read more
Telecom News 11,000 hotspots to provide free Wi-Fi across Delhi soon
Telecom NewsTelecom NewsTelecom NewsIn a major step to provide free Wi-Fi to residents of the capital, the expenditure finance committee (EFC) of Delhi government gave its approval to the project on Friday. The proposal is likely to be put before Delhi cabinet on Friday, following which the public works department will float tenders to invite telecom companies to provide this facility. A source said the EFC has approved the ‘hotspot’ model to provide free internet to Delhiites. Delhi government is likely to set up about 11,000 hotspots across the city where residents will be able to access the internet....read more
Telecom News Huawei CBG plans retail presence in tier-2 and 3 cities in 3 years
Telecom NewsTelecom NewsTelecom NewsHuawei Consumer Business Group (CBG), the company''s smartphone selling vertical, plans to expand its retail reach to tier-2 and -3 cities in three years, a top company official said on Thursday. The company claims to have presence across 800 retail stores in metros at present. "Our current focus is to expand our presence in India market and reach where consumers are. We have just started expanding offline presence in metros and then we will go to tier-2 and tier-3 cities in three years,"...read more
Telecom News Huawei launches its first phone Y9 Prime 2019 with 16MP pop-up selfie camera
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Telecom News Bug in Truecaller affects UPI payments feature
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At the Huawei Developer Conference today, Huawei launched HarmonyOS – a new microkernel-based, distributed operating system designed to deliver a cohesive user experience across all devices and scenarios. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei''s Consumer Business Group, explained the company''s thoughts behind developing this new OS. "We''re entering a day and age where people expect a holistic intelligent experience across all devices and scenarios. To support this, we felt it was important to have an operating system...read more

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