"We respectfully reiterate that the department may, under the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, kindly notify the said guidelines at the earliest," COAI said.
Jagbir Singh, chief technology officer (CTO), Vodafone Idea, in a fireside chat with Mansi Taneja, associate editor, ETTelecom, discusses the telecom company's 5G rollout and how is the telco using AI to enhance network efficiency.
The emergence of reduced capacity or RedCap chipsets could potentially bring billions of devices – ranging from wearables to IoT devices, traffic cameras, AR/VR glasses, smart grids, sensors, and routers among others – online in the 5G era. Telecom service providers will be able to work closely with equipment and device makers, and partners on new power-efficient and cost-friendly use cases, potentially unlocking multiple industrial application segments. The 5G RedCap standard and extended variants (RedCap and eRedCap) is expected to account for 30.17% of all cellular IoT connections by 2030, according to a recent market study. With technology providers and chipset vendors in the fray, 5G RedCap trials and demonstrations are expected to gain pace this year, with commercial launches likely by 2025. Panelists: Siddharth Talawadekar, VP & Business Head - IoT, Airtel BusinessGulshan Khurana, EVP, Vodafone IdeaJulian Gorman, Head Asia Pacific, GSMAMohan Raju, Vice President and Vertical Head - IoT, Reliance JioMohit Agrawal, Research Director - AI & IoT, Counterpoint Research (Moderator)
The telco pointed out that rating agencies have expressed concerns over the high debt burden of the promoters, noting that agencies typically consolidate the debt of the holding company (read: BTL) with the debt of the operating company (Airtel).
The need for the amendment arose after an increase in the government's stake to 48.99%, following a recent conversion of statutory dues into equity.
The Indus board has thus decided to appoint a subcommittee to comprehensively assess the modalities of distributing dividends to shareholders, its top management said at the company’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings call Thursday.
Following firm network monitoring by telcos, the spammers as well as fraudsters are largely shifting to OTT platforms, which has given rise to cases involving digital arrest and banking fraud using screen share.
Indus said one of its large customers (Vodafone Idea), which accounts for a substantial part of revenue and receivables, has cleared all undisputed overdue amounts in March 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in the allowance for doubtful receivables.
Similar to deals with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, Starlink typically signs reselling agreements with partners that include no exclusivity clauses, allowing it to engage a large number of collaborators.
"The issue of import of electro chrome coated steel (ECCS) tape has been examined jointly by the Ministry of Steel and the Ministry of Communications. It was ascertained that though presently this grade of steel is not being manufactured in the country, there is the capability in the country for manufacturing of the steel," said Sandeep Pondrik, secretary, Ministry of Steel.
Compared to LTE, RedCap offers similar data rates with improved latency, energy and spectrum efficiency, making it suitable for applications like 4K video surveillance, wearables (AR/VR/MR headsets), inventory management, and Industry 4.0 enabled by private 5G.
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