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The Dollar Business Bureau The delay in catching up with the world on 3G and 4G, the Telecom Secretary, J S Deepak says, will not be repeated for 5G. "It has a wider application for the industry including smart cities and management of grids. So we are keen to be with the world," he explained, stating that 5G is going to be important for India's productivity. South Korea is poised to introduce 5G by 2018, the year it is hosting the Winter Olympics. In order to stay ahead of the curve on the fifth generation data services, the government is keen on formulating a policy for the use of high-frequency spectrum bands before July. "In the next three months, we ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Department of Telecom on Wednesday relaxed mobile phone importing norms and allowed shipments of cell phones without a panic button or emergency calling feature till February 28. “It has been decided by the competent authority that the import of mobile phone handsets without panic button/emergency call button feature prescribed as per ‘Panic Button and Global Positioning System Facility’ in all mobile phone handsets Rules 2016, shall be allowed till February 28, 2017 wef January 1, 2017,” DoT said in a statement. Last April, the government had mandated that all mobile phones must have a panic button installed from January 1, 2017. According to the order, pressing the panic button will connect the users to a single emergency ...

The Dollar Business Bureau Telecom Commission has backed the lowering of the spectrum usage charges (SUC) for telcos to 3% of their annual revenue on all brands during the July 2016 auction. However, the panel has decided that the payout for the carriers will not be less than what it currently is, a decision taken to prevent the loss of revenue. The calculation of revenue has become complicated as these telecom companies were allocated 3G and 4G services. It was easy prior to 2010, when there was only 2G spectrum. The telecom department’s technical panel said it is difficult to segregate revenues due to the companies’ airwaves in multiple brands. The SUC has been one of the most controversial issues of late. Reliance Jio has ...

Source: PTI The government is constantly monitoring the call drops situation and regularly telling the telecom operators to take corrective steps to improve it   A total of 29,000 new telecom towers were installed by private telecom operators across the country after government took strong exception to the problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday. Following a directive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Telecom Ministry told the private telecom operators that strong action will be taken if the problem of call drops is not resolved, he told the Lok Sabha. "After our clear instruction, private telecom operators have installed 29,000 new mobile towers in the country while 2,200 of them were installed in Delhi. "While public ...

The Dollar Business Bureau The Ministry of Information technology and Communications, in its recommendations to the upcoming budget, has pitched more for the domestic manufacturing of telecom equipment. The Minister has said the recommendations made would help in curbing the widening trade deficit in the Telecom Sector, say the sources. The Ministry has also asked the Finance Ministry to provide tax incentives to manufacturers of the telecom equipment and for setting up the basic infrastructure such as mobile transmission towers. It said in its recommendations that this tax incentives would help in lowering the costs and facilitate the affordable services. The Ministry further asked for the postponement of the excise duties to the domestic manufacturers to seven years, say the sources. ...