Government s decision for 20-year-long DTH license to provide certainty to industry: Tata Sky
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years.
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NEW DELHI: Leading direct-to-home (DTH) player Tata Sky on Wednesday said the government s decision to grant licences to the operators for a longer 20 years would provide certainty to the industry.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a revision in the guidelines for providing DTH services in the country under which licences would be issued for 20 years.
Spectrum battle across shores: It’s tech majors Vs telcos for rich 6 GHz pickings
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The 6 GHz spectrum band can support internet speed of nearly 10 Gbps. Maximum mobile broadband speed in India is currently around 100 Mbps. Since 1 Gbps is 1,000 Mbps, the 6 GHz band can support up to 100 times faster internet speed.
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He added that telcos must be given precedence for any 5G spectrum, as non-licensed entities have not used a majority of the 650 MHz of airwaves already with them.
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The Centre on Wednesday set the ball rolling for 4G auction that is expected to fetch the exchequer Rs 3.92 trillion by offering 2,251 megahertz (MHz) airwaves. The coveted 5G spectrum has been kept out of the offer. The auctions are slated to be held in March 2021 and the notice inviting applications is expected by the end of this month. The last spectrum auctions were held in October 2016 and the government earned Rs 65,789 crore from them. While briefing mediapersons on the outcome of the Cabinet meet, telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “It has been decided by the Cabinet to auction 2,251 MHz spectrum by March 2021.”
Reliance Jio tops 4G download speed in Nov 2020; Vodafone leads in upload speed: Trai
Jio recorded more than double the download speed of its closest competitor Vodafone
PTI | December 16, 2020 | Updated 15:08 IST
Reliance Jio topped the 4G speed chart with data download rate of 20.8 megabit per second (Mbps), while Vodafone was ahead of others in upload speed at 6.5 Mbps in November, according to the latest data update of telecom regulator Trai. Jio recorded more than double the download speed of its closest competitor Vodafone.
Though, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have merged their mobile business as Vodafone Idea Limited, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is still releasing separate network speed data of both the entities.