As the call drop menace refuses to subside, the government is now weighing the option of slapping a penalty on telecom operators. Individual letters are to be shot off to company promoters to convey the concerns raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
FlashNews:
PIDG Expands India Portfolio, Mobilises ₹29 Billion for Sustainable Infrastructure
Anant Goenka Takes Charge as FICCI President; Centenary Logo Unveiled by Piyush Goyal
InfraPandit Awards 2025 Spotlight Doctoral Research Driving India’s Infrastructure Future
India Eyes US Trade Framework Deal by Year-End; FDI Strategy Expands Beyond Market Access
Centre Weighs Infra Status for Hotels to Unlock Tourism Investment: Shekhawat
India’s GDP Surges 8% in H1 FY26, Driven by Infra and Services
SIA‑India Pushes Bold Budget, Hybrid PLI to Power Space Sector Takeoff
South Asia Must Scale Hydro, Storage and Power Trading for Grid Integration: CEA Chief
India Can Save $204 Billion in Infra Pipeline with Better DPR Planning: Vector Consulting
Prime Minister Modi Inaugurates Skyroot’s Rocket Factory; Company Targets $21 Billion Launch Market
IWAI Signs ₹13.5 Billion MoUs to Boost Ganga Waterway in Uttar Pradesh
MOVIN Launches Healthcare Logistics Vertical to Tap India’s $638 Billion Industry
Atlanta Electricals Secures ₹2.98 Billion Transformer Orders from GETCO
Waaree Group Wins 10 MWh BESS Order in Tamil Nadu, Expands Domestic Storage Manufacturing
Cabinet Approves ₹27.8 Billion Rail Multitracking to Boost Gujarat and Maharashtra Connectivity
BC Jindal Group Secures 150 MW RTC Power Deal with SECI
India’s Data Centre Revenue to Hit ₹200 Billion By FY2028, Driven by AI, Cloud and 5G: Crisil Ratings
Sanchar Saathi Recovers 50,000 Phones in October; Crosses 700,000 Nationwide Since Launch
Akasa Air Expands Northeast Connectivity, Adds Dibrugarh as 32nd Destination
Spectrum auctions likely in early 2016
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning another bumper auction of telecom spectrum that may even surpass record sales in March.
Bharti, Soft Bank plan renewable energy foray
Telecom major Bharti has tied up with Japan´s Soft Bank and JBIC for foraying into renewable energy.
Probe order against Ericsson
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered probe against the telecom major Ericsson
Govt gets Rs.10k cr on spectrum auction
The telecom operators that have won spectrum in March auction paid a sum of their dues to the government. Till now, the Government had received a total of around Rs 10,000 crore. However, it was not immediately clear, which telecom firms had paid the full amount or made partial payments.
Vodafone expands its wing
Telecom operator Vodafone announced expansion of mobile network in two more districts in Arunachal Pradesh, taking its coverage to 11 out of 18 districts.
Alstom bags 65 mn euro contracts from DMRC
Alstom has been awarded two contracts worth over 65 million euro (over Rs 465 crore) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to supply signalling, telecom and electrification solutions for the new Kochi Metro line.
Optimising Diesel Generator sets
Telecom today has penetrated much deeper into India in comparison to electricity. Network availability is of prime importance to any telecom operator. However this is quite challenging owing primarily to non availability of good quality grid power supply at remote locations.
Government to connect 55,000 villages with phones by December 2016
The telecom department plans to take mobile networks by December 2016 to nearly 10 per cent of Indian villages that are still unconnected, to make the government´s ambitious Digital India programme more pervasive.
Growth in Store
Over the past couple of decades, the warehousing industry in India has evolved from the traditional concept of a ´godown´ - a small structure with four walls and shed - to a modern-day automated set-up which offers efficient inventory management and value-added services.



