Telecom
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Opportunity India Desk Oct 27 2023 - 3 min readPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that India saw the fastest deployment of 5G technology last year and is currently working on becoming a leader in 6G technology. Underling the fast pace of technology, the prime minister said, “The future is here and now. India is not only expanding the 5G network ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jul 04 2023 - 2 min readWhile India is leading the 5G revolution on one side with the transformational Jio True 5G network, there is a section of society that is unable to reap the benefits of digital technology in entirety. India still has 250 million mobile subscribers trapped in the 2G era with feature phones. These feature phones do not ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 15 2023 - 2 min readThe Central government is again planning to merge state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) after several failed attempts. According to reports, the government has appointed audit and consulting firm Deloitte as the transaction advisor which will submit its detailed analysis in the next six to seven months. Earlier in an interview, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 07 2023 - 3 min readIn a joint initiative under the broader GSMA Connected Women Commitment, Reliance Jio and GSMA have announced the roll out of Digital Skills Programme that aims to provide need-based training to rural women and individuals from marginalised and low-income groups to help them make meaningful use of digital access. As per the GSMA’s Mobile Gender ...
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Priyanka Tanwer Oct 04 2022 - 3 min readThe Central government has approved INR 36,000 crore to install new 25,000 towers in next 500 days for the better connectivity as it is vital for the Digital India and its reach to every corner of the country, Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The minister was addressing the ...