Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a designer and manufacturer of wireless and broadcast infrastructure solutions, announces its Active Passive Antenna (APA) solution that aims at solving potential antenna issues in 5G deployments. The APA features a modular architecture that allows mobile operators to deploy any RFS passive antenna today then seamlesslyRead More
The state of Karnataka is staring at missing the digital bus the whole country is riding on in the absence of a comprehensive telecom tower policy. In a such a scenario the state might fail to offer its citizens, including the industry, the benefits of new technologies such as 5G,Read More
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the DoT’s plan to set up over 4000 towers in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) areas to bring them to mainstream mobile connectivity services. The government has also sanctioned Rs 7330 crore for this project. The government has identified 96Read More
Mobile phone users in Delhi may face more call drops as the municipaility corporations have shut down over 500 towers in the capital city, says TAIPA or tower and infrastructure providers association. Not only that, permission to set up more than 1000 towers is pending at various agencies in DelhiRead More
Telecom infrastructure company VNL has bagged a contract worth Rs 1648 crore from BSNL to set up its telecom towers and other infrastructures in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Part of the North East connectivity project, this contract will see VNL help BSNL sets up its infrastructure in 4000 remote villagesRead More
Indian telecom towers association TAIPA, terming the sealing of telecom towers by Pune Municipal Corporation as ‘coercive action’ and ‘unfortunate’, today has sought intervention of higher authorities in this matter. “It is a non-supportive action by municipal corporation of Pune to initiate sealing/demolition drive against mobile towers. We seek interventionRead More
Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel has announced an agreement for the divestment of approximately 950 telecoms towers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Helios Towers Africa (HTA). The divestment also includes towers currently under construction in the DRC. The deal will help in expandingRead More
Chinese company ZTE has bagged Mobile Phase 7+ project from BSNL to install 21,000 BTS in FY 2016-17. BSNL is planning to add another 21,000 BTS in Mobile Phase 7+ Project of which 13,000 would be 3G BTS in FY 2016-17 and ZTE has bagged additional order from BSNL. InRead More
Indus Towers, India’s largest telecom tower company is building green Tamil Nadu by providing 5,920 green sites and 5,505 non-AC sites. While maintaining highest standards of health and safety, Indus Towers maintains over 5,920 green sites in Tamil Nadu with 5,505 sites being non-AC sites. These green sites use innovativeRead More
Bharti Airtel has launched a special wesbite www.airtel.in/leap that allows customers to know everything they want to know on how Project Leap, the Rs 60,000 crore network transformation program, is progressing in their respective localities. Customers will be able to get a transparent view of coverage of voice and highRead More
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