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BPCL's Rs 1,775 crore integrated 1G-2G bio-ethanol refinery in Bargarh will convert paddy straw into fuel, support farmers and strengthen India's clean energy transition

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 01 Jul 2026

Telecom players eye fresh price hikes amid affordability concerns: Nomura

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Next tariff hike may push users to the edge, says a report by Nomura

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 01 Jul 2026

Fire Boltt to foray into smartphones with $50 mn investment

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The company plans to roll out 4G and 5G smartphone models in the price range of 10,000-15,000

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 30 Jun 2026

Eskom Unveils Modernisation Centre in Partnership with Huawei, Illuminating South Africa's Digital Power Future

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Eskom Unveils Modernisation Centre in Partnership with Huawei, Illuminating South Africa's Digital Power Future

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 29 Jun 2026

Nvidia's AI chip sales in China stall, as local chipmakers like Huawei take the lead

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Jensen Huang has acknowledged that the US has lost its edge in China's advanced AI chips market as Chinese competitors have become giants"

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 25 Jun 2026

Telecom subscriber base rises to 1.34 bn in May, Airtel leads growth: Trai

Business Standard

Telecom subscriber base grew to 134.3 crore in May, driven by net additions on the Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio networks, according to Trai data released on Thursday. Airtel led the growth in subscriber base with net addition of 29.8 lakh subscribers over the month of April, comprising 29.26 lakh in the mobile segment and 53,809 in fixed line connection segment. It was followed by Reliance Jio, which reported a net addition of 22.55 lakh subscribers, comprising 21.54 lakh in the mobile segment and 1.01 lakh in thefixed line segment. Both private telecom operators jointly contributed 52.36 lakh new subscribers, or about 94 per cent, in the total net addition of 55.6 lakh subscribers in May. "The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,337.54 million at the end of April 2026 to 1,343.10 million at the end of May 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.42 per cent," Trai's monthly data subscriber report for May 2026 said. The total number of wireles

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 25 Jun 2026

Jio's 26GHz spectrum proposal for WiFi broadband faces Airtel pushback

Business Standard

The spectrum band promised a lot - high speeds in 5G-enabled cellphone handsets, and enough bandwidth to work in crowded areas like stadiums, airports and ports

Telecom Services

SECTOR | 25 Jun 2026

DoT starts portal to accept telecom service authorisation, license migration

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The latest rules differ from the current model, where a unified licence is executed as a formal, bilateral licence pact