Telecom News - Aug 08

1. India to roll out 5G by 2022, increase fiber backbone to 2.5 mn kilometers

2. Cable disconnecting activity a blow to the Digital Bengaluru plan: COAI.

3. Chidambaram, Karti protected from arrest till Oct 8 in Aircel-Maxis case

4. Disclosure of Aadhaar number doesn’t increase one’s digital vulnerability, says TRAI Chief

5. DoT is turning into a legal minefield, saddled with staggering 2,800 cases

6. India ranks below Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan in urban-rural mobile ownership.

7. IoT is a big focus area for Bharti Airtel: Harmeen Mehta, Global CIO.

8. Loss-making Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) to monetise assets. Tata Tele Maharashtra Losses Narrow to Rs 454 Crore in June Quarter

9. Telcos have to comply if govt orders to block apps: COAI.

10. Mobile wallet transactions hit record 14,632 crore in June, shows RBI data

11. Paytm Money sees half a million users sign up to buy mutual funds

12. PayU ties up with reliance Money to extend personal loans through Citrus app.

13. Find ways to block social media apps in case of misuse: Govt to telcos

14. Android Pie rides on AI to make smartphones smarter

15. TRAI launches DND, MyCall apps on UMANG platform

16. Trai rejects industry concerns over spectrum pricing; expects demand for 5G, 700MHz bands.

17. Price Wars to Hurt Telcos, Revenues may Fall up to 8%

18. ZEE Pulls Out All Content from Jio

19. Direction to block over 11,000 websites issued since Jan 2016: Sinha

20. Digital payment transactions rose to over 2,070 cr in 2017-18: Ahluwalia

21. Flipkart puts in 451 cr more into its payment arm PhonePe

22. Mobile wallet usage hits record Rs 14,632 cr in June

23. Paytm buys savings management app Balance Tech for undisclosed sum

24. 70% smartphone users in India switched brands in Q2; Xiaomi biggest gainer Micromax, Intex among depleting brands in Q2 2018 in India: CMR India

25. Post Payments Bank ties up with PNB, Bajaj Allianz for rural services

26. It`s official! PM Modi to launch India Post Payments Bank on August 21

27. Market for smart devices to cross 500 mn units for the first time in 2018

28. Samsung lines up $22 bn spending for new tech Samsung plans to invest $161 billion in production line for future growth

29. JioHealthHub Takes iCliniq’s Help to Expand Reach

30. PayU, Reliance Money partner to offer instant app-based personal loans.

31. R.S. Sharma, outspoken Trai chairman with a flair for technology, retires today

32. DoT Asks Telcos to Give Road Map for Building Public Wi-Fi System

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