Telcos seek one-year extension to implement e-waste rules
Being the licensees, telcos report to DoT and if anything concerning the sector is undertaken, DoT should be made a party to it.
Being the licensees, telcos report to DoT and if anything concerning the sector is undertaken, DoT should be made a party to it.
Prasar Bharti has already started working to map telecom/electricity tower network in border areas vis a vis its own 'shadow areas'- where Doordarshan does not currently have any reach and presence.
The latest daily status report from Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) National EMF Portal shows Jio has installed 99,897 BTS (base transceiver station) across 2 frequencies it owns (700 MHz and 3,500 MHz). In comparison, Bharti Airtel has 22,219 BTS.
There are around 240 unauthorised cellular towers. Out of these, 140 are located on government buildings and the rest on private buildings, an NDMC official said.
The vice chairman said security services arrangements at various NDMC (New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) premises under "Group D (for Navyug Schools, Sewerage Centre and auto workshops) and Group E (for Atal Aadarsh Schools)" will be tightened.
"Our private and public partnership approach has given us a solution where the core was developed, invested by the public sector, public funds, and everything else sitting on it comes from the private partners. In this entire 2023, we will be rolling it out on about 50,000 to 70,000, towers, sites and then in 2024 will be offering it to the world," Vaishnaw said.
"The data protection bill clearly mentions it will be an independent body which will perform in a particular way which will automatically guarantee its independence," Vaishnaw said.
The two investment firms are carrying out due diligence on the company and are expected to submit rival bids in November to replace Brookfield as TDF's single largest investor, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The minister said the measure was being taken as connectivity was vital for Digital India and its reach to every corner of the country, during the three-day Digital India Conference of State IT Ministers which concluded Monday, according to an official statement of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Tuesday.
Ooredoo is looking to sell the telecom towers across its network, inside Qatar and in the other markets it operates, the sources said, declining to be named as the information is not public.
The company, owned by billionaire Xavier Niel, posted consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation and after leases of 1.58 billion euros ($1.58 billion) in the first six months of 2022, compared with 1.40 billion euros a year earlier.