Telecom News Jan 15

✓ No green signal from DoT for Trai’s Rs 3k-cr fine on 3 telcos

✓ 70,000-crore spectrum scam under Modi, says Cong, cites CAG report

Airtel said to be in talks to buy Telkom Kenya

✓ Giant leap for Mukesh Ambani-led RJio: Share of rural subscribers base jumps to 32% from 4.25% in 2 years

✓ Government shunts out Sanjay Singh, appoints Ansuli Arya as USOF administrator.

✓ Vodafone Idea plans salary hikes after a gap of one year.

✓ Plugging loopholes: e-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart asked to store payments data in India

✓ Plea against WhatsApp Pay: NGO gets SC nod to make RBI a party

✓ Tejas sets up new telecom center in Kerala; proposes a 5G lab.

✓ Samsung to launch cheaper phones to lure millennials, fight Chinese rivals

✓ Airtel to deploy pre-5G mobile network tech for Kumbh this week

✓ DoT defers deadline for testing telecom equipment again

✓ Government plans to provide credit guarantee, interest subsidy on loans for electronic manufacturing companies.

✓ Payments regulator: Issue to be left for next govt to resolve

✓ Star India rolling out next big bet on OTT platform- Hotstar Specials

Amazon invests in Qualcomm-backed Israeli semiconductor startup

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