The authorisations have not been previously reported. They were granted in April and June from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, known as IN-SPACe. These allow Orbit Connect to operate satellites above India, but further approvals are needed by the country's department of telecoms to begin operations ..read more

The DRI cleared that certain components such as SIM Socket, SIM Tray, Antenna Pin, Side Keys like Power Key, Slider Switch and Volume Button which are not part of phone displays, may come fitted or attached with display assembly kits. In that scenario, “the assembly continues to be a Display Assembly of a cellular mobile phone and a BCD rate of 10% shall be applied on the whole integrated assembly,” it said in a circular released late Friday ..read more

“That subsidiary will own all the business, as well as, the ground infrastructure, the customers, the employees, (which are) the assets in this case,” Kharod said ..read more

The DPIIT has suggested including these electronic items in Appendix A of the public procurement list following representations from the industry, one of the people cited earlier said ..read more

"India's path to leadership in the new space race lies in utilizing the power of data, and applications within the agricultural sector offer immense potential," said Pawan Goenka, chairman of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre, the country's space regulatory body ..read more

The Indian space industry is “experiencing phenomenal growth”, with a projected market size reaching tens of billions of dollars, the Mumbai-headquartered firm said. Citing third-party research statistics, it added that with the privatisation of space launches, India is targeting a five-fold increase in its global launch market share, projected to reach $47.3 billion by 2032 ..read more

He added that Vi’s upcoming investments would focus on both expansion of its 4G services and rollout of 5G with the latest technology, ensuring the telco continues to deliver the service quality that customers expect ..read more

It added that in 2023, GalaxEye built India’s first indigenous drone equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and is now working on building India’s first private constellation of Earth Observation satellites ..read more

The government will auction eight spectrum bands for mobile phone services at a base price of about Rs 96,317 crore ..read more

“In India, there are almost 9,000 new digital-native businesses such as food-tech, insure-tech, ecommerce, etc., added each year which are increasing the need for customer support services through all communication channels such as SMS, WhatsApp, chatbots and ultimately voice calls,” said Angira Agrawal, business head, India & Saarc at Exotel. The company is the leader in the virtual call routing segment and has handled peak-hour volumes of 70 million calls a day ..read more