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Jio blues: In India's ugly telecom soap opera, the taxpayer gains only to lose again

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India's taxpayer has won in a war on corruption, but may well be losing an equivalent money again as a consumer, or likely, as a taxpayer LATEST NEWS : We wish India's telecom saga would be a Bollywood movie, with a happy ending. But what we have witnessed since the May of 1994, when India began slowly easing the state grip on telecoms to usher in everything from private players to mobile phones to the Internet, is a long-winding soap opera.  In line with the spirit of the saas-bahu nation, we can announce that Reliance Jio is the much loved and hated new bahu (daughter-in-law)  in this opera, impressing everyone and upsetting the older order. If you are looking not for entertaining conflicts but deep wisdom, it is this: India's taxpayer has won in a war on corruption, but may well be losing an equivalent money again as a consumer, or likely, as a taxpayer. Does it matter if someone picks your right pocket instead of left to take out the same amount of mo...

Govt to create Rs 500-cr fund for R&D in 5G

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India looking to position itself as a leader in 5G technology LATEST NEWS :    As India pursuits to grow to be a frontrunner in 5G , the government is operating on to create a Rs 500-crore fund for improvement of the technology and it has also created a excessive-level committee to paintings on a roadmap for the roll-out of 5G by 2020. As consistent with officers, India doesn't want to miss the opportunity this time like in case of 2G and 3G, in which it lagged in the back of different countries. For 5G, India wants to grow to be a leader and have its very own requirements and IPR that turns into a part of the 5G international standards. "We need to make certain that popular essential patents, amongst different matters, additionally have an Indian IPR," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan informed business standard. India is asking at 5G technology as a first-rate possibility in terms of providing services tailor-made for rural India like teleheal...