Idea Cellular to spend Rs. 3,500 crore on networks

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

April 28, 2014 Indian telecom service provider Idea Cellular said it will spend Rs. 3,500 crore towards capex in FY 2015. It said 3G will be unveiled in Delhi next year, while 4G in 8 mobile circles will depend on demand and tech stabilization. The Aditya Birla group company has......

Sterlite Grid wins power transmission project to deliver 1000 MW’s of electri- city from Punjab to the Kashmir Valley

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

May 25, 2014 Sterlite Technologies Limited announced that Sterlite Grid Limited has been awarded its sixth ultra-mega transmission project (UMTP) on build-own-operate basis by the Ministry of Power, Government of India. This Northern Region Strengthening Scheme project (NRSS 29) is a part of the National Grid and is designed to......

India Power secures distribution licence for Gurgaon

wirecableJuly 3, 2014April 28, 2016

July 3, 2014April 28, 2016

May 23, 2014 Kolkata-based India Power Corporation has bagged the licence for distributing power in Gurgaon and is aiming to serve one fourth of subscribers in the Delhi suburb, which is plagued by prolonged power cuts. The company is planning to set up its own distribution network in Gurgaon and......

Reliance Jio Infocomm to launch 4G in 2015 with an investment of Rs. 70,000 crore

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

June 18, 2014 Reliance Jio Infocomm said it will commercially launch 4G services in 2015, entailing investments of Rs. 70,000 crore. RIL promoted RJIL holds pan-India broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum that can be used for 4G services. The company had acquired it through auction for Rs. 12,847.77. The 4G......

Videocon Telecom to invest Rs. 1,240 crore in network expansion

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July 3, 2014October 15, 2020

April 30, 2014 Videocon Telecom said it would invest Rs. 1,240 crore on network expansion and infrastructure upgradation in four telecom circles — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab. “We will be investing over Rs. 1,240 crore in our existing four circles in 2014-15 primarily on network expansion, IT infrastructure,......

Sterlite Technologies successfully tests multi-terabit data transmission over long haul network

wirecableJuly 3, 2014April 28, 2016

July 3, 2014April 28, 2016

April 21, 2014 Sterlite Technologies Limited announces a milestone technology development in telecommunication space. Sterlite’s Center of Excellence at Aurangabad, India, has successfully established and tested multi-tera bit transmission over long haul network. A successful Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) test transmission of 80 wavelength channels operating at 128 Gbit/s......

Bangladesh to provide transit facility for Indian power transmission line

wirecableJuly 3, 2014April 28, 2016

July 3, 2014April 28, 2016

April 4, 2014 Bangladesh agreed to provide transit facility for a 6,000 megawatt Indian power transmission line. This decision was taken in a joint steering committee meeting on India-Bangladesh power sector cooperation held on 3 April 2014. In a joint media briefing, it was informed that a committee has been......

KEC International wins orders of Rs. 1646 crore

wirecableJuly 3, 2014August 2, 2014

July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

June 12, 2014 KEC International Ltd. (KEC), a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company has secured new orders of Rs. 1646 crore in its Transmission & Distribution and Cables businesses. Details are as follows: Transmission and Distribution Businesses In this business, the Company has secured orders in UAE,......

Rs. 5,100-crore plan finalised for upgrading power transmission network in Karnataka

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July 3, 2014August 2, 2014

May 28, 2014 In a bid to augment the power transmission network to meet the increasing demand for power, Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. (KPTCL) finalised a mega plan to take up 244 system improvement works at a cost of Rs. 5,100 crore. The plan, which was finalised by KPTCL’s......

81 power projects take off in 10 months

wirecableJuly 3, 2014April 28, 2016

July 3, 2014April 28, 2016

April 24, 2014 In the past 10 months, 81 power projects, worth Rs 3.2 lakh crore, have taken off and seen actual investment on the ground, show data available with the central secretariat’s project monitoring group (PMG). Now, the group is planning to facilitate investments in 212 additional projects, worth......