Tuesday, September 01
New Delhi: India and Russia at Friday's annual summit are set to elevate cooperation in the space sector building on decades-long partnership including possible transfer of technology for semi-cryogenic rocket engines.The plan of space cooperation in future covers several joint areas, including engine development, crewed missions, orbital stations, personnel training, and rocket fuel, ET has learnt.It is learnt that Russia had agreed to 100% transfer of technology for RD-191M semi-cryogenic rocket engines to the Indian Space Research Organisation.Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov told Russian newspaper Izvestia on Wednesday that an announcement on space cooperation would be made as soon as "literally the day after tomorrow". He said the plan covers several joint areas, including engine develo
The Department of Telecommunications has proposed one-way spectrum sharing among telecom operators that will enable service providers to monetise and optimally deploy unused radio waves, according to a draft notification. Earlier, operators were allowed to use spectrum in the same frequency band on a shared basis after approval from the government. As per the illustration given in the latest draft rule, a service provider holding frequencies in a different band can share them with other operators having spectrum in a separate band but within the same category and telecom circle. Industry experts said the move will help operators like Vodafone Idea and BSNL to unlock their unused spectrum and monetise the asset. It will also help operators like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to optimise the
The Department of Telecommunications has proposed one-way spectrum sharing among telecom operators that will enable service providers to monetise and optimally deploy unused radio waves, according to a draft notification. Earlier, operators were allowed to use spectrum in the same frequency band on a shared basis after approval from the government. As per the illustration given in the latest draft rule, a service provider holding frequencies in a different band can share them with other operators having spectrum in a separate band but within the same category and telecom circle. Industry experts said the move will help operators like Vodafone Idea and BSNL to unlock their unused spectrum and monetise the asset. It will also help operators like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to optimise the
