Current Affairs - August 2022
Which telecom providers acquired the spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the auctions conducted by the Department of Telecommunication in August 2022?
Jio, India's largest digital services provider, today acquired spectrum in the 700MHz, 800MHz, 1800MHz, 3300MHz and 26GHz bands in the auctions conducted by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.
The Indian Air Force will retire one of its four remaining squadrons, MiG-21 fighter jets by 2022 September and the other three are scheduled to be phased out by 2025.
Last week Forbes Asia published its 2022 edition of the best 200 mid-sized companies in the Asia-Pacific region. These are publicly listed companies with annual revenue of below one billion dollars. This year, 24 Indian firms made the list titled "Best Under A Billion", down from 26 in 2021. This placed India in the fourth position among Asian countries, one position ahead of China which has 22 companies on the list. Taiwan has the greatest number of companies listed at 30, followed by Japan with 29 and South Korea has 27.
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