In its arguments, COAI pointed out that not all handsets are capable of supporting such functionalities. It also flagged concerns related to the privacy and confidentiality of the country's subscriber information.
Vodafone Idea shares crashed about 9 per cent on Friday, spooked by company's chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla statement that the teleco "will have to shut shop" in the absence of government relief. Its stock was trading 8.89 per cent lower at Rs 6.66 apiece on the BSE.
Despite the merger announcement, the Aditya-Birla group promoted Idea-Cellular's share price has dropped by almost 50 per cent in the last two months. The share closed at Rs 51.45, down by 11.83 percent on Friday.
Idea Cellular said today that it has suspended interconnect services with Aircel for non- payment of dues "despite several reminders".
Most exits have been involuntary, meaning employees have been asked to leave after being offered three to six months’ salary as severance package.
Shares of Airtel and Idea rallied sharply on the tariff increase by Reliance Jio.
The process of merger between telecom giant Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group-promoted Idea Cellular is on schedule and is expected to be completed by 2018, Vodafone India CEO and MD Sunil Sood said on Wednesday
TRAI's move towards scrapping call connect charges could result in lower mobile bills, provided operators transfer the benefit to consumers.
Vodafone India and Aditya Birla Group-promoted Idea Cellular on March 20 announced their much-awaited amalgamation. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, will be its Chairman.
Reliance Jio’s Summer Surprise offer seems to have dented the earnings of top telcos like Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular.
Telecom giant Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group-promoted Idea Cellular on Monday announced their long-anticipated merger, turning the combined entity into the country’s biggest telecom firm.
Mobile major Idea Cellular on Sunday announced that it will start providing free roaming facility on incoming calls to customers in the country from April 1.
Telecom company Idea Cellular announced on Sunday that it is going to start providing free roaming facility on incoming calls to the customers in the country from April 1.
Vodafone on Monday confirmed it's in talks with the Aditya Vikram Birla group for the merger of its Indian entity and Idea Cellular in what will be the largest such deal in the country's telecom space once it materialises.
Idea Cellular plans to launch its 4G services in nine circles, expanding the coverage to 20 circles in FY17.
Idea Cellular, a part of the Aditya Birla group, today reported an 88 percent decline in its net profit
Contradicting Idea Cellular's claim on Friday that it has augmented interconnect capacity for Jio by 230 per cent, Reliance Jio said that its subscribers are still 75 per cent call failures while trying to connect with the network of Idea.
TRAI chairman R S Sharma on Monday warned of swift action for call failures on Reliance Jio network, asserting that breach of quality of services to consumers is taken “very seriously”.
Top telecom operators have accused the Reliance Jio Infocomm of allegedly bypassing Department of Telecommunication’s (DoT) regulations by offering full-fledged services under the guise of test connections.
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