The entry of Reliance Jio has started affecting the balance-sheets of major telecom operators in India -- Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications with all of them witnessing drop in net revenue.
Bharti Airtel on Thursday said Zain Telecom will pay $129 million (Rs 860 crore) to it towards the settlement of certain tax matters and associated legal costs related to the sale of Zain's African operations to Airtel in 2010.
New Delhi: Telecom industry’s revenue grew 6.5 percent last year, the lowest since 2010, despite the sector witnessing a further addition of 79 million active subscribers during the period, says GSM industry body COAI. ”If
New Delhi: Telecom operator Vodafone today said that it has expanded 3G network in Maharashtra and Goa in a year with investment of over Rs 557 crore. “Vodafone has added more than 2500 cell sites
New Delhi: With proliferation of telecom network and emergence of new business models in the sector, India could be home to 500 million smartphones very soon, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said. ”India is
A “cartel” of 4-5 telecom firms having a billion subscribers making Rs 250 crore a day does is not making any investment in their network to improve services to check call drops, the government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.
New Delhi: Telecom users in the country crossed 104-crore mark with mobile service provider adding over 70 lakh new customers in January 2016, says a TRAI report. ”The number of telephone subscribers in India increased
New Delhi: Vodafone India has rolled out its high speed 4G service in Mumbai across the Western suburbs and South Mumbai in a phased manner. The roll out will be completed across all parts of
New Delhi : To tackle the issue of call drops, TRAI will hold a survey again in April in a couple of more cities, while also considering over the use of cable connections to deliver
New Delhi: A successful auction of airwaves and the launch of 4G services were the high points for India's telecom industry in 2015 even as the lingering problem of call drops and bottlenecks in infrastructure,
New Delhi: Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday reiterated the need for telecom service providers to improve infrastructure and strengthen voice quality.Speaking at the 88th annual general meeting of FICCI, he also said if
Kolkata: Come December 12 and about a million 2G subscribers of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications across West Bengal, Bihar and Assam will have to opt for other networks in their respective circles. The country's fourth
New Delhi: State-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is all set to hive off its towers business into a separate subsidiary, the valuation of which could be in the region of Rs.20,000 crore
New Delhi: Telecom service providers are all set to roll out pan-India mobile number portability (MNP) from today in line with the government mandate.This will enable customers across the country to retain their mobile phone
If you often face network connectivity and call drop issues with your existing telecom service provider, then this news would bring in some hope. Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had yesterday asked mobile operators
Telecom industry body COAI had sought extension for implementing nationwide MNP as telecom operators have to make some technical changes to their networks due to changes in national numbering plan (NNP) and this could take
New Delhi: Telecom industry body COAI has requested the Department of Telecom to extend deadline for roll out of 4G services to 2020 citing various hurdles mainly delay in development of technology and regulatory procedures."DoT
New Delhi: The Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) Tuesday allowed telecom service providers to provide 3G services beyond their licensed areas, quashing an earlier decision by the government.The DoT issued notice to telecom
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) is in the final stages of issuing demand notice to telecom companies, whose licences were quashed by the Supreme Court in February, 2012 but were allowed to operate
New Delhi: Japanese telecom firm NTT DoCoMo Inc on Friday said it will exit its loss-making mobile phone joint venture with Tata Group by selling its 26 percent stake. Japan's largest wireless carrier by subscribers wants
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