Telcos seek abolition of USO levy, reduction in licence fees “Alternatively, the government may consider the suspension of the USO contribution of 5% of AGR till the existing USO corpus… Updated: July 12, 2024 20:41 IST
Telcos seek six-year moratorium on new spectrum purchase Write to Trai to introduce new norms next year onwards. May 29, 2024 01:00 IST
Telcos working with tech partners to curb pesky calls, SMS, says COAI The association, which represents major telecom operators, said the companies will be bringing a few more models to address the… May 22, 2024 04:20 IST
Telcos submit bids to participate in spectrum auctions A weak response is expected this time as already the telecom operators have acquired 4G/5G spectrum worth Rs 1.5 trillion… May 7, 2024 06:15 IST
Partnership is the way for telcos & tech firms: Hughes India head OneWeb solutions are designed for enterprises, providing low jitters, low latency, and guaranteed bandwidth. September 12, 2023 03:30 IST
Are telcos indirectly charging customers more? The demand of network fee from content and applications providers (CAPs) is merely a strategy to extract monopolistic rents, and… June 29, 2023 04:30 IST
Telcos pitch trusted source norms for all network devices The telecom companies had written to the government about the issue two years back and is again planning to send… June 22, 2023 06:15 IST
Trai directs telcos to detect bulk senders of spam calls, SMSes The move is aimed at identifying unregistered telemarketers which are not complying with the regulations and are tweaking the message… June 14, 2023 06:30 IST
DoT panel against telcos’ demand for extension of mandatory equipment testing deadline Currently, the deadline for the regime to commence is July 1. June 9, 2023 02:30 IST
Telcos recorded Rs 4.17 lakh crore debt in 2021-22 The Government has approved various structural and procedural reforms in the telecom sector to promote healthy competition. March 29, 2023 21:23 IST
Slow govt spending to hit rural connectivity For FY24, the spending from the USOF is pegged at Rs 10,400 crore, over three times higher than the revised… February 5, 2023 05:45 IST
Weak subscriber growth, no tariff hikes to lower telcos’ Q3 growth In the September quarter, Bharti Airtel’s mobile subscriber base was at 328 million, while that of Jio and Vodafone Idea… January 7, 2023 03:55 IST
Telcos to DoT: Poor quality handsets, illegal boosters hampering user experience Broadband service providers including Hathway and OneOTT also attended the meeting. December 29, 2022 03:10 IST
Regaining lost ground: International roaming plans on telcos’ mind Recently, the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led telecom operator launched ‘Airtel World Pass’, a single plan for traveling to 184 countries, doing… December 24, 2022 00:30 IST
Telcos’ AGR up 3.5% in April-June; BSNL gains most The increase in the AGR during the quarter can be attributed to the residual impact of the tariff hikes taken… November 24, 2022 02:45 IST
OTT communications services should be licenced; players should compensate telcos for data traffic on networks: COAI Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), Director General, SP Kochhar said that the association, as part of draft telecom bill,… Updated: November 22, 2022 15:29 IST
OTTs may have to pay access charge to telcos As subscriber/ call traffic increases, operators need more points of interconnect from each other or else there would be high… October 24, 2022 06:30 IST
Low data volume, muted subscriber additions to limit telcos’ Q2 growth Jio Platforms is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries, which houses other digital and content-oriented operations of the parent apart from… October 8, 2022 01:30 IST
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