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Mobile user base falls for second straight month, down 1.8 million in October

VIL lost 3.5 million users, Jio tops additions for seventh straight month

December 20, 2022 02:50 IST

5G auction: Small circle, big battle

UP (East) sees intense bidding & price escalation.

July 29, 2022 05:20 IST

Implement Cabinet decisions on captive networks: Tech firms

As per a DoT official, the guidelines will allow setting up of private networks as it is not expected that…

June 28, 2022 04:00 IST

Telecom operators to get headstart on private networks

According to an official, the guidelines will allow setting up of private networks as it is not expected that all…

June 25, 2022 07:08 IST

Telcos seek level playing field with captive network operators

Trai should do initial and annual analysis and study, and such networks must provide the data sought by the regulator…

June 20, 2022 06:20 IST

Mandatory equipment check: Improper lab infra might delay telecom gear testing

Regime to start from July 1; industry seeks 1-year extension

June 12, 2022 05:00 IST

Trai suggests 39% cut in base price across spectrum bands; prime 5G band price down by 35%

Releasing its much-awaited recommendations, Trai said that all available spectrum in the existing bands of 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900…

Updated: April 11, 2022 22:57 IST

Truly revolutionising telecom: Govt must stop thinking of the sector from a revenue-maximisation perspective

After 2016, the industry’s quarterly AGR revenue has bounced back for the first time, reaching levels prevailing before The Great…

February 23, 2022 02:15 IST

The minister said that the government will make efforts for 5G services rolledout in India in 2022. (File)

TRAI recommendation on 5G spectrum by March, says Telecom Minister

The minister said the the Department of Telecom is parallelly working on other auction-related process to start the spectrum auction…

February 1, 2022 18:33 IST

Operators must also offer at least one plan voucher, one special tariff voucher and one combo voucher with a validity of 30 days. The Telecom Regulatory authority of India (Trai) has given operators 60 days to make the necessary modifications to their billing systems.

Trai to telcos: Offer monthly renewals of pre-paid packs

Even in case a 30-day tariff offering is mandated, customers will have to recharge more than once in months having…

January 28, 2022 06:00 IST

COAI emphasised that to combat the challenges of laying aerial OFC, which serves as the backbone for 'small cell towers', it is important to enable initiatives for sharing existing infrastructure. (File)

Fully support idea of deploying 5G ‘small cells’ on electric poles, says telecom industry body

The association noted that a key driver of effective 5G implementation is deployment of small cells which is a critical…

December 30, 2021 21:25 IST

The operators have highlighted that Trai’s past valuation methods (and assumptions therein) need to be relooked given the altered market realities including the health of industry and revenue generation ability.

ICRA upgrades telecom services industry outlook to ‘stable’ amid tariff hike, relief measures

The telecom industry has implemented the long-awaited tariff hikes which have the potential to improve the industry ARPU levels to…

December 29, 2021 20:21 IST

The rural teledensity has jumped from 44 per cent in March 2014 to 59 per cent in September 2021. (Representative image)

DoT-funded indigenous 5G testbed project in final stages; completion likely by December 31

6G TIG comprises members from government, academia, industry associations and the Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI).

December 27, 2021 20:21 IST

The move in the short run – if 5G auctions are held next year in March – would help Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio in lowering their SUC payment. However, a similar gain may not come through Vodafone Idea's way.

Trai rejects floor price, says govt should provide relief to telcos

Regulator feels CCI would see floor tariffs as cartelisation

August 2, 2021 03:15 IST

Jio adds 4.7 million mobile users in April; Voda Idea loses 1.8 million subscribers

Bharti Airtel added just 0.51 million mobile subscribers in April.

July 12, 2021 22:27 IST

Trai urges RBI to direct banks to comply with norms on bulk messages

It has also shared with the RBI a list of such banks that have not adhered to Trai’s regulatory requirements,…

March 23, 2021 22:14 IST

Bharti Airtel share price up 48% since October; analysts believe rally not over yet

In the fiscal third quarter, Bharti Airtel bounced reporting a net profit of Rs 854 crore against a net loss…

February 19, 2021 14:17 IST

Top telcom companies using RLT tech at higher levels in Hyderabad: TRAI

Regulator Trai has found leading mobile operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and state-run BSNL using the Radio Link Time-Out technology…

June 9, 2016 13:54 IST

Call drops: Telecom companies under heavy debt, Supreme Court told

Telecom companies today told the Supreme Court that entire sector is under huge debt and they have to pay big…

May 3, 2016 19:50 IST

700Mhz Auction: The other side of the spectrum

Operators have opposed the auction of the entire available bandwidth, questioning both the quantum of spectrum on offer as well…

March 30, 2016 06:44 IST

Telecom Commission approves liberalisation for 800MHz spectrum

Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission today approved liberalisation of 800 MHz spectrum in circles where a market-determined price is not available.

February 19, 2016 19:26 IST

Differential data pricing plainly not acceptable: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Stating that Internet cannot be allowed to be monopoly of few, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today slammed Facebook’s Free…

February 9, 2016 21:45 IST

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