Although the industry is disappointed with the government decision not to lower spectrum prices at a time telcos are saddled with over Rs 4-trillion debt and an estimated Rs 1.43-trillion licence fee dues, the DCC has relaxed the payment structure to offer some relief to the financially stressed sector.
Trai had asked the Attorney General for views on Jio's free voice and data offering till March 2017, that rivals have termed predatory.
Mittal said that overall, he expected that by March 2018, the "dust will settle down" for the entire industry.
Idea may have to shell out Rs 4,500 crore in cash
Battleground shifts to rural and small towns, where user base aspires to upgrade to smartphones.
Telco sector has been been cutting back on freebies and discounted minutes to maintain profitability.
In a dig at Jio's Rs 1,500 4G-enabled feature phone, the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led company said its smartphone would be made available for the price of a feature phone
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SBI will hold 30 per cent in RIL joint venture
With the profitability of telecom operators declining due to "low tariffs and high costs", GSM industry body COAI Chairman Himanshu Kampania has said the mobile sector cannot sustain future investments with present low margins.
The partially convertible rupee closed at 61.5350/5450 per dollar compared to 61.54/55 on Wednesday.
Telecom regulator TRAI has imposed cumulative penalty of Rs 50 lakh on nine mobile operators for failing to meet quality of service benchmarks in the second quarter ended June 2013, official sources said.
Market leader Bharti Airtel added the maximum 17.22 lakh (1.72 million) new users during the month to take its base to 19.65 crore (196.5 million) at the end of November.
Says, Jio unlikely to gain 2% revenue market share in 2017
GSM based mobile service providers jointly added over 44 lakh new customers, taking their cumulative customer base to 67.88 crore in September, according to data released by industry body COAI on Wednesday.
The Mukesh Ambani-owned company had complained to Trai about incumbents offering segmented offers to different customers
The government has suffered a loss of Rs 12,488.93 crore (Rs 124.88 billion) due to under-invoicing of gross revenue by six telecom companies including Reliance Communications, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel, the CAG said in a damning report on Friday.
Another important early decision of Birla was to get into the wireless telephony business in association with AT&T and another revered Indian business house, the Tatas.
Reliance Communications could become a much more formidable opponent.
The CAG report, tabled in Parliament, states the interest on the short payment stood at Rs 1,052.13 crore for the period up to March 2016.
'Spectrum payment to push up telcos' debt to Rs 3.5 lakh cr'
New Delhi is also set to top its target of raising at least $13 billion.
Customers of Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices and BSNL in some circles have reported maximum discrepancies in their phone bills, according to a latest report by telecom regulator TRAI.
Customers may lose freebies or have to pay a little more for mobile services in the days ahead as operators try to make up for Rs 61,100 crore they have committed to government in the latest spectrum auction.
The call failure rate, Jio said, has been worsening rapidly in the last few days, while augmentation of interconnection capacity is still awaited
Under another plan, it will offer unlimited voice calling along with 100 SMS per day, 5GB 3G/4G data and free subscription to Wynk Music and Wynk Movies for Rs 1,599
Reliance earned $11.50 for every barrel of crude that it processed during the last three months of the calendar year - almost 60 per cent more than a year earlier.
For 2100-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2500-MHz bands across circles; aim to offer these with 3G and 4G in February
Reliance Jio submitted the highest pre-auction deposit.
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
This equity capital infusion is the country's largest-ever FDI.
Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse
Typically these are high-beta stocks and earnings are volatile
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
The latest ad, done by O&M again, Vodafone's ad agency, shows two engineers tinkering away in a dimly-lit highway tunnel.
Spectrum auction: Govt revenues reach Rs 1.02 tln on Day 10
The company is targeting 100 million subscribers in shortest possible time, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said
Operators continued aggressive bidding in 900 MHz band
Airtel has pitched for a hike in mobile and data tariffs.
Telecom companies (Airtel, Vodafone, ABNL-via Idea Cellular), which enjoy larger reach, appear to be better placed among the key companies bagging payments bank licences.
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