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.
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.
Trai chairman Rahul Khullar says concept not practised strictly even in countries like the US and the UK.
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American Tower bulks up in India with $1.2 billion Viom stake buy
'Spectrum payment to push up telcos' debt to Rs 3.5 lakh cr'
'It is easy to dramatise the events of today, but it is far more important to focus on the fact that we have a radically overvalued financial sector. It is a house of cards.'
Facebook is now attempting to make truce with telecom operators through its programme.
If Reliance Jio resets the rules of the game with low voice and data tariffs, most incumbents will find themselves back to square one.
The deal includes Reliance Infrastructure's integrated business of Generation, Transmission and Retail Electricity Distribution
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Officials of Reliance Jio Infocomm claimed to have achieved broadband speeds on their networks that are 10-12 times faster than 3G services.
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.
Despite the recent fall, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has outperformed by gaining 20 per cent till date in this year calendar year.
Despite the recent fall, the Nifty Midcap 100 index has outperformed by gaining 20 per cent till date in this year calendar year.
It is startling that Mark Zuckerberg has failed to convince so many in India about the merits of Free Basics.
Chinese telcos hold 60-100 MHz of spectrum, while Indian companies hold 13-15 MHz of spectrum.
Banks have Rs 10 trillion in stressed assets - Rs 7.8 trillion of bad loans and Rs 2.2 trillion of restructured ones.
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DoT will have wider consultations with all stakeholders.
Quite a few large- and mid-cap stocks are yet to recover from the note ban, pharma, banking and rural demand-based industries among laggards.
The company will wait for sizeable user base for better valuation.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
This will be Modi's second US visit after he was elected PM.
Reliance Jio submitted the highest pre-auction deposit.
Muted quarterly earnings, mixed cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows added to the volatility
Experts say going ahead data price will fall further due to competition
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL increase subscriber share while Idea manages to retain
Telecom operators stressed that differential pricing for data is necessary for growth.
A sluggish economy and stalled bureaucratic decision-making for the past two years thwarted capital investment and dented earnings, making it tough for the companies to raise funds.
Wipro, Steel Authority of India, HDFC Bank, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Bharat Heavy Electricals and Reliance Commnications among companies reporting a decline in headcount in FY17.
DoT committee rejects most Trai suggestions for freeing airwaves for sale.
The Department of Telecom may bar operators holding 3G airwaves from sharing the high-speed spectrum.
Funds will be raised via non-cumulative preference shares issued to Tata Sons on rights basis
The continuing stress faced by corporate India has weakened their debt-servicing capability and this is reflected in the banks' books, as yet-burgeoning bad loans.
In 2008, the 13 companies on the list accounted for 34 per cent of the overall m-cap.
On Monday, Ambani had said the Reliance group was open to join hands with Bharti Airtel for improving telecom network for 4G services in Punjab.
Most of the session's gains for both the indices were wiped out as investors rushed to book profits ahead of F&O expiry on Thursday and also due to concerns over stretched valuations.
India's largest-ever spectrum auction kicked off on Saturday with major telecom operators placing bids worth Rs 53,531 crore across bands, even as the premium 700 Mhz and 900 Mhz frequencies did not find any buyer.
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