The adjusted gross revenue (earnings from sale of telecom services) of the top three telecom companies in India - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular declined by 7.98 per cent, 5.14 per cent and 4.91 per cent respectively during third quarter of 2016-17.
As India's online population crosses 450 million, e-commerce ventures are trying to grab a pie of online sales estimated to hit $48 billion by 2020.
Reliance Infocomm has launched an e-recharge facility for its prepaid subscribers offering them with the flexibility to opt for denominations ranging from Rs 55 to Rs 1,100.
Big three telecom companies term Jio's free voice calls predatory pricing
Jio had launched the inaugural free voice and data plan in September last year, and in December, extended the freebies till March 31, 2017
A total of 41 companies had applied for the permit
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, on October 15, gave its recommendation on spectrum auction for premium 900 Mhz band and 1800 Mhz band that are presently being used for 2G GSM mobile services by Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications.
Feedback from telecom members indicated a 10 per cent increase in traffic, but no fears of choked networks. Telcos currently use 65-70 per cent of the network capacity. In other words, they have enough additional capacity to handle the new pressure without clogging the system.
A consumer study has ranked Nokia as the most preferred brand in mobile phones followed by Samsung and Reliance.
ADAG, however, issued a statement saying that he visited the CBI as part of his weekly visit to Delhi.
The Jio-Bharti battle will not just be limited to mobile telephony but will extend to the fibre to home space too.
'The recent incident in the US has no bearing in India.' 'We are not aware of any request from the US to India about 5G.'
Emirates Telecommunications of the United Arab Emirates, better known as Etisalat, is in discussion with Reliance Communications for a possible merger or acquisition.
The profit boost for studios will in large part be driven by the rush for local-language content from platforms like Netflix Inc
Govt says there is enough spectrum, telcos differ
When on October 24, the Supreme Court, on a petition moved by the government, ordered payment of past dues according to its new definition of AGR, the country's second-biggest carrier Vodafone-Idea Ltd warned of shut down if no relief is given. The total dues for the industry ran into a whopping Rs 1.47 lakh crore. For an industry that has come from 7-8 operators to just three private players and state-owned fourth operator, the warning by Vodafone-Idea sounded like a death knell.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that there were 31 complaints of call drops against the company in 2015
Mumbai Metro commuters get top-up facility.
How Bajaj, Colgate, Raymonds, Zee lost out.. Strategic errors have hurt many companies, says adguru Sandeep Goyal.
The court asked Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Reliance to inform it by next Tuesday as to how this facility could be installed in central jails.
According to senior officials in the department of telecommunication 20 Mhz of spectrum has been given to the four firms -- Infotel, Bharti, Aircel and Tikona Digital, which have licences to offer services.
Facebook Inc is launching an open platform for online content and application developers to join its Internet.org service.
The IPO is expected to bring handsome fees for the selected banks at a time when billion-dollar listings have become scarce
Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company
Mukesh Ambani said, by March 2017, it will cover 90 per cent of India's population
Senior official from the department of telecommunication said the deck has been cleared and the department will handover the spectrum to the operators on Wednesday.
The government will soon resolve the security concerns surrounding third-generation (3G) video calls.
RCom had won 3G spectrum in 13 circles, including Delhi and Mumbai.
The Union Cabinet on Friday decided to unify the licenses of basic and cellular telecom services, paving the way for WLL operators like Reliance to offer full mobility services.
Mumbai-based Reliance Communications increased voice call prices by about a fifth late last month and also increased the base tariff for voice calls.
As per data, call drop situation in Delhi has improved.
'We are having an outsize impact not only on the lives of the customers and livelihood, but also the economy of India.'
Infrastructure for all-IP next-generation, wireless broadband infrastructure across all the 29 states in India is being laid, says Mukesh.
The company added 2.8 million wireless subscribers on its GSM and CDMA platforms in the month of June, RCom said in a statement. RCom offers telephony services on both GSM and CDMA platforms.
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