This means that if Star TV's bouquet of 14 channels is priced at Rs 88 in non-CAS areas (70 million cable TV homes), it can charge only Rs 44 or less from existing DTH operators like Tata Sky, Dish TV and new entrants like Big TV, Bharti and Sun Direct. But all broadcasters are charging more from DTH companies than from non-CAS cable homes.
Mobile operators have strongly opposed the decision of telecom regulator Trai to impose penalties on them for unsolicited calls, saying the move is "unfair" and would discourage service providers which cannot be blamed for the nuisance.
Analysts expect that Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications (RCom) and Idea Cellular will post over 50 per cent annual growth in revenues (year-on-year) and more than 10 per cent sequential growth (over the previous quarter). Bharti continues to lead in the subscriber addition race (2.1 million in August).
Google had started the Station as a five-year partnership with the Indian Railways and RailTel in 2015 to provide fast, free WiFi in over 400 stations by mid-2020.
Telecom Regulatory Authority said on Friday that it is planning to cut access deficit charge for incoming international calls to Rs 2 a minute from the prevailing Rs 4.25 per minute.
Local and domestic long distance mobile call tariffs may drop further, thanks to telecom regulator Trai's announcement to do away with a fee that private telecom operators pay to state-run BSNL.Private operators were hitherto paying the fee called Access Deficit Charge to BSNL at the rate of 0.75 per cent of their Adjusted Gross Revenue or about Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) a year.
Income will be higher as spectrum in 2,100-MHz band will also be auctioned
Call drop problem to improve in 12-16 weeks in Delhi: Vodafone
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Broadcast regulator TRAI is exploring the option of allowing voluntary implementation of conditional access system in non-notified areas following the success achieved in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Manoj Sinha, earlier minister of state for railways, will be tasked to conduct the auction and deal with issues like net neutrality.
The government created a special purpose vehicle, Bharat Broadband Network Ltd, in 2012 to oversee the implementation of the project.
Network congestion level has increased leading to inter-network jamming at the points of interconnection, loss of calls, repeated call attempts by consumers
A Parliamentary Committee will discuss the controversial issue of net neutrality on Thursday at a meeting where officials of telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are expected to present their views.
The Cellular Operators Association of India on Wednesday telecom regulator TRAI's order for slashing roaming charges by up to 56 per cent and said the move could lead to increase in basic tariffs.
India's first auction of spectrum in five years attracted Rs 77,146 crore of bids on the opening day on Monday with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea participating in the bidding process - a response that the government said was better than expected. There were, however, no takers for spectrum in 700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands on the first day, and the auctions will continue and conclude on Tuesday. About 2,308.80 MHz of spectrum, that carry telecom signals, in seven bands worth nearly Rs 4 lakh crore at the reserve or start price, was offered for bidding in the auction that began on Monday. Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Rs 77,146 crore worth of spectrum was bid on the first day but there were no takers for the airwaves in the premium 700 MHz as also 2500 MHz bands.
The company is to act as an ISP across rural areas for local entrepreneurs.
The pulse duration for local calls has been reduced to 2 minutes instead of the prevailing 3 minutes. The new tariff and pulse rate would be applicable from April 1, 2003.
Telecom tariffs expected to fall from April 1st with TRAI lowering interconnection charges between two networks by 23-29 per cent.
Now, telcos will be penalised for call drops.
The overall wireless subscriber base increased to 114 crore at the end of June
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.
Broadcast regulator TRAI on Friday came out with a consultation paper on the need for having separate tariffs for commercial cable subscribers like hotels, guest houses, offices and hospitals
Experienced Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaart will miss the World Cup finals through injury, the Dutch football federation said on Wednesday.
The govt is expected to achieve the revenue target of Rs 40,000 crore from spectrum sale this fiscal, Telecom Secretary M F Farooqui said.
Ending net neutrality will impact govt's Make in India.
Airtel Zero launched with the promise of free access to apps.
Flipkart may walk away from ongoing discussions with telecom service provider Airtel for their platform 'Airtel Zero'.
Among major gainers, ITC, Reliance Industries, Dr Reddy's and HDFC rose up to 3 per cent.
While everybody is talking about the vast potential of 5G, the uptake of such services in India depends on operators getting around 100 Mhz 5G spectrum. At the reserve price proposed by Trai, getting this spectrum will cost a telco around Rs 490 billion. Which amount could be difficult for operators to mop up, given the financial stress they are undergoing, says Kiran Rathee.
Trai has invited comments till January 7 on its paper on differential data pricing.
Just days prior to his term coming to an end, TRAI chairman Pradip Baijal on Wednesday recommended on one of the most crucial issues of number portability on mobile phones saying the facility can be made available for a one-time payment of Rs 200.
The under-par Delhi Daredevils have some good news with their injured skipper Kevin Pietersen likely to be fit in time for the team's next game in Dubai.
Deadline ends for KYC details; cable operators' body says more time needed.
