The CDMA and GSM operators in the country are at loggerheads once again, this time over the implementation of mobile number portability.
While the government is planning to introduce mobile number portability (MNP) in metros in the near future, preliminary developments suggest the subscribers and service providers will share the Rs 200 cost of every such portability operation.
While Reliance Jio added 3.65 million users in May, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea continued to lose subscribers.
The latest telecom war kicked off after some pictures surfaced, showing Airtel banners among agitating farmers. According to the Jio camp, it was a giveaway that farmers were being enticed to port their phone numbers.
BSNL is taking various initiatives to improve its services and add more customers.
The total outstanding dues against Bharti Airtel is Rs 11,235.50 crore.
Over the three-month period, Airtel's stock price has rallied from Rs 432 to Rs 540, while Vodafone Idea has risen from Rs 9.2 to Rs 11.8 per share.
The incumbent operators faced the onslaught of free offers and cheaper rates from Jio.
The highest number of requests are in Karnataka (39.18 million) and Tamil Nadu (35.56 million).
If true then it would be a major disruption in the industry
Will be valid only for the first two months of a customer's joining
RCom and Tata Teleservices are the top net losers of subscribers under mobile number portability (MNP) services.
Telecom regulator Trai on Monday announced reduction in the national mobile phone roaming charges, but said there will be no free national roaming as of now.
According to telcos and analysts, this is due to SIM consolidation happening after the minimum recharge plans were implemented by incumbents.
Active subscriber base declined by 2.2 million on a month-on-month (MoM) basis to 970.2 million in August 2019, on the back of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea losing customers. Jio was the only operator to add 7.2 million active subscribers in the same month.
BSNL will now offer free roaming from this month onwards.
Trai plans to allow consumers to change operators without changing set-top box
Till now, Jio was primarily targeting the prepaid customer base, with only a few post-paid plans. Now, it is targeting post-paid customers, who usually spend over five times their prepaid counterparts and are more company-loyal.
Telecom subscribers had it good during Rahul Khullar's watch as Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad made it clear that as of now, the government has no plans to merge BSNL and MTNL.
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RCom slashed 3G prices for all kind of connections -- pre-paid, post-paid, new and old -- across 13 circles where its third-generation services are available.
Kickstarting the Bharatiya Janata Party's poll campaign for Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wooed voters with a host of promises as he singled out 'anarchist' Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked voters to punish him for "wasting" one year.
Seeks clarification on a few issues such as enhancement of entry fee and performance bank guarantee from telecom regulator
The country's wireless subscriber base fell to 87.05 crore at the end of September, registering the first drop in five months, after Reliance Communications deactivated services of over 1 crore "unprofitable" users.
The broader markets, however, outperformed their larger peers.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
Agreement between Bharti Airtel and Loop Mobile, which offers mobile services in Mumbai, expired on October 31
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