The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) will examine Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s Happy New Year offer that provides free voice and 4G services to its existing and new customers till March 31, 2017. The Trai chairman R S Sharma said that the regulator will look into the offer. “Every tariff that is filed before us is examined. We will come up with our response at appropriate time," he was... Read More
Reliance Jio, the major disruptor in the Indian telecom sector has stunned everyone yet again with their new offerings. Mukesh Ambani, the company chief chairman, today at an event announced his happiness towards Jio’s 50 million achievement and stated that the ‘Welcome Offer’ will now be extended till March 2017, but has a different name this time around- ‘Jio Happy New Year Offer’. Take a look at what Mukesh Ambani... Read More
Malaysia-based Axiata, the owner of 20% stake in Idea Cellular, is reportedly planning to sell its share in the country’s third largest telecom operator, following concerns over the telco’s “subdued” valuation. According to a report in ET, Axiata believes Idea Cellular’s valuation will remain subdued for at least the next three years due to the pricing onslaught stem from the entry of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm. Axiata has informally... Read More
Telecom Secretary J S Deepak said that foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecom sector has jumped to $10 billion during the first eight months of 2016-17, from $1.3 billion in 2015-16, driven by policy reforms brought by the Indian government. FDI in telecom sector stood at $1.3 billion in 2013-14, which increased to $2.9 billion in 2014-15, and $1.3 billion in 2015-16. “FDI has jumped to USD 10 billion,... Read More
Reliance Communications’ 'non-core' assets originally identified for disposal like GCX will become the telco’s key business focus following the planned de-merger and tower sale, ratings agency Moody’s said on Wednesday. The agency has also downgraded RCom’s corporate family rating and senior secured bond rating to B1 from Ba3, due to the telco’s weak operating performance in the first half of the fiscal year, as evidenced by the continued contraction in... Read More
Idea Cellular is the most vulnerable telecom operator to demonetization due to its greater exposure to rural markets where the impact of the ban on old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes is higher, according to a report published in the Economic Times. The report, citing Bank of America-Merrill Lynch analysis, said that around 54% of the Aditya Birla group company’s revenues flow in from ‘Category B & C’... Read More
The year 2016 is coming to a close and many research firms have started releasing the performance data of smartphone market for the year. The latest firm to release the stats is the International Data Corporation (IDC) that says that the 4G smartphone shipment will surpass one billion mark this year. According to IDC, the worldwide smartphone shipments will reach 1.45 billion in 2016, among which 1.17 billion will be... Read More
India’s largest telecom tower company Indus Towers has announced an initiative of launching “Aesthetic Sites”. As the name indicates, this caters to the requirements of smart cities with beautiful landscapes. The company also promises environmental considerations while deploying sites. Commenting on the nationwide initiative, Mr. Bimal Dayal, CEO, Indus Towers, said, “With our focus on innovation that enables transformation and belief in Design Thinking approach, where we develop a solution... Read More
With the advent of Reliance Jio, things in the Indian telecom sector have quickly changed. To much fanfare in the country, Jio is offering free services to everyone signing up till December 3. When Mukesh Ambani took center stage and announced that Jio would be the first network in India to provide free lifetime voice calls, everyone was taken by surprise. However, there’s a catch with these voice calls as... Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm, the 4G entrant, has reportedly crossed 50 million subscriber mark, and is continuously growing its base to quickly touch the 100 million user bark before the fiscal year end. According to the Economic Times, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator has crossed 50 million mark on November 26, 2016, and has been adding an average 6 lakh customers per day, having launched commercial operations on September 5. The... Read More
Reliance Jio, the 4G telecom operator has approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) to file a complaint against incumbent telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for abusing their dominance and cartelization. A report by Bloomberg Quint on Monday said that Jio filed the complaint on the basis of a letter written by the regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to the Department of Telecom... Read More
Huawei has reportedly overthrown Samsung in the smartphone sales this year, according to a new report. With this, it becomes the world’s most profitable smartphone brand. Samsung, which owned this position earlier, had a considerable loss after the company’s latest flagship Galaxy Note 7 failed in the market (It recalled the model entirely from the market after the explosion fiasco). Huawei shipped an impressive 100 million smartphones by October 2016.... Read More
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