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Tanay Singh Thakur April 13th, 2021 2:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom Industry’s Growth Will Driven by Enterprise Services: Report

India's telecom industry is soon going to undergo a major change once the 5G networks are commercially launched. According to a credit rating firm ICRA, the next phase of growth for the telecom industry will come from ‘non-telecom’ businesses. The non-telecom businesses include internet of things (IoT) services, enterprise business, digital services, cloud services, fixed broadband services, and more. Companies such as Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have already started... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur April 9th, 2021 12:11 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Did Not Pay License Fee to DoT for Q4 FY21: Report

Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been issued a show-cause notice by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not paying the license fee for Q4 FY21. Vi’s last date for paying the license fee was March 25, 2021. As per a BusinessLine report, the telco has missed out on paying the license fee for seven circles in India, including Gujarat, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, and Uttar Pradesh East. DoT’s... Read More

Bala Yogesh March 24th, 2021 5:38 PM 17 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Requires Steep Tariff Hikes for Survival, Huge Hikes Unlikely for Now

Vodafone Idea, the third largest wireless operator in India on Monday hiked its two entry-level postpaid family plans by around Rs 50. The operator on its website highlighted that the base postpaid family plan has been hiked from Rs 598 to Rs 649. Further, the third largest operator in India also hiked its second-tier postpaid family plan from Rs 749 to Rs 799. The operator had earlier restricted the price... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 17th, 2021 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Airwaves Too Expensive, DoT May Go After Trai for Price Reduction

The pricing of 5G airwaves has been termed as ‘unaffordable’ by telcos in the past. To ensure a smooth 5G roll out across the nation, the floor prices set by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) need to be reduced. According to a Livemint report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to have a chat about the same with the regulator. In the recently concluded spectrum auctions for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 9th, 2021 2:30 PM 39 COMMENTS

Nepal to Beat India and Become First South-Asian Country to Launch 5G

Nepal is all set to become the first country in South Asia to roll out 5G services. It plans to roll out 5G by mid-July of this year. Whereas in India, the telcos haven’t been able to even test the next generation connectivity properly. Kathmandu, along with three other major cities of Nepal, will have 5G connectivity by the end of this fiscal year. According to a report from The... Read More

Bala Yogesh March 5th, 2021 5:37 PM 6 COMMENTS

Indian Consumers Use More Mobile Data Than US Consumers: ATC

India has been a “challenging” market for the American Tower Corporation (ATC) in the past couple of years, Igor Khislavsky, vice president of investor relations at ATC said on Tuesday. ATC, one of the leading infrastructure providers engaged in the telecom space is said to own and operate over 75,000 tower sites in India as of December 31, 2020. Khislavsky in the 42nd Raymond James Annual Institutional Investors Conference on... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 15th, 2021 2:00 PM 19 COMMENTS

Telecom Industry to See Higher ARPU of Rs 220 in Medium Term: ICRA

India's telecom industry is all set to record a higher average revenue per user (ARPU) figure in the coming years. This will be the result of increased tariffs which the telcos may introduce in the FY2021-22. According to ICRA, the shift of users from 2G/3G to 4G across the country in the coming years along with the tariff hikes (expected in the next two quarters) will help the industry record... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 21st, 2021 4:30 PM 1 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Want Lesser Taxes and Exemptions from Government

India's telecom industry wants to pay lesser taxes and need exemption on paying custom duties to the government. The license fee which telcos in India have to pay is way too high than what operators in other parts of the world need to. That is why, the industry has sought for a reduction in spectrum usage charges (SUC), spectrum acquisition charges, licence fee, removal of GST (goods and services tax)... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 14th, 2021 8:00 PM 36 COMMENTS

2021 Spectrum Auction Details That You Shouldn’t Miss

The next round of spectrum auction is slated to take place from March 1, 2021. Telecom operators have been waiting for the auctions to enhance their spectrum portfolio for better positioning in rolling out 5G services and also to enhance existing capacity. The government will be auctioning airwaves in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz - considered as sub 1 GHz bands, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 27th, 2020 2:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel Might Get Some Relief from DoT

Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharti Airtel might be relieved from paying penalties worth Rs 3,050 crore. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) might reject the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) recommendation for charging telcos with Rs 3,050 crore for not giving Reliance Jio points of interconnection when it started operating back in 2016. As per a report from the Financial Express, telcos might be saved from paying this penalty given... Read More

Chakri K November 23rd, 2020 9:54 AM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel Will Watch Industry First Before Hiking Tariff Prices: Sunil Mittal

Telecom tariff prices in India are the cheapest across the globe. Even after the tariff hike that happened in December 2019, consumers are getting 1GB of data for less than Rs 5 in the country. The rise of Reliance Jio happened only to the fact that it offered the cheapest 4G tariff plans. Over the last few weeks, we saw Vodafone Idea’s thought of raising tariffs once again so that... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 16th, 2020 3:01 PM 10 COMMENTS

DoT Leaves the Final Call on Spectrum Pricing for Cabinet: Report

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has left the final call for setting the price of the spectrum on the cabinet. DoT has not suggested any change or reduction in the price of the spectrum as proposed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The next spectrum auction is likely to take place in the first quarter of 2021. Since DoT hasn’t suggested any price modification, the government body has left... Read More