The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is asking telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to make some payment towards AGR dues before being allowed to defer the rest of the dues over 20 years. As reported by ET Telecom, telco giants Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have already stated that they cannot pay statutory dues immediately apart from what they have already paid. Both the telcos and Department of Telecommunications... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Tuesday released the Telecom Subscription Data as of March 31, 2020 that highlighted that the wireline broadband subscriber base in India touched 19.18 million. According to the TRAI data for the month of February, India registered a wireline broadband subscriber base of 19.07 million. The data highlights that the wireline broadband operators in India added over 100,000 users in March despite the... Read More
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) on Tuesday denied immediate relief to Vodafone Idea over its petition challenging Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) order on withholding its RedX plan. The third largest cellular provider in India moved TDSAT on Monday seeking a relief order against the Trai directive that required Vodafone Idea to stop providing its premium RedX plan to users. The Trai in a letter dated... Read More
Vodafone Idea on Monday filed a petition in Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) challenging the directive from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on withholding its RedX plan. The development is on the heels of the Trai letter dated July 11 asking Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to stop the premium plans that promise faster data speeds to its users. According to a ET Telecom report, a Vodafone... Read More
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio, have urged the telecom regulator Trai that additional spectrum usage charge (SUC) of 0.5 % must only be applicable in shared spectrum bands rather than the entire spectrum band. Not only this, but the telcos have asked Trai to consider the necessity of SUC charge as the airwaves are purchased in auction by paying market prices. As reported by ET Telecom,... Read More
As per a latest Trai report, telecom operators have recorded an almost 9.5% growth in AGR in the third quarter of FY20. The sequential growth in AGR was mainly because of the price hikes decision by telecom operators last December which didn’t affect the spending pattern of customers. As reported by ET Telecom, the AGR of the entire telecom industry climbed to 9.48% on-quarter to Rs 40,877 crore in the... Read More
Jio Platforms, the holding company of Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio on Thursday officially launched its JioMeet video conferencing app after months of testing. The app offers users to perform one on one video calls and also enables users to host meetings with up to 100 participants. The JioMeet app is currently available for download on iOS and Google Play while a desktop app is available for Windows and the... Read More
India continues to register a decline in the fixed broadband subscription as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) data reveals that India now has 19.07 million subscribers as of February. The data released by Trai on Monday highlights the telecom subscription data as of February 29, 2020. According to previously released Trai data for the month of January, India had a registered wireline broadband subscriber base of 19.08 million.... Read More
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, are facing heavy financial distress amid the Covid-19 crisis. All the telcos have urged the finance minister of India to increase the liquidity of telecom operators by offering soft loans and waiving taxes imposed on spectrum fees and usage charges. As reported by ET Telecom, COAI director general Rajan Mathews penned a letter to Nirmala Sitharaman and stated that since the... Read More
The OnePlus 7 Pro, introduced in 2019, was the Chinese company's first take on the premium smartphone segment. However, OnePlus fell short of the user expectations as the phone lacked behind the flagships from Samsung, Apple and Google in various aspects. This year OnePlus is upping the ante with the OnePlus 8 Pro. Not only the OnePlus 8 Pro is the company's costliest phone till date, but it is also... Read More
India's telecom regulator has come up with a list of registered telemarketers and their SMS codes used for sending unsolicited commercial communication (UCC). The move is aimed at helping customers to raise complaints or grievances against telemarketers who spam them using the short message service (SMS) service. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had last week issued a direction regarding the implementation of the telecom commercial communications customer preference... Read More
Jio Platforms (JPL) has become one of the biggest and most valued companies in India. In the past few weeks, it has attracted investments of more than $10 billion from companies like Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista Equity Partners, and more. As a result of all these investments, the telco’s current valuation stands at $66 billion. According to BofA Securities, this valuation is about to make a 66% jump and Jio... Read More
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