July 27th, 2020 1:36 PM 0 COMMENTS

Dish TV and d2h to Move Subscribers on Happy India Pack 31 Pack to Happy India 39 Pack

Dish TV India, one of the largest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators announced that the company would move subscribers on the Happy India Bouquet priced at Rs 30.50 per month to a new bouquet. The company that operates DTH brands like Dish TV, Zing and d2h shared the development on the dedicated sites of Dish TV and d2h. The development is a result of Sony Pictures Network India announcing that the Happy... Read More

July 25th, 2020 6:08 PM 9 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Removes Rs 2,398 Prepaid Plan from its Truly Unlimited Offer

Bharti Airtel keeps on adding and removing prepaid plans. The telco has removed its Rs 2,398 prepaid plan from its Truly Unlimited offerings. This plan used to come with 1.5GB daily data, unlimited calling, 100 SMS/day and Airtel Thanks benefits. It came with a validity of 365 days (1 year) which is a full year. But the telco also offers another plan of Rs 2,498 for which it charged just... Read More

July 16th, 2020 5:32 PM 1 COMMENTS

GTPL Hathway Adds 50,000 Broadband Subscribers, Set to Launch Hybrid Box

GTPL Hathway on Wednesday said that the company added 50,000 broadband subscribers including 20,000 Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) users in its first quarter ended June 30, 2020. The company shared the data in its first quarter financial results for the period ended June, 2020. GTPL Hathway said that the addition of broadband subscribers in its first quarter of the current financial year represents two times growth as compared to the same period... Read More

July 9th, 2020 10:09 AM 15 COMMENTS

Telecom Industry Likely to Expect Two Rounds of Tariff Hike in Next 18 Months

Telecom industry is facing substantial distress due to the outbreak of COVID-19. As of result of the abnormal rise of the deadly virus, the telecom industry will witness tariff hike, and it will be unavoidable as the telecom operators are already facing financial distress amid difficult times. Prashant Singhal, emerging market Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications Leader stated that the analysing the current scenario, tariff hike will not be... Read More

July 3rd, 2020 7:37 PM 0 COMMENTS

AGR Earnings of Telecom Operators Increased by 9.5% in FY3Q

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

July 1st, 2020 12:58 PM 18 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Reports Decline in Subscriber Base, Data Volumes Up by 7.9%

Vodafone Idea on Tuesday announced its fourth quarter results ended March 2020 with the operator reporting a revenue growth of 6% on a quarterly basis. The company said that the revenue growth was largely driven by the tariff hike implemented by the telecom operators in December 2019. Vodafone Idea said that the average revenue per user (ARPU) improved to Rs 121 in the fourth quarter ended March 2020 as compared... Read More

June 23rd, 2020 8:03 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Platforms to Jump 66% in Valuation by FY22, To Be Valued at $110 Billion: BofA Securities

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

June 19th, 2020 5:21 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Will Face Multiple Challenges in Clearing AGR Dues: Credit Suisse

Telecom Operator Vodafone Idea is facing massive financial burden because of AGR dues. Currently, Vodafone Idea has just paid 13% of the total outstanding AGR dues. As per the latest report by Credit Suisse, Vodafone Idea will face difficulties in clearing more than Rs 50 billion incremental upfront dues in the AGR dues. The report further states that once Vodafone Idea clears Rs 69 billion of AGR dues, it is... Read More

June 17th, 2020 4:35 PM 28 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Cross 500 Million Subscribers by 2023; 48% Subscriber Market Share by FY25

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio will continue its growth momentum in the country and will cross 500 million mobile subscribers mark by financial year 2023, which will further touch 569 million in FY25 and 609 million in FY28, Bernstein said in a report released on Wednesday. The 4G telecom operator’s subscriber base stood at 388 million in FY20. Bernstein said that if Vodafone Idea is forced to close, Jio's subscriber share... Read More

June 10th, 2020 7:04 AM 17 COMMENTS

Tariff Hike: Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea to End Cheap Mobile Data and Voice Calls

The Indian telecom industry hasn’t been the same since the time Reliance Jio introduced its free voice calling and unlimited data services. Jio came to the market back in 2016 and has captured the highest market percentage. The telco has over 388 million subscribers. Right below it stands Bharti Airtel. It used to be the number one telco in India but Jio took that place. Looking at Jio, every telco... Read More

May 30th, 2020 12:41 PM 16 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel: Making Strides Across Services and Emerging Stronger When It Matters

In Q42020, Airtel’s mobile revenue growth outstripped Jio’s by a huge margin (quarter on quarter increase of 15%, 2X Jio) as the company saw an increase in ARPU from Rs 135 in Q32020 to Rs 154 in Q42020. This revenue and ARPU growth are despite the ~30 million customers not recharging due to the adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Airtel has consistently maintained its subscriber market share (Airtel –... Read More

May 29th, 2020 11:14 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Outperformance to Continue: Religare

Religare Broking said in a research report that it expects the growth momentum of Bharti Airtel to continue primarily driven by the increase in ARPU and steady growth in its other business. According to the firm, the “huge surge in demand” that Airtel witnessed in the home broadband segment as highlighted by Airtel’s management would ensure the telecom giant witnessing the minimum impact of COVID-19. Additionally, the Business-to-Business segment of... Read More

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