March 31st, 2020 4:02 PM 18 COMMENTS

Bundled Prepaid and Postpaid Plan Prices of Indian Telcos Will Increase by 60 to 80%

The monthly data usage of an average user is currently high due to the high allowance and that an user’s actual requirement could be much lower, ICICI Securities says. According to the report released on Monday by ICICI Securities on the Indian telecom sector, the comments made by telecom operators on floor prices are “quite encouraging.” The telecom operators called for a five times hike on data prices along with... Read More

March 30th, 2020 7:45 AM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone Rs 95 All Rounder Prepaid Plan Introduced With 56 Days Validity and Rs 74 Talk Time

Vodafone has introduced the Rs 95 All Rounder plan in select circles with talk time, data and rate cutter benefits for two months. All Rounder plans from Vodafone are the Minimum Recharge packs which customers can avail to extend service validity of the account. For example, the basic Rs 49 All Rounder plan extends a Vodafone user's account validity by 28 days. The newly launched Rs 95 All Rounder plan... Read More

March 20th, 2020 12:46 PM 19 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Likely to Survive if Government Allows to Pay AGR Dues Over 15 Years

Vodafone Idea is facing massive financial distress as the telco giant has to pay Rs 58,254 crore towards AGR dues to the government. However, the Supreme Court might allow the deferred payment mechanism, which would allow the stressed telco to clear their AGR dues in a period of 15 or 20 years. However, as per the analysts, the telco giant might lose its financial credibility as they will have to... Read More

March 14th, 2020 3:56 PM 64 COMMENTS

Trai Floor Pricing: Telcos Suggest per GB Price of Rs 35

Trai’s consultation paper ‘Tariff Issue of Telecom Services’ and its floor tariff regime might serve as financial aid for the telecom sector as the industry is facing a cash-crunch situation because of the massive AGR dues. Telcos such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio earlier appealed Trai to set up a floor tariff. Not only this, government officials reached to Trai and asked them to fasten up the... Read More

March 6th, 2020 11:40 AM 83 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Suggests Floor Tariffs at Rs 20 per GB Over Six Months

Trai has been planning to fix floor prices from a long time now as the telecom industry is facing substantial financial distress because of massive AGR burden. Recently, Reliance Jio addressed Trai and suggested that increase in floor prices must be done gradually and fixed at Rs 15 per GB which must eventually increase to Rs 20 per GB after a period of six to nine months. As per the... Read More

February 25th, 2020 12:31 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Gets Demand to Bring Floor Tariff In Action From Government

Government officials have reached out to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to fasten up the process and decide floor tariffs which would restore the long term viability of the telecom sector. According to the words of a senior government official “The regulator is being pushed to soon come out with a floor price, once the consultation completes this month.” Trai facing the burden from government and sector to fix... Read More

February 24th, 2020 1:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

GTPL Hathway acquires 220,000 subscribers who use Cable TV and Broadband Services

GTPL Hathway and Cable TV have added 220,000 subscribers who use both broadband services and cable TV offered by the company. As per the earlier reports, GTPL Hathway is working with the prime motive of converting its cable TV households into FTTX households. In the previous year, GTPL introduced and relaunched its GTPL Giga HD Service which offered cable connections along with broadband services under a price range of Rs... Read More

February 13th, 2020 3:51 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Stick With Proposed Prices for 5G Spectrum

Earlier this Wednesday, Trai strongly defended their spectrum pricing and especially noted that the pricing had been finalised after taking into the industry feedback. Trai stuck to their prices and said that it depends upon the interest of individual stakeholder and their decision whether they want to take part in the auction or not. After the announcement by Trai, minister of Telecom and IT Sanjay Dhotre mentioned the Rajya Sabha... Read More

February 6th, 2020 10:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Will Not Purchase 5G Spectrum if Trai Goes With Exorbitant Prices

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel reaffirmed that it would not purchase 5G spectrum at the Trai recommended prices. Trai suggested Rs 492 crore per megahertz, but Airtel feels the prices are on the steeper side. Not only Bharti Airtel, but even Vodafone Idea also said the prices are on the higher side. But Trai is also standing on its word saying the prices of 5G spectrum will not be reduced and... Read More

February 5th, 2020 6:36 PM 26 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Position ‘Remains Critical’ Says the UK-Based Telco

UK-based Vodafone, in its earnings release, said that the position of Vodafone Idea 'remains critical.' Ever since the AGR setback, Vodafone Idea has been seeking relief from the Indian government, but there is no proper response. As part of the dues, Vodafone Idea will have to furnish Rs 53,000 crore as license fee, interest, spectrum usage charges and penalty dues to DoT. Not only Vodafone Idea, but even Bharti Airtel... Read More

February 5th, 2020 10:50 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV Adds Just Over 1 Lakh Subscribers in Q3 FY20; Overall User Base Reaches 16.3 Million

Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, has revealed its performance report for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2019. During the quarter, Airtel Digital TV added just over one lakh new users which took its overall user base to 16.3 million as of December 31. Thanks to the Trai tariff regime, DTH operators were unable to add new subscribers, despite coming up with attractive offers on... Read More

January 28th, 2020 1:28 PM 39 COMMENTS

Next Data Tariff Hike By Telcos Could Be In the Form of Higher Priced 28 Days Plans

The tariff hike in the telecom industry towards the end of 2019 was one of the major moves that shocked the consumers of mobility services. However, it is very well known that a single data tariff hike in the industry is not going to suffice for the telecom companies. Given the gruesome situation of the telecom industry in India, the financial pressure and the debt, the telecom operators are likely... Read More

Recent Comments

bharat khanna :

where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?

Airtel Introduces Affordable International Roaming Packs for Seamless Travel Connectivity

Jobins :

Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.

Vodafone Idea Needs Tariff Hikes: Analysts

Faraz :

If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…

Reliance Jio Posts Rs 5583 Crore Net Profit in Q4…

Sujata :

In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…

Reliance Jio Launches 5G in 27 Cities in Holi 2023

Faraz :

If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…

Reliance Jio Posts Rs 5583 Crore Net Profit in Q4…

Load More