Tata Teleservices said on Thursday that the DoT has approved the merger of their consumer mobile business with Bharti Airtel. The government body’s approval comes two years after the merger was formally announced. The telecom department in its letter dated February 6 asked the competent authority in DoT to take … Read More
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 … Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced its consolidated results for the quarter that ended on December 31, 2019. Overall, it’s a good quarter for the telco in terms of subscriber numbers and APRU, however, on the revenue side of things, the company is still struggling. In Q3 FY20, Bharti Airtel subscriber base … Read More
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and Vodafone Idea sparred on Monday with ILDOs such Tata Communications and Spectra over revenue sharing of international call termination charges. In an open discussion on the issue of International Call Termination charges, Trai sought the view of stakeholders whether to continue fixed ITC … Read More
Bharti Airtel may be lagging behind Reliance Jio in providing affordable data plans, but the telco is doing a great job in differentiating itself from others. For example, Bharti Airtel has a couple of prepaid plans which offer life insurance benefits. And on the same note, the telco is also … Read More
In a new sigh of relief for the telecom companies, analysts have come out saying that the government might only ask for the principal amount from the telecom operators in the case of Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. The report comes from ET Telecom. According to an Axis Capital note, … Read More
Vodafone India has been giving a fierce competition to Bharti Airtel in the postpaid segment. It was Bharti Airtel which came up with add-ons concept in India and it was soon followed by Vodafone. Last year, Vodafone introduced RED Family postpaid plans which ship with up to five family connections. … Read More
Coronavirus outbreak may likely affect Airtel, Vodafone Idea’s 4G expansion and rollout as Chinese vendors will be unable to supply network gear over the period of time. Reliance Jio Infocomm not likely to be impacted as it sources gear from South Korea’s Samsung, which we are already aware of. Bharti … Read More
The telecom companies in India have been facing a tough time in the industry with the statutory dues looking them in the face. The deadline for the payment of these dues is already over on January 23, but the telecom companies have missed the deadline owing to the legal affair … Read More
One of the major hurdles that the large telecom companies of India, especially Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have been facing is the imminent deadline of paying Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues. For Bharti Airtel, these dues run up to Rs 35,000 crore. However, the deadline has been currently extended … Read More
After the tariff revision in December 2019, telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea brought back the affordable talk time plans like Rs 20, Rs 50 and Rs 100. Airtel is providing six talk time plans to its prepaid users right now and they are Rs 10, Rs 20, Rs … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is considering to put approximately Rs 2,195 crore worth of telecom initiative only for the 4G telecom operators. This means that the telecom companies which have a 4G network will only be able to bid to for this telecom initiative. As per an ET Telecom … Read More
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