December 6th, 2018 7:30 PM 16 COMMENTS

Government May Find it Difficult to Respond Calls from Telcos for Relief Package: Report

The government may find it "difficult" to respond to calls for relief package for the telecom sector given the differences among operators on financial stress, a source said to PTI. At the same time, there is some movement on the sector's other demands including a review of import duty on telecom equipment, said the senior government official who did not wish to be named. Telecom sector has been battered by... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 5:59 PM 2 COMMENTS

Ongoing Consolidation in the Indian Telecom Space is a Threat to Tower Companies: Report

The ongoing consolidation in the telecom space is a "threat" to tower companies, which are staring at a margin contraction of up to 7.5 percentage points by FY20, as operators exit co-locations. Despite the ongoing troubles, the tower industry has been able to hold on to its margins till now. The country's largest telco Vodafone Idea is in the process of exiting as much as 27,500 co-locations or 3% of... Read More

October 15th, 2018 12:32 PM 4 COMMENTS

Telcos Should Not Enrol New Subscribers Beyond 5% During Trial Phase: DoT

After confirming that telcos can conduct trial runs before rolling the services to the public, the DoT has now set a limit to subscriber enrolment during the trial phase which is 5% of the overall network capacity. Earlier, the DoT has confirmed that a telco can conduct testing period for a maximum of six months. "The number of test subscribers that can be enrolled by a licensee in the licensed... Read More

September 16th, 2018 10:35 AM 48 COMMENTS

Sunday Talk: Telecom Operators’ Evolution from Customer Care Calls to Self-Care Apps

Approximately half a decade ago, and even right before the entry of Reliance Jio into the market, the telecom industry used to be very different from what it is today. Having watched the sector in front of us, with its ups and down from these many years, we have noticed the on-going trends, updates and the latest technological advances which the telcos have adopted to stay ahead of their time.... Read More

August 31st, 2018 6:47 PM 11 COMMENTS

Telcos Are Now Allowed to Conduct Network Testing for 180 Days Before Launching Mobile Services

The highest decision-making body in the telecom sector, the Telecom Commission has finally approved the norms for telcos allowing them to conduct network trials before commercially launching the mobile services to the public. However, the test phase for such trials should be just 180 days. The Commission also decided to ask the telecom regulator to prescribe a framework for testing of fixed-line services. "Now these decisions (Trai's recommendations) were accepted,... Read More

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