In 2 months, the team has managed to raise Rs 90 crore, almost at a par with the amount infused by Maxis.

The IUC for text messages is paid by a telco to the network receiving the SMS. It is similar to the IUC for voice calls, which was recently...

Expect another bitter battle between Jio and its rivals. At stake is roughly Rs 5,000 crore of revenue. And the odds seem heavily loaded in...

Lawyers present said the court refused interim relief to Airtel and Idea, who had challenged telecom regulator’s order, and asked them to f...

The two telcos asked the court to halt the implementation of TRAI’s decision to reduce IUC to 6p /min from 14p/min from Oct 1 and to scrap ...

'They were arguing for cutting the IUC. This time they are arguing that you do not cut the IUC," said TRAI Chairman RS Sharma.

Khullar says Trai’s haste to ring in a regulation mandating the bill-and-keep model from a defined future date is a move aimed at helping o...

A bench comprising Justices Anoop V Mohta and Bharti Harish Dangre ruled that the CCI had no jurisdiction to order a probe into the matter.

"There is a bigger risk to the broader markets, especially to the midcaps with elevated earnings expectations."

“They need to understand the methodology adopted. Globally, in a calling-party-pays regime, there is no zero-IUC regulation,” said Rajan Ma...

The industry body represents top telcos Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which seek a higher IUC, and Reliance Jio Infocomm...

Hemendra Kothari has been one of India’s savviest bankers ever, having built up relationships that endure. Even after retirement, he remain...

Jio suggested following bill-and-keep model, bringing the two parties at loggerheads again after previously battling over issues of call dr...

The regulator has also asked the incumbent operators to provide "requisite number" of interconnect points to Jio "at the earliest.

Sources aware of the matter said it will take four to five months for Trai to complete consultation process on the highly-debated paper.

A senior government functionary said there was nothing wrong in reducing IUC, though he added that Modi administration will not interfere i...

Telcos have accused Trai of bias against them in favour of new entrants. As there's only one new entrant worth talking about, it was clearl...