'Enough space in private network business for telcos, tech to co-exist'“I don’t expect to see circle-level 5G deployment right away. There is space for both telcos and non-telcos on the table because at the end...
23 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
After Airtel, Vodafone Idea reduces benefits for corporate postpaid usersBharti Airtel had last week increased the entry level postpaid plan for its enterprise customers and tweaked offers to its retail ones to p...
26 Jul, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Risk of duopoly in telecom sector higher than before: AnalystThe room for manoeuvre is now very less for operators. The situation is particularly grave for Voda Idea.
14 Feb, 2020, 03.31 PM IST
Telcos' dues, penalties to weigh heavily on vendors, tower cosBharti Infratel, Indus Towers and American Tower Corp (ATC) are bracing for a possible hit on their tower tenancies, because of the financi...
18 Jan, 2020, 09.35 AM IST
Airtel segments subscribers to boost revenuesAirtel has segmented the plans in three tiers – silver, gold, and platinum – starting with a minimum recharge of Rs 119.
03 May, 2019, 09.13 AM IST
Jio effect: Airtel offers mobile data at Rs 26 a GBThe move comes at a time when top incumbent telcos are striving to match or better Jio’s offers of data at Rs 50 a GB, with some plans offe...
20 Oct, 2016, 12.44 AM IST
Enact laws similar to those of pro-net neutrality nations like Chile, Brazil, US, say expertsTelecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and politicians like Arvind Kejriwal and several Congress leaders have spoken in favour of net neutral...
16 Apr, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
4G may take 2-3 years for wider adoption in India: AnalystsAircel too has launched 4G LTE in select areas of the six telecom circles that include Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Odisha.
16 Feb, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Private bandwidth retailers may offer broadband servicesThe government plans to involve private operators as bandwidth retailers to handle broadband services delivery over the upcoming national o...
05 Aug, 2014, 06.13 AM IST
Reliance Jio to offer high-speed data, voice services using 4G technologyReliance Jio Infocomm has said it would use the mix of airwaves it owns to offer both high-speed data and voice services.
31 Mar, 2014, 04.19 AM IST
Trai mandates pan-India number portability within six monthsIndian mobile phone users will be able to keep the same number when they're moving to a different state by April.
26 Sep, 2013, 04.44 AM IST
After Aakash, government to develop sub- $100 smartphonesFlooding the market with low cost “Made In India” smartphones is at the heart of the government’s plans to evolve a broadband ecosystem.
02 Aug, 2013, 11.26 AM IST
Vodafone offers free Twitter access for three monthsVodafone India on July 29 tied up with Twitter to offer free access to the social networking website's main page through the web or the and...
30 Jul, 2013, 08.31 AM IST
Bharti Airtel to cut 4G charges by 31% on MondayMove comes barely a week after India's biggest mobile phone company by customers and revenue cut 2G data charges by nearly 90% to shore up ...
24 Jun, 2013, 12.00 PM IST
Vodafone plans to shift back-office work of German arm to IndiaVodafone plans to shift key businesses of its struggling German arm to its shared services unit in India to cut costs.
20 Apr, 2013, 09.21 AM IST
5ideas to fund 40 start ups in next 3 yearsSeed-fund provider 5ideas aims to work with 40 technology start-up ventures in the next three years and assist budding entrepreneurs in "sc...
02 Oct, 2012, 06.25 PM IST
- Outsourcing, just a phone call away, is the norm now
Bharti model has been followed by Vodafone India, Idea, Aircel, Maxis & others...globally more than 50 boardrooms have discussed it.
31 Dec, 2010, 03.20 AM IST