Airtel re-appoints Gopal Vittal as MD and CEO for 5 yearsThe reappointment came on a day the telco posted consolidated net profit at Rs 2,007.8 crore in the March quarter, up 141% sequentially and...
Bharti Airtel, COAI differ on impact of delays in refurbished 2G gear clearancesVodafone Idea (Vi) and Airtel are the country’s biggest 2G operators and jointly command over 300 million 2G users who are critical to thei...
Bharti Airtel shares jump nearly 13% a day after telco narrows Q2 loss to Rs 763 croreIndia’s no. 2 telco saw its sixth straight quarterly loss after higher finance costs and a one-time charge. Revenue, though, at Rs 25,785 c...
Reliance Jio outpaces Airtel to become No. 2 telco by users in May: TraiBharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have been losing subscribers at a fast rate, owing mainly to their introduction of the minimum recharge pla...
Airtel bullish on firm tariffs as telecom sector returns to stabilityAirtel called for lower 5G airwave prices in the upcoming auctions, which Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO for India and South Asia, again termed a...
The Jio effect: Consumers have been the absolute winnersTwo years since Reliance Jio launched its services on Sept 5, 2016, consumers have been the absolute winners.
‘Vodafone evaluating narrowband IoT to grow business’Nick Gliddon, director of Vodafone Business Services, told ET that Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest growing segments within i...
Vodafone India eyes narrowband IoTVodafone India is evaluating the launch of a narrowband Internet of Things (IoT) network to grow business.
JioPhone launch to expose Idea Cellular's data shortfallsIdea has added less new customers over the past few quarters. Also, Idea's monthly churn rate is also higher – 6.7% versus 3.8% for Airtel.
Idea posts another loss in Q4, Jio free offers weighIt added that for the first time in its history, the mobile industry is trending towards an annual revenue decline of about 2% on year in F...
Airtel, Vodafone and Idea line up sops to lure merchants to payment appsAirtel, Vodafone and Idea along with newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm are offering incentives to shop owners and retail chains to sign up wit...
Airtel merges Bangladesh unit with Robi AxiataPost the merger, Axiata and Airtel will hold 68.7% and 25% stake, respectively, in the combined entity which will have around 32.2 million ...
Demonetisation: Vodafone, Airtel extend deadline for bill payments by three daysThe move by the two telcos comes after government banned use of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes from midnight of November 8, Tuesday.
Call failures between Jio and Airtel down to 56%; with Vodafone India still at 75%Mukesh Ambani-run Jio did not reply to ET’s queries while an Airtel spokesperson said the PoI issue is “a bilateral one between the two ope...
Maximum incremental revenue market share for Airtel, Idea in Q4India’s no. 1 carrier captured the highest incremental AGR market share of nearly 41% in the quarter, while Idea’s grew to 32.5%.
Vodafone India anticipates demand in enterprise businessVodafone Business Services director Naveen Chopra said that Vodafone hopes to become No. 3 in the enterprise segment by 2015.
Bharti Airtel adds maximum rural subscribers in April: COAIIndia’s GSM rural subscriber base grew 0.88% in April to 29.71 crore, with Bharti Airtel leading the way, industry body COAI said on Wednes...