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Telecom, Big Tech firms spar over access to 5G spectrum in IndiaBharti Airtel and Reliance Jio say that any move to give non-telecom companies access to 5G spectrum bands without auction would put at ris...
Idea says it is now a pan-India mobile broadband providerIdea mobile broadband services are now available to over 525 million Indians covering near 6,000 towns and 100,000 villages on 3G and 4G ne...
Aditya Birla Group gets RBI licence to start payments bankHeaded by KM Birla, the group's outfit Aditya Birla Nuvo had set up a 51:49 joint venture - Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd - with Idea...
Idea Cellular emerges biggest gainer from mobile number portability; gained 17 million users since January 2011The biggest losers were Reliance Communications, which had a net 10.8 million subscribers leaving, Aircel 6.6 million and Tata Teleservices...
Idea launches 4G LTE service in North EastThe company will expand its 4G LTE service to 4 more NE towns of Kohima, Imphal, Tura and Senapati covering three states before the end of ...
Idea Cellular plans Rs 5,500 crore capex in FY'16Aditya Birla group telecom major Idea Cellular was planning a capex of around Rs 5,500 crore in the current fiscal to strengthen its infras...
DoT admits to spectrum crunch; carriers hopeful govt will take steps to spur M&A & permit tradingDoT has admitted to scarcity of spectrum availability to private telcos, raising hopes that govt will take speedy steps to spur M&A.
Idea's ‘No Ullu Banaoing’ ad row: Omar Abdullah, ring test and Pashmina shawlsAbdullah tweeted that Shahtoosh shawls, not Pashmina, were supposed to pass the ring test and that he found the ad “wrong” & “totally misle...
Telcos could charge prepaid users for inactive connections, may offer 'safe custody' facility to keep numbersFaced with a severe scarcity of 10-digit numbers, telecos may charge prepaid subscribers if they want to keep their connections inactive fo...
Court summons Bharti, Idea, Loop on number portability issueSingh said the companies also failed to provide complete information sought by TRAI in respect of the porting requests rejected by them.
- Penalty fears, labour unrest knock down Bharti, Idea
Goldman report sees downward risks but keeps a buy rating on stocks; Bharti slips 3% and Idea falls 5%.
- Earthquake paralyses telecom networks in Sikkim and other parts of the country
Sunday's earthquake slowed down, even paralysed networks in part, though state-owned BSNL network appears to have displayed greater resilie...
- Idea rolls out 3G services in Haryana
Idea Cellular rolled out 3G services in Haryana, covering Ambala, Hisar, Rewari, Rohtak, Panipat, Bhiwani, Jhajjar and Hansi.
- MNP rollout to begin from Haryana on November 25
Mobile number portability, the much talked and the much postponed service is finally seeing the light of the day.
- Etisalat considers Idea Cellular for India mobile expansion
An acquisition in India would allow Etisalat to become 'an active player' in India, as outlined by Chairman Mohammed Omran.
- IDEA to roll out GSM service in Chennai soon
Telecom operator IDEA Cellular, part of the Aditya Birla Group, would soon roll out its GSM service in the metro, a company official said h...
- Loyalty fails to win on IPL ad pitch
The IPL has changed the concept of loyalty in cricket, both on and off the field. If it saw players playing against their national teammate...
- Idea offers to pay entry fee for pending licences
Birla group company Idea Cellular has asked the government not to "manipulate" the priority list of allocating spectrum and offered to pay ...
- Idea wins 'India Operator of the Year' Award
Idea Cellular has bagged the 'India Operator of the Year' award of the Asian Mobile News Journal in Singapore.
- Wrong number, telcos tell mobile users
‘Subscriber angst’ has reached a peak as the March 31 deadline for mobile users verification nears.