India's undersea turbulence; Anthropic's courtroom winThe government has asked telcos and subsea operators to assess risks to India's data cables amid the war in West Asia. This and more in tod...
27 Mar, 2026, 07.50 PM IST
After Vodafone Idea clarification, Verizon too denies Vi acquisition rumoursVerizon has denied rumors of acquiring Vodafone Idea, stating that they have no plans to buy the telecom company. Sowmyanarayan Sampath, CE...
20 Sep, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
Voda Idea denies reports Verizon, Amazon or Starlink want to acquire itVodafone Idea has denied reports that it is in talks with Verizon, Amazon, or Starlink for a potential acquisition. The telco's stock has r...
19 Sep, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
Telcos seek regulation of OTT services, cut in licence fee & USO levyMost industry associations, including the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), Assocham, and Internet and Mobile Association of...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.46 AM IST
Telcos to get key E-band wavesThe telcos - that will need to pay a spectrum usage charge on these airwaves - will bid at an auction or any other method of allocation tha...
27 Jul, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
Vi jumps nearly 6% intraday on news of Rs 20,000 cr infusionVi would be using the cash to participate in the upcoming 5G spectrum auction. Earlier this month, Vi's managing director Ravinder Takkar h...
31 May, 2022, 07.00 AM IST
Telcos gross revenue falls 2.64% to Rs 69,695 cr; AGR up 16% in Dec 2021 quarter: TraiTSPs' adjusted gross revenue, on which the government charges various levies, increased by 15.81 per cent to Rs 55,151 crore in the Decembe...
05 May, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
Telcos to post strong Q4 on tariff hikes; user additions to stay mutedJefferies estimates Airtel and Jio to report 10% sequential jumps in their India mobile revenues in the March quarter, while BNP Paribas es...
06 Apr, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
Telcos to also come under regulatory scrutiny of revised intermediary rules"We are studying the regulations…the telcos with value added services will come under the OTT regulations," said a senior executive in one ...
26 Feb, 2021, 06.15 PM IST
Telcos gain as SC hears submissions in AGR caseHFCL spiked nearly 20 per cent to settle Rs 17.13 and was the biggest gainer. Tejas Networks rose 4.93 per cent, Optiemus 4.90 per cent and...
10 Aug, 2020, 04.18 PM IST
Fewer users port out as telcos offer similar tariffs, qualityThe reduction in mobile number portability (MNP) is good news for telcos since it means they have to invest less in trying to retain existi...
14 Jan, 2020, 08.19 AM IST
Telcos offer poll-related services to boost data usageMarket leader Vodafone Idea is working with the Election Commission of India to monitor polling booths in some states.
13 Apr, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
Telcos need to give 30 day notice to customers before closing service: SundararajanThe development has come against the background of abrupt closure of services by some telecom operators recently which left their subscribe...
17 Oct, 2018, 10.50 PM IST
Govt explores option to block social media apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, InstagramThe move also comes amid concerns that fake news may be used to influence the 2019 general elections.
07 Aug, 2018, 08.20 AM IST
RCom confirms it's in advanced talks with Ericsson to settle duesRCom said it is confident of speedily proceeding with its plan to sell wireless assets to Reliance Jio for Rs 18,000 crore to pare its Rs 4...
18 May, 2018, 03.35 PM IST
Launch of Reliance Jio 4G will put pressure on other telcos: Nitin RahejaEven today at the retail level, there is lack of a credible large internet service provider. We have all faced issues at various points of ...
24 Dec, 2014, 01.01 PM IST
- Telcos pin hopes on poll alerts to raise VAS usage
These telcos, whose woes include low awareness about VAS in India, place their bets on events loaded with information and excitement like t...
24 Mar, 2009, 08.50 PM IST