Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
India's consumption story changes track as OTT, travel and premium phones outpace staples: ReportThe report titled "The Great Consumption Shift" said, "Indian wallet has moved from cereal to data to OTT to mobiles," highlighting how Ind...
24 May, 2026, 06.38 PM IST
Is Spotify down today? Spotify outage hits over 15,000 as users report server issues with music streaming platform amid outage; here's how to fixIs Spotify Down Today? Over 15,000 users have flooded Downdetector with reports of Spotify not working. The platform confirmed the outage o...
12 May, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
Airtel tops February mobile adds, while Jio holds lead in wireless baseBharti Airtel added the most wireless mobile subscribers in February 2026. Reliance Jio maintained its position as the largest operator wit...
01 Apr, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
Mobile phone tariff declined 94 pc since 2014: Jyotiraditya ScindiaMobile phone tariffs in India have decreased by 94% since 2014, with significant drops in call and internet data costs. Union Communication...
06 Feb, 2025, 03.13 PM IST
Chip shortage hurt Jio, Airtel user additions in AugustReliance Jio added 0.65 million wireless customers in August, taking its gross mobile user base to 443.86 million, while Airtel's rose only...
21 Oct, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
Supreme Court seeks subscriber verification regime in place for mobilesAccording to the petition, despite directions by Trai, there were about 5.25 crore unverified mobile phone subscribers in the country.
24 Jan, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
Telecom imports rise to nearly Rs 54,000 cr in 2012-13Telecom equipment imports, led by mobile phones, rose to Rs 53,971.01 crore in the 2012-13, Parliament was informed today.
23 Aug, 2013, 05.56 PM IST
- Trai issues regulations to telcos for better customer services
Mobile phone subscribers can expect better and faster resolution to their problems from service providers as the telecom regulator Trai int...
06 Jan, 2012, 01.42 AM IST
- Mobile phone user base expands by 6.67 mn in July: TRAI
Mobile phone subscriber base in India grew by just 0.78 per cent with addition of 6.67 million new connections in July.
09 Sep, 2011, 08.43 PM IST
- China's mobile subscriber base surges to 929.84 mn users
China's mobile phone subscriber base surged to 929.84 million users in the first seven months of 2011, fetching $ 87.6 billion in revenues.
29 Aug, 2011, 12.33 PM IST
- India's 300 mn mobile phone 'ghosts'
A few days ago, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the industry watchdog, said the country's mobile phone subscriber base ha...
04 May, 2011, 02.05 PM IST
- Facebook to focus on mobile users to expand reach in India
Launching its India operations, social networking site Facebook said it will tap into the country's huge mobile subscriber base to expand i...
30 Sep, 2010, 09.07 PM IST
- SingTel says Asia mobile phone subscribers top 249 million
Singapore Telecommunications reported 35% annual increase in regional mobile phone subscribers despite the downturn.
13 May, 2009, 01.26 PM IST
- China's mobile phone subscriber base exceeds 600 mn
Mobile phone subscribers in China have exceeded 600 million mark, indicating that every fifth mobile user in the world is a Chinese.
17 Sep, 2007, 08.21 AM IST
- China adds 6.5 mn mobile users each month
China added 6.5 million mobile phone subscribers each month in the first quarter of the year, taking the total number of cell phone users t...
04 May, 2007, 05.15 PM IST
- Cell-phone users to rise 16% in ‘06 in Asia
Asia's number of mobile-phone subscribers will increase 16 per cent to 727.4 million this year as demand rises in India, researcher IDC sai...
14 Jun, 2006, 02.10 PM IST