As per Anurag Thakur, minister of state for finance and corporate affairs, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has submitted a plan for monetisation of a set of assets through the Department of Investment and Public Asset...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed telecom operators to publish details of all their prepaid and postpaid tariff plans within 15 days. To this end, all the details of tariff plans should be made...
Read MoreThe timeline for completion of BharatNet Phase II will now be extended as its pace was affected by the lockdown and restrictions on movement imposed amid Covid-19 crisis. The announcement was made by the minister of state for...
Read MoreAs per the recent Performance Indicator Report (PIR) released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecom industry recorded a sequential growth of 9.94 per cent in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in the quarter...
Read MoreMinister of state for communications Sanjay Dhotre has informed the parliament that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is of the view that companies should undertake network audit on security concerns over spyware and...
Read MoreVodafone Idea has reportedly removed the priority 4G network feature, that offered faster data speeds, from its RedX postpaid plan. As per industry sources, the telco has done this to avoid a potential ban of its premium tariff...
Read MoreTata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited’s (TTML) shareholders have approved raising of up to Rs 50 billion by issuing preferential shares to parent firm and non-convertible debentures on private placement basis. TTML had sought...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started outsourcing operations and maintenance work of its customer care owing to cash crunch and a shortage of workforce. The state-owned telco recently saw...
Read MoreTelecom operators are planning to move Department of Telecommunications (DoT) seeking its intervention to stop adoption of an India-specific 5G standard backed by the Telecom Standards Development Society India (TSDSI). As per...
Read MoreSTL has announced a partnership with Bharti Airtel to build a modern optical fibre network for Airtel across 10 telecom circles. This modern optical network will enable Airtel to deliver world-class customer experience through...
Read MoreVodafone Idea Limited now known by the brand name ‘Vi’ has launched its integrated 4G network, GIGAnet. With the recent launch, the telco aims to stem the loss of customers and attract new ones. GIGAnet is built on principles of...
Read MoreThe Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has rejected the addition of Rs 7,950 million tax claims by income tax (IT) department on Vodafone Idea as income received from nine Mauritian entities that subscribed...
Read MoreAccording to Broadband India Forum (BIF), the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) verdict will allow companies to move ahead with certainty on business plans. Further, BIF added that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should...
Read MoreMoody’s Investor Service has affirmed Bharti Airtel’s Ba1 corporate family rating (CFR) and revised the outlook to stable from negative. The move follows the recent clarity around adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues payment...
Read MoreTelecom operators are peeved that despite the industry agreeing to keep Chinese vendors out of the process, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is delaying approvals for 5G trials. According to industry sources, telcos...
Read MoreVodafone Idea has announced that the company’s managing director and chief executive officer Ravinder Takkar will not be paid any remuneration during his current tenure of three years. The telco, however, will bear expenses...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is likely to take a final decision on Vodafone Idea’s RedX tariff plan in a week The development follows Vodafone Idea’s recent reply to the regulator’s show cause notice on...
Read MoreAs per industry reports, Reliance Jio is considering outsourcing the manufacturing of over 100 million low-cost smartphones that will be built on Google’s Android platform. The phones, which will be bundled with data...
Read MoreLenders to Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Reliance Telecom Limited (RTL) are planning to move the Supreme Court (SC) for clarity on sale of spectrum. The lenders have also informed the Mumbai bench of the National Company...
Read MoreAirtel has announced a partnership with VOOT to bring more premium digital content on to its Airtel Xstream platform. Under the partnership, Airtel Xstream users will get access to premium VOOT content across multiple screens...
Read MoreVodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is planning to seek its shareholders’ approval to raise borrowing limit to Rs 1 trillion, at the upcoming annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on September 30, 2020. To this end,...
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