Telecom stocks fall up to 3% after introduction of Jio phone
Ambani on Friday announced the launch of a 4G-enabled feature phone priced at "effective" zero that bundles life-long free voice calls with dirt cheap data in a bid to woo 50 crore low-income users to his 10-month old Jio.
Jul 21, 2017, 18:15 PM IST
Airtel, Idea plunge on RIL's JioPhone announcement
Stocks of telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular tumbled after industrialist Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) on Friday announced the launch of the JioPhone `intelligent smartphone`.
Jul 21, 2017, 14:17 PM IST
DoT to meet telcos, associations tomorrow on new policy
The meeting is expected to be chaired by Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, and service providers as well as prominent industry bodies have been invited to place their ideas and inputs on the upcoming policy, said multiple sources.
Jul 20, 2017, 20:46 PM IST
Operators say rural telecom to suffer at nil IUC, Jio differs
Established operators such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on Thursday contended that telecom infrastructure in rural areas largely depends on revenue from incoming calls, and lowering or removal of such charges will hamper services.
Jul 20, 2017, 15:50 PM IST
Major telcos push for doubling mobile call termination charge
Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular on Tuesday sought doubling of interconnection usage charge (IUC), a key input for mobile rates, saying that incoming calls to their networks cost 30 paise per minute to complete.
Jul 18, 2017, 15:55 PM IST
Airtel plans Rs 2,000 crore customer interactivity programme
Leading telecom operator Airtel has launched `Project Next`, a digital programme which, it says, will transform customer experience across all its services, with an investment of Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years.
Jul 10, 2017, 16:11 PM IST
'Reliance Jio eats into market share of large telcos in 2016'
Reliance Jio ended the year with 6.4 per cent market share, as per data by telecom regulator Trai. Leading telecom majors Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular saw their market shares shrinking in 2016.
Jul 03, 2017, 22:48 PM IST
Sunil Mittal takes home over Rs 30 crore in annual pay in Financial Year-17
The package was over 8 percent higher than the previous year, when Mittal had drawn Rs 27.8 crore.
Jul 02, 2017, 15:50 PM IST
Airtel, Vodafone needle Trai on network tests; Jio says non-issue
Telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have questioned regulator Trai's timing of recent paper on refining mobile network test rules, calling it a 'disguise' after the damage was done by Reliance Jio.
Jun 20, 2017, 19:46 PM IST
Airtel accuses Reliance Jio of predatory pricing; big 3 telcos meet IMG
India's largest telecom company Bharti Airtel on Friday accused newcomer Reliance Jio of predatory pricing and demanded that operators be paid more for calls terminating on their networks as also the right to retain customers through incentives.
Jun 16, 2017, 20:53 PM IST
Telecom debt woes due to incumbents not investing in biz: Jio
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Monday ascribed financial stress in the telecom sector to existing operators like Bharti Airtel and Idea running businesses on debt and investing heavily in unrelated sectors.
Jun 12, 2017, 18:16 PM IST
Reliance Jio accuses Big 3 of cartelisation, says industry margins fine
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Monday asserted that the margins in the telecom sector remain "healthy" even as it accused the big three operators of "cartelisation".
Jun 12, 2017, 13:45 PM IST
CCI rejects Airtel's complaint against RIL, Reliance Jio
Fair trade regulator CCI on Friday rejected Bharti Airtel's complaint alleging anti-competitive practices by Reliance Industries and Reliance Jio, saying no case could be made out against the Mukesh Ambani-led firms.
Jun 09, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
Airtel receives CCI nod for merger with Telenor India
Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the proposed merger of Telenor India with the company.
Jun 06, 2017, 11:40 AM IST
Airtel-Telenor merger gets SEBI, BSE, NSE nod
Bharti Airtel has received the approval of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), BSE and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) for the proposed merger with Telenor (India), a company statement said here on Thursday.
Jun 01, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
Fitch affirms Bharti Airtel credit rating at BBB
Credit rating firm Fitch on Friday affirmed Bharti Airtel's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating at 'BBB' with stable outlook, reflecting the firm's ability to repay debt.
May 26, 2017, 21:58 PM IST
WOW! Airtel offering 1,000 GB extra data to customers on selective broadband plans
The offer can be availed by new and existing customers who enrolled for Airtel broadband services on or after 16 May.
May 26, 2017, 11:16 AM IST
Trai bars discriminatory tariffs to same set of subscribers
Regulator Trai on Thursday directed telecom operators to stop providing discriminatory tariffs to the subscribers of the same category and report all plans to the sector watchdog within seven days of their launch.
May 25, 2017, 20:27 PM IST
Government will look into telecom regulator's proposal to penalise 3 companies: Minister
The government will look into the proposal of the Indian telecom regulator on penalising three companies for not providing adequate points of interconnections (PoI) to industry newcomer Reliance Jio and will take a decision at the proper time.
May 25, 2017, 15:11 PM IST
Jio battle: Airtel urges DoT to reject TRAI's Rs 3,050 crore fine on 3 telcos
Sticking to its earlier stand, the Indian telecom regulator on Wednesday recommended penal action against three operators -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular -- for not providing adequate points of interconnections (PoI) to newcomer Reliance Jio.
May 24, 2017, 20:12 PM IST
