Bharti Airtel seen most aggressive to match Jio Prime offer: Report
As Reliance Jio moves to open up its prime membership from April 1, Bharti Airtel is seen to be the most aggressive rival to match its prices, a research report has said.
Mar 17, 2017, 19:51 PM IST
Ericsson unveils new platform to accelerate 5G
Swedish communication technology firm Ericsson on Thursday introduced "5G platform" to accelerate the path to next generation wireless services.
Feb 16, 2017, 14:40 PM IST
Trai to start drive test for call drops, network issues in January; to include Jio
In order to assess call drop and other network issues of various telecom operators, telecom regulator Trai will start with drive tests in January. The drive will also include the latest entrant Reliance Jio.
Dec 29, 2016, 18:19 PM IST
Govt plans to launch soon toll free number '1955' for call drops
In order to take feedback of telecom subscribers on call drops, government is planning to soon come out with a tool free number.
Dec 19, 2016, 19:47 PM IST
India's biggest auction of telecom spectrum worth Rs 5.63 lakh crore starts
Leading operators, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel, are in the fray for frequencies that are crucial for next-generation telecom services.
Oct 01, 2016, 09:26 AM IST
India's biggest auction of telecom spectrum to start tomorrow
India`s biggest auction of telecom spectrum kicks off on Saturday with seven operators in fray for a total of 2,354.55 MHz across seven bands, towards which a reserve price of Rs 5.66 lakh crore ($85 billion) has been fixed by the government.
Sep 30, 2016, 15:11 PM IST
RJio says COAI voting norms skewed in favour of 3 operators
Reliance Jio on Sunday fired a fresh salvo at the cellular operators body COAI alleging that its rules including voting norms are "overwhelmingly biased and lopsided" and framed to serve vested interests of three incumbent operators - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea.
Sep 25, 2016, 17:21 PM IST
Auction: RCom, Aircel to bid separately, 5 others also in fray
Telecom operators Reliance Communications and Aircel, which announced their merger about a week ago, will bid separately in the upcoming mega-spectrum auction where all the seven applicants have made it to the final list of bidders.
Sep 23, 2016, 19:38 PM IST
Call drops reducing; auctions to improve services: Telecom Minister
The call drop menace has reduced over the last two months, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said today even as he cautioned operators that the service quality has to improve further or they will be "out of the sector" that has an "open and competitive market".
Sep 09, 2016, 17:46 PM IST
Reliance directs all its employees to stop using services from other telecom operators
Reliance directs all its employees to stop using services from other telecom operators.Watch complete news story of News 360 for getting detailed updates!
Aug 23, 2016, 11:35 AM IST
DoT in favour of more penal power to Telecom regulator
The Department of Telecom is in favour of giving more penal power to telecom regulator Trai that will enable the sectoral watchdog to impose fine on telecom operators for poor services including call drops.
Aug 21, 2016, 13:21 PM IST
'Bring websites, apps, handset makers under net neutrality'
Telecom operators have demanded to bring all stakeholders such as websites, mobile applications and cellphone makers under the ambit of net neutrality regulation.
Jul 05, 2016, 22:03 PM IST
India's spectrum proceeds seen way below target at $10-$12 bn: HSBC
Proceeds from spectrum auction are likely to top no more than $12 billion, falling way short of the government`s target, as few companies have the money to justify the costs involved with varying demand for bands on offer, says a HSBC Global Research report.
Jun 27, 2016, 14:47 PM IST
Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Idea, Aircel need to better call drop rate: Telecom regulator
Most of the telecom operators have shown improvement in network performance although Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance, Aircel and Idea need to better their call drop rate performance in Delhi-NCR, Trai today said.
Jun 20, 2016, 15:02 PM IST
Telecom Commission roots for 3% SUC from next auction
Telecom Commission Tuesday stood by its decision to levy 3 percent spectrum usage charge (SUC) of adjusted gross revenue on telecom operators.
Jun 07, 2016, 19:10 PM IST
Call drops: AG Mukul Rohatgi defends TRAI's stand on penalty
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Thursday defended the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) decision to impose penalty on telecom operators for call drops.
Apr 21, 2016, 13:14 PM IST
Aircel, BSNL sign pan India 2G roaming pact
Telecom operator Aircel has signed 2G intra-circle roaming agreement with state-owned BSNL on pan-India basis.
Apr 04, 2016, 18:45 PM IST
Telcos dispute TRAI's findings on call drops
The operators argued that Trai's data, which were published on the regulator's website yesterday, do not portray the actual performance of their networks and there was a wide divergence between the results of the tests done by them and those by the regulator.
Feb 05, 2016, 23:19 PM IST
TRAI to hold differential pricing discussion on Thursday
Sectoral regulator Trai will conduct an open house discussion on differential pricing for data services, a key aspect of net neutrality, on January 21.
Jan 19, 2016, 15:37 PM IST
Net Neutrality debate: Facebook supports differential pricing of data
Amid a debate over net neutrality principles, Facebook has become the only Internet firm to side with telecom operators over the issue of differential pricing of data services.
Jan 11, 2016, 22:37 PM IST
