Telecom Operators

All the available spectrum in 800, 900, 1,800, 2,100, 2,300, 2,500, 3,300 MHz, and 26 GHz bands will be put to auction at a base price of Rs 96,317.65 crore.

Jio, Airtel add 19.8 lakh mobile subscribers in Feb, Voda Idea loses 20 lakh customers: Trai

The top five service providers constituted 98.38 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of February 2023.

TRAI chief bats for lesser regulation for existing telecom, broadcasting players

Vaghela's remarks comes in the backdrop of telecom operators and broadcasting entities alleging that OTT platforms have been subjected to lenient regulatory framework, which provides them an unfair edge.

Trai directs telcos to report network outages with reasons

The development follows after the regulator learnt about major network outages in the country of prolonged duration especially in the border and hilly areas, which adversely affect the quality of services being provided.

Telcom operators push for regulation of communication OTTs in meeting with TRAI chief

The industry has long been demanding a level-playing-field with communications OTTs, emphasising that regulatory conditions and licence treatment must be made uniformly applicable for similarly placed players.

Tech Mahindra, Microsoft to provide telecom partners with cloud-powered 5G core network modernization

The 5G core network transformation will assist telecom operators in developing 5G core use cases and meeting the growing technological (Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), IoT (Internet of Things), and edge computing) requirements of their customers, the statement said.

At 22, this engineer creates software to check call drops in crowded places

Have you ever been in a crowded, public place, trying to connect a crucial phone call, but kept experiencing call drops? Niranjan Akella, a 22-year-old engineering graduate, is trying to solve this pesky problem with a software.

Ukraine telecom operators fix internet connection in bomb-battered Kyiv. See pics

"Telecom operators are active participants and heroes of this war. They do strategic job in restoring the internet in de-occupied territories," tweeted Ukranian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

With Airtel scrapping Rs 49 plan, Jio likely to gain traction with Rs 75 entry-level offer

The Rs 75 Jio prepaid plan, which has a validity of 28 days, provides users with 300 minutes of free voice call, along with 0.1 GB high-speed and 50 free SMS per day.

Disruption of critical SMSes noticed as second phase of SMS regulation kicks in

Telecom operators have defended their system and pinned the blame on companies and their lax adoption, who have failed to comply with regulatory standards.

Telecom analysts: Centre realistic with its non-tax revenue targets for 2021-22

Budget documents released on February 1 show that the government has slashed its budgeted telecom non-tax receipts for 2021-22 by 60 percent to Rs 53,987 crore. In the previous budget (2020-21), the government had set an ambitious revenue target of Rs 1.33 lakh crore but had later revised it to Rs 33,737 crore.

Policy | The government should not succumb to pressure tactics by incumbent telecom players

Any reduction of the amounts due would be nothing less than moral hazard. It would be an indication that the government is willing to succumb to pressure tactics and prop up inefficient players.

BSNL freezes employee benefits, to cut down expenses: Report

The report stated that the company is facing challenges in managing its finance because of a large workforce.

Over 62% subscribers report call drop in government survey

"About 2,20,935 subscribers participated in the survey out of which, about 1,38,072 (62.5 percent) have reported call drops," the DoT said in a statement.

Truecaller ties up with ICICI Bank for making UPI payments

Truecaller will allow the bank to use its 150 million customers to transfer money from the UPI or United Payments Interface application of the bank.

Lower tariff constrains telcos' capacity to invest: Govt

The decline in telecom operators' revenues due to falling tariff impacts their capacity to invest and this can also lead to delay in spectrum payment, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

Govt's idea to auction spectrum every year progressive: Mittal

J S Deepak, as the Telecom Secretary, a couple of days ago said the government is looking at making spectrum auction an annual event and will reach out to sector regulator Trai for its recommendations.

Trai to begin drive test for call drops in Jan; to include Jio

Telecom regulator Trai will again begin drive tests in January to assess call drop and other network issues of various operators, including newcomer Reliance Jio.

Notice issued to six telcos for recovery of Rs 12,489 cr: Sinha

"Based on a CAG report, licence agreement and extant orders of DoT, demand-cum-show cause notices for Licence Fee (LF) for four financial years have been issued to the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)," he said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.

Vodafone, Airtel extend postpaid bill payment date by 3 days

Telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have relaxed bill payment dates by three days for postpaid accounts following rush at banks due to demonitisation scheme announced by the government.

Network costs incurred should determine interconnect rate:COAI

Cellular operators body COAI has said that actual network-related costs incurred by telecom operators should be used to compute the interconnect charges, thereby batting for an increase in mobile termination charge.

Govt defers mega spectrum auction by 2 days to Oct 1

Heeding to the industry's demand for starting spectrum auction from an auspicious date, government has deferred the mega sale of mobile frequencies by two days to October 1.

DoT in favour of more penal power to TRAI

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.

Spectrum to be a hardsell as telcos are stretched: Pros

Rajan S Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India also feels 1800MHz is going to be the key area of interest among the telcos. He says that even though most of the announcements were positive, the government may not be able to rake in a lot of money.

Telcos penalised Rs 2,313 cr for wrong subscriber verification

Government has imposed a penalty of Rs 2,313 crore on telecom operators for violating subscriber verification norms till May 31, telecom minister Manoj Sinha informed Parliament today.