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Mar 03, 2021 04:11 PM IST As per a report by ICICI Securities, the operators have to make upfront payment of Rs 276 billion in the next 10 days; and two years’ moratorium and then 16 annual installments with 7.3 percent interest rate.
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Mar 03, 2021 03:03 PM IST The spectrum additions, which bring the government more revenue from fewer bidders than the 2016 auction, will help improve networks and protect the market position of existing entities, experts say.
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Mar 03, 2021 02:43 PM IST The 700MHz has gained massive acceptance among the telcos owing to its many inherent advantages
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Feb 24, 2021 02:05 PM IST While the highly anticipated 5G is still in the planning phase, the first auction in about four years will kick off on March 1 for the fourth-generation (4G) mobile networks.
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Feb 23, 2021 06:50 PM IST As per the monthly subscription report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the requests for changing the network provider shot up since the time the lockdown was lifted in the country.
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Feb 19, 2021 02:16 PM IST The highest growth rate in mobile subscriber base was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir, while the biggest decline was recorded in Punjab at 3.34 percent.
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Feb 15, 2021 05:42 PM IST What is 5G, what are its advantages and what are the challenges we face in implementing the high speed cellular broadband technology in India, these and all your queries answered.
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Feb 06, 2021 06:42 PM IST According to the plans of SpaceX, Elon Musk is planning to enter the ever-growing Indian telecommunications industry with 100-Mbps satellite-based internet.
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Feb 04, 2021 08:50 PM IST As per its recommendations, a maximum of 15 platform service channels may be offered by multi-system operators, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) operators.
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Jan 28, 2021 08:57 PM IST While Airtel’s customer base grew to 28.97 percent, Jio remains India's biggest telecom operator by market share at 35.34 percent. On the other hand, Vi's market share shrunk to 25.10 percent.
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Jan 21, 2021 06:56 PM IST The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,160.52 million at the end of the June quarter to 1, 168.66 million at the end of the July-September quarter.
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Jan 21, 2021 04:04 PM IST Entities with unique header IDs on the telcos’ distributor ledger technology platform have time till January 31 to submit templates of all possible content they wish to send customers
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Dec 24, 2020 07:42 PM IST TRAI had also sought details on the number of segmented offers to existing subscribers under the respective tariff plan at the end of the month.
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Nov 05, 2020 11:55 AM IST The four-member committee will be headed by Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi S Vempati.
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Oct 27, 2020 11:25 AM IST The request for setting floor price was made in early 2020 after the Supreme Court’s judgement on the AGR case
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Oct 12, 2020 09:22 PM IST Mobile phone connections in the country increased to 114.4 crore in July from 114 crore in June, with urban and rural connections standing at 61.9 crore and 52.1 crore respectively, according to the monthly subscribers report of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
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Sep 30, 2020 10:32 PM IST The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) also outlined a slew of informational measures and disclosures that are required to be made by service providers upfront, to safeguard consumers from bill shocks due to usage of such services.
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Sep 28, 2020 09:19 PM IST PD Vaghela will succeed RS Sharma who is set to demit the office on September 30, 2020
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Sep 24, 2020 04:34 PM IST Monthly decline rates of urban and rural mobile subscription were 0.18 percent and 0.40 percent, respectively, data showed.
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Sep 21, 2020 09:37 PM IST Deployment of innovative and contact-free services across verticals in post-pandemic era will increase demand for digital infrastructure, Sharma said noting that COVID-19 has made digitisation a "necessity rather than a choice".
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Sep 18, 2020 04:21 PM IST Telcos will also have to transparently inform subscribers about upfront cost alongwith details like advance rentals, deposits, connection fee for postpaid services as well as top up, tariffs vouchers and others.
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Sep 15, 2020 08:19 PM IST In this edition of Big Story, we find out the impact of TRAI's decision on OTT platforms and for telcos.
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Sep 14, 2020 05:42 PM IST OTT services refer to applications and services that are accessible over the internet and ride on an operator's network. Skype, Viber, WhatsApp and Hike are some of the popular and widely-used OTT services.
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Sep 14, 2020 09:38 AM IST TRAI chief RS Sharma also said that telcos are “free to increase tariffs” and TRAI would not interfere in the tariff plans at all.
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Sep 09, 2020 06:00 PM IST Sharma exuded confidence that "right environment and incentives" can propel domestic manufacturing in India, and while China (a production hub) had built an ecosystem over the last 20 years, the "ecosystem can easily shift now very quickly to India".