October 22, 2019 04:40 PM IST Sources said that the payments came in before the due date.
October 21, 2019 01:30 PM IST To make Digital India more than just a slogan, every stakeholder needs to be on the same page. Sticking to age-old technologies and associated rules only create hindrances towards advancement.
October 20, 2019 06:25 PM IST As per TRAI report, the subscriber base stands at 95.84 lakhs as of August, the company said in a statement.
October 17, 2019 10:40 PM IST MSOs that are members of the AIDCF have agreed to offer 150 channels instead of the earlier 100 channels at the existing NCF of Rs 130.
October 17, 2019 03:59 PM IST Reliance Jio recently announced that it will be charging an additional 6 paise per minute for calls made by its users to any non-Jio mobile number.
October 17, 2019 11:25 AM IST Purwar said the Rs 850-crore pay-out would be given before Diwali “from our own resources on accruals”
October 16, 2019 09:41 PM IST In March 2018, the government had enhanced the number of annual installments for spectrum payment from the earlier 10 years to 16 years, a move aimed at providing relief to the debt-laden telecom sector.
October 16, 2019 08:55 PM IST In response, Vodafone tweeted, "Hi! This is a temporary issue and we are working on it. You will be able to use our services as soon as it is resolved."
October 15, 2019 01:50 PM IST Jio alleged that any deferment of sunset clause for inter-operator termination charges will end up rewarding "designed defaulters" who have deliberately stayed away from new and efficient technologies.
October 14, 2019 03:55 PM IST Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) Director General Rajan Mathews told PTI that if there is adequate spectrum and the price is right, "operators will be interested to see if it makes sense to participate in upcoming auctions".
October 14, 2019 12:53 PM IST Bharti Enterprises Vice Chairman Rakesh Bharti Mittal while speaking at India Mobile Congress 2019 said 75 percent of cost of deploying optical fibre in the country for high speed broadband is the fees charged by local authorities.
October 14, 2019 12:35 PM IST Speaking at the India Mobile Congress 2019, Prasad said the government was aware and alive to some problems and challenges being faced by the industry.
October 14, 2019 11:55 AM IST Stating that India's broadband user base of 600 million is second only to China, Birla said artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics will drive the next wave of digital growth.
October 13, 2019 07:12 PM IST International Telecommunication Union (ITU), under the United Nations, will hold a conference next month in Egypt to finalise use of 26 GHz band for 5G services. It will start deliberation for the same this month.
October 13, 2019 01:33 PM IST From time to time, the watchdog commissions studies through independent agencies to gather qualitative as well as quantitative information and insights from market participants and assess the state of competition in a given sector.
October 13, 2019 12:59 PM IST Dismissing rumours about the state-owned operator's closure, heads of both Calcutta Telephones that looks after the Kolkata circle and the West Bengal telecom circle said deployment of 4G equipment is progressing at a rapid pace.
October 12, 2019 02:21 PM IST The new tariff, which came into effect on October 10, will not be applicable until the user’s existing plan expires.
October 11, 2019 09:45 AM IST Though there are constraints in the bilateral ties, through limited strategic and balance of power considerations, the India-China story could be much bigger than perceived.
October 10, 2019 06:59 PM IST The IUC regime is an incentive for incumbents to keep providing outdated 2G services and avoid shifting to full VoLTE 4G networks
October 10, 2019 06:04 PM IST The underlying basis of scrapping interconnect usage charges (IUC) was the maximisation of consumer welfare in a sustained manner and adoption of more efficient technologies that are vital for orderly growth of the telecom services sector in India.
October 10, 2019 05:20 PM IST The company remains confident that it will also be given permission to participate in 5G trials in India, Huawei stated.
October 10, 2019 03:17 PM IST Scrapping IUC would incentivise technological evolution, preserve competition and ultimately benefit consumers.
October 09, 2019 08:24 PM IST It is time India’s telecom regulator takes a stand to stick to its decisions, deferring it only raises doubts
October 09, 2019 08:18 PM IST If Digital India must be more than just a slogan, the telecom regulator and the government should keep their word. By doing so they will be sending the message that they are pro-consumer, pro-technology and anti-subsidy for those who don’t deserve it.
October 09, 2019 06:51 PM IST Interconnect Usage Charge is the cost paid by one mobile telecom operator to another, when its customers make outgoing mobile calls to the other operator’s customers.
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