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Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal.

Interconnection charges has no relation with tariff: Mittal

Termination charges levied on incoming calls from overseas destinations fixed at 53 paise per minute by Trai

25 Jul 2017 4:25 PM

The new stores are open and minimalistic by design and come wrapped in digital technologies to make the customer experience highly interactive through the concept of Share, Create Experience.

Airtel aspires to make customer experience simple, interactive and transparent

The Next-Gen Airtel Stores have been conceptualised by the UK based 8 Inc and

10 Jul 2017 8:17 PM

Ambani, Mittal view Jio as 'stress' at meet with Sinha

Manoj Sinha's meeting with the telecom bigwigs comes amid a raging financial crisis in the telecom sector.

23 Jun 2017 9:40 AM

The delay in action from Trai allowed the new entrant to amass subscribers in the guise of test users and offer all its services for free.

Airtel, Vodafone needle Trai on network tests; Jio says non-issue

The regulator issued a consultation paper on May 1 this year to refine rules on network testing.

20 Jun 2017 7:47 PM

SBI's exposure to telecom companies is in the range of Rs 80,000 crore. (Photo: Representational Image)

Telcos under stress, can default on loans: Banks tell panel

The letter had noted that the total EBITDA in the sector on an annualised basis is Rs 65,000 crore.

15 Jun 2017 9:37 AM

Private companies Tata Teleservices, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone gained new landline customers in April.

Telecom subscriber base crosses 1,198 million in April

Number of broadband subscribers increased to 284.23 million in April from 276.52 million in March, as per the report.

14 Jun 2017 9:33 AM

Operators (excluding Jio) need to invest Rs 1,25,000 crore, payback debt and they need to invest in technology.

Telcos not investing in tech causing financial stress: Jio

IMG today began consultation with operators as part of efforts to address the financial difficulties being faced by the sector.

12 Jun 2017 1:29 PM

CCI rejects Airtel's complaint against Reliance Jio

Dismissing Bharti Airtel's complaint, the CCI said in a 17-page order that the company has not given any plausible explanation.

11 Jun 2017 1:04 PM

According to sources, the industry leaders will first discuss the current state of financial stress in the sector with Sinha and later in the day will call on Jaitley.

Telecom industry to meet Jaitley, Sinha on June 22

As per industry estimates, total debt for the sector is at around Rs 4.5 lakh crore

09 Jun 2017 8:08 PM

CCI said, while ruling that no prima facie case of contravention of the competition laws is made out against the two Reliance firms.

CCI rejects Airtel's complaint against RIL, Reliance Jio

Bharti Airtel's complaint alleging anti-competitive practices by Reliance Industries and Reliance Jio.

09 Jun 2017 6:45 PM

Telecom companies including Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Jio have, separately, denied cancellation of existing line of credit by any bank.

Not cancelled unused credit lines to telecom sector: SBI

RBI recently asked banks to immediately review their exposure to the telecom sector, which has total debt of about Rs 4.6 lakh crore.

09 Jun 2017 2:44 PM

The gross liability of the telecom industry on account of debt as well as payments related to spectrum has been estimated at a whopping Rs 7,75,000 crore.

Trai to meet telcos next week on sector's financial stress

Key demands of the industry including reduction of licence fee and spectrum charges have already been favoured by the Trai.

07 Jun 2017 5:44 PM

CCI approves Airtel merger with Telenor India

Last week, Bharti Airtel and Telenor India also filed a joint application before NCLT for approval of merger.

06 Jun 2017 12:10 PM

Jio, Airtel squabbling over offering of services in J&K

The prepaid connections in Jammu and Kashmir are currently suspended.

01 Jun 2017 8:15 PM

Vodafone is second largest telecom player.

Vodafone challenges TRAI's Rs 1,050 cr penalty in HC

Delhi HC issues notice to TRAI and seeks reply to Vodafone's plea; will hear matter on July 19.

31 May 2017 3:45 PM

The launch last year of rival Reliance Industries' new Jio 4G broadband service with free voice and data services has forced other networks to come up with cheaper plans of their own.

Reliance Communications hit by Indian mobile price war

The latest debt figure as of end-March was not immediately available

28 May 2017 9:14 PM

Reliance communication suffer quarterly loss

Reliance Communications, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said on Saturday it made a consolidated net loss of 9.66 billion rupees.

28 May 2017 10:53 AM

Trai said it has received complaint that some telecom operators are launching tariffs without filing it with the regulator and “offering discriminatory tariff to individual customers within the same class”.

Telecom operators told offers must not discriminate

Jio had filed complaint with Trai against Airtel in April saying that Airtel had violated tariff rules by issuing misleading offers.

26 May 2017 6:54 AM

Reliance Jio had filed complaint with Trai against Bharti Airtel in April saying the telecom major violated tariff rules by issuing misleading offers.

Trai bars discriminatory tariffs to same set of subscribers

Trai has made it mandatory for all the service providers to file their tariffs.

25 May 2017 8:08 PM

Telecom department had asked Trai to reconsidered its recommendation to impose heavy penalty on the incumbent telecom service providers over the issue of PoIs to Jio.

Trai won’t tweak fines imposed

TraI pointed out that non-compliance of terms and conditions of the licence warrants recommendations for the revocation of the licence.

25 May 2017 4:55 AM

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