NEWS ON TELECOM
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Airtel cuts international roaming data charges by 99%
The company also plans to launch a $45 medium duration pack with 10 days validity by middle of October 2016
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Partnership with Jio a virtual merger: Anil Ambani
Anil Ambani said the merger was already in the works given the two entities are sharing spectrum, network, fibre and towers
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Operationalise interconnect capacity: Airtel tells Jio
Airtel has in its letter detailed the number of PoIs allocated to Jio and how many have been operationalised
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Sell Bharti Airtel: Chandan Taparia of Anand Rathi
Daily trading strategies from Anand Rathi Research
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Trai calls telcos' meet to discuss allegations against Jio
The operators had written to Trai that Jio's voice tariffs are in violation of Trai's 30th amendment to TTO order
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September 28, 2016, Wednesday
Either perform or take VRS, Sinha to BSNL employees
The minister also asked BSNL to strive for new research and technology
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Trai calls meet as incumbents allege norm violation by RJio
Reliance Jio and incumbent operators are at loggerheads over PoI to facilitate voice calls among their networks
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Accomplished virtual merger of Reliance Communications, Jio: Anil Ambani
Post merger with Aircel, combined entity will be among top operators in 12 circles; company's debt will be cut by 75% in a year
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Will try to trim RCom debt by 75% in 12 mths: Anil Ambani
He said merger of MTS and Aircel with RCom will help reduce debt by Rs 20,000 crore
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Reliance Jio call drops due to its under-preparedness: Airtel
It blamed Jio itself for network connectivity issues and call failures
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Reliance Jio now available on Zen Mobile devices
With Jio connection, users can enjoy unlimited access to HD voice calls (on Jio eligible VOLTE phones)
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September 27, 2016, Tuesday
Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos
Jio makes data on call drops public, says 121 mn calls failed in a day
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September 26, 2016, Monday
Reliance Jio in fresh battle with COAI
Calls the industry body biased and accuses it of serving the interests of the top three telcos
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September 25, 2016, Sunday
RJio says COAI voting norms skewed in favour of 3 operators
The company alleged that incumbent dominant operators command 68% of the total votes in COAI and control decision-making
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September 24, 2016, Saturday
Reliance Jio, Idea spar over interconnect points
Idea said it would further enhance capacity for Jio in both access and long-distance interconnection by 230 per cent
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September 24, 2016, Saturday
Airtel offers unlimited data at Rs 1,495
Pack is currently available in Delhi and will be launched across other circles over the next few days
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September 24, 2016, Saturday
IUC comment deadline extended to Oct 17
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has extended the date for receiving comments on its discussion paper on interconnect usage ...
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September 23, 2016, Friday
Idea Cellular provides more interconnection ports to Reliance Jio
Earlier, Jio said that interconnection points provided by other operators were not sufficient
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September 23, 2016, Friday
BSNL wants 5 MHz in 700-MHz band for 4G coverage
If the price of 700-MHz reaches too high, BSNL might go for it in select few circles
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September 23, 2016, Friday
Airtel to invest Rs 14,667 cr in India, South Asia
To strengthen network capabilities
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September 22, 2016, Thursday
Bharti Airtel, Idea seen offering best returns
The shares of the wireless carriers are set to rally an average 23% in the next 12 months, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg
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September 22, 2016, Thursday
GSM subscriber base crosses 781 million; 2 million added in August
The COAI numbers do not include the subscribers garnered by Reliance Jio as the data pertains to August
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September 22, 2016, Thursday
Bharti's Mittal calls on Trai chairman
Meets R S Sharma amid ongoing tussle between incumbent operators and Reliance Jio over network connectivity
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September 21, 2016, Wednesday
Jio offering free voice is not innovation, it's just a strategy: Sunil Bharti Mittal
Interview with founder-chairman, Bharti Enterprises
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September 21, 2016, Wednesday
GTL bets on telecom tower sale to fix debt problem
Sale would help GTL to raise funds to fix its debt problems that sank the entire group over the past six years
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September 20, 2016, Tuesday
Jio says incumbents not keeping interconnect promise
The new mobile company alleges that this has been happening despite repeated reminders and bilateral meetings with incumbent operators
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September 19, 2016, Monday
Idea to launch its own TV, Chat, video service by FY'18
It has plans to launch Idea TV, Idea News and Magazines and Idea Storage next financial year
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September 19, 2016, Monday
Reliance Jio ranked most eligible bidder in spectrum auction
Firm mops up 44,506 pts on basis of EMD, can bid in any band in any service area; Vodafone a distant second with 18,821 pts
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September 19, 2016, Monday
COAI seek IUC paper deadline extension by 2 months from Trai
Trai has already extended the deadline by three weeks for receiving industry's comments on the IUC discussion paper
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September 19, 2016, Monday
Airtel, Vodafone, Jio submit call traffic details to Trai
The move will enable the regulator to look at the pattern, including asymmetric traffic on networks
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September 19, 2016, Monday
Reliance Jio blaming others to hide network issues, says Airtel
Hits back by saying no call failures for Jio-to-Jio calls
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September 19, 2016, Monday
Airtel rolls out 20k units of Aadhaar-based e-KYC
The Sunil Mittal-owned firm plans to have the solution in over 500,000 stores across the country in the coming months
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September 18, 2016, Sunday
Reliance Jio, Airtel continue to spar over interconnect ports
Jio alleged that Airtel was abusing its market dominance and was indulging in 'anti-competitive behaviour'
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September 18, 2016, Sunday
RJio blames Airtel for two crore call failures a day
RJIL said it has been consistently highlighting the urgency of the requirement and impact on Quality of Service
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September 17, 2016, Saturday
Airtel receives payment from Jio for PoIs
After testing, the PoIs will be opened for traffic
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September 17, 2016, Saturday
Here is how corporate India wished PM on his birthday
On the occasion of Narendra Modi birthday, various top business leaders send their greetings to him
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September 16, 2016, Friday
Tariff war in telecom sector always benefited consumers: Manoj Sinha
He dismissed concerns that such a pricing structure will impact the government's revenue
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September 16, 2016, Friday
Is more consolidation likely in telecom sector?
Given it is already an oligopolistic market with four players dominating, consolidation can happen with just one or two more players, say ...
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September 16, 2016, Friday
R-Com-Aircel to raise $1 billion
The merger is likely to be consummated by the first half of 2017
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September 16, 2016, Friday
Moody's to review R-Com rating
Moody's said that estimations for RCOM's adjusted consolidated debt/EBITDA has deteriorated further during the quarter ended June, 2016
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September 16, 2016, Friday
Big 3 telcos not allowing consumers to port: Jio
Jio says, the incumbents have rejected all valid MNP requests made between September 5-12
