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Reliance Jio looks to take on incumbent operators in postpaid mobile market

As far as postpaid is concerned, it has a tariff plan, of Rs 199, which it did not promote and it accounts for less than 1 per cent of its customers

GMR readying itself to take on Adani for leadership in India's airports biz

Fresh from a demerger and with a French partner, GMR Airports is readying itself to take on the Adani group for leadership in India's airports business

No plan to exclude Huawei, ZTE from 5G infra contracts: Sanjay Dhotre

The announcement quells fears among some telcos that Chinese players might be banned from participating in 5G trials and roll outs

Ministry move on OTT communication players likely to hit Trai wall

The guidelines seek obligations for intermediaries (OTT communication players) to enable traceability to determine the originator of information for assistance to law enforcement agencies

Telecom operators sound alarm over India-specific standard for 5G

The operators would rather go along with the global standards set by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project or 3GPP

Perfect Relations founder Dilip Cherian opts out of Taj GVK board

The move comes just days after the hotel company said in a regulatory filing on September 10 that the board had approved Cherian's appointment as a director for five years

Govt's PLI boost set to make India manufacturing hub for Apple iPhones

Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron, which manufacture the bulk of Apple's iPhones, are expected to get the Cabinet's go-ahead under the productivity-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for mobile devices

Covid-19 impact: WFH turns out cheaper and greener for IT companies

Indirect emissions account for a major chunk of emissions by Indian IT firms

Kia's second coming with its new compact utility vehicle Sonet

With the Sonet, the Hyundai subsidiary is hoping to replicate the successful debut it had with the Seltos

Telcos must fork out Rs 44,000 crore to replace expired spectrum

The figure is based on the base price of spectrum for the upcoming auction fixed by the TRAI and on the assumption that there will be no bidding war

Vodafone decides to stick with no-equity plan after decade of washout

UK telecom giant has invested over $16.4 billion in the country, but hardly made any returns for its UK shareholders

Vodafone Idea board agrees to raise Rs 25,000 cr through share sale, debt

The fund raising will help the company to get its finances back on track as it takes several steps to cut operational costs

Jio cuts to grow, but the jury is out on its rock-bottom pricing

But the jury is out on its rock-bottom pricing for the broadband venture

PUBG ban to upset Tencent's 'chicken dinner' in India

With over 175 million estimated downloads, India accounts for around 25 per cent of PUBG's global subscriber base

With Ambani upping the ante, Reliance Jio looks to dial disruption 2.0

Telecom analyst Mahesh Uppal believes another area that Reliance has yet to crack is getting premium, high ARPU customers, who are still with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, into its fold

Why this may be the best time for Amazon, Verizon to invest in Voda Idea

For Amazon, this deal could help strengthen its hold on the cloud computing space

Akhil Gupta's family firm bids for debt-laden Videocon Industries

Gupta, who worked for Bharti Airtel for 18 years, made the bid for Videocon via Avanti Investments, run by his son, Anubhav Gupta

AGR verdict: Will Voda Idea survive? Answer lies in ability to raise funds

Increase in APRU can help Vodafone but rival Reliance Jio is in no mood for tariff hike yet

Short of time and funds, Voda Idea can't celebrate SC's AGR dues order

The company will have to fork out Rs 30,000 crore annually to government as dues for using spectrum

Three key SC decisions that could change telecom sweepstakes in the country

While the first two rulings on AGR dues could have a lasting impact on incumbent players, the third, on transfer of spectrum by banks could impact fund raising by the telecom sector as a whole