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COAI re-elects Jio's PK Mittal as chairperson, VIL's Balaji as vice-chair

Reliance Jio Infocomm President and former DoT official Pramod Kumar Mittal has been re-elected as chairperson of the Cellular Operators Association of India for 2023-24, the industry body said on Wednesday. Vodafone Idea Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer P Balaji was elected as vice-chairperson at the annual general body meeting of COAI for the financial year 2022-23 "Pramod K Mittal, President, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, will once again hold the position of Chairperson while P Balaji, Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs Officer, Vodafone Idea Limited, will be the Vice Chairperson," COAI said in a statement. Mittal comes with an experience of over 40 years in telecommunications. Before joining Reliance Jio Infocomm, Mittal served in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for over 37 years. Since 2000, he served as Deputy Director General (DDG) and then as Senior DDG, working in the telecommunication policy formulation and implementation, licensing and regulatory

As MTNL fails to turn profitable, govt may shift ops to BSNL, says report

This is a departure from the govt's earlier plan of merging the two entities

MG and Jio join hands to offer better voice-recognition technology

The partnership will focus on the seamless integration of the Hinglish Voice Recognition-enabled experience in MG's newly launched Comet EV, with help from Jio's Digital Assets

Jio to cross 500 mn subscriber mark by FY26, maintain market leadership

Currently, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel command more than 80% of the country's mobile network business. Jio has a market share of 48%, whereas, Airtel has 35% of it

WhatsApp to partner with Truecaller to end the menace of spam calls

For Truecaller, India is its biggest market with 250 million users. It has 350 million users globally and earns its revenue from advertising, and subscription services

5G rollout: Citing economic viability, telcos seek tax cuts from govt

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are going neck-to-neck in rolling out 5G services. Currently, they offer 5G services in around 500 cities and towns in the country

Telecom, technology firms lock horns over 6GHz spectrum with 5G-like speed

Currently, the 6GHz band is used by the Indian Space Research Organisation to conduct satellite operations

Deliberate attempt by Airtel to defame Jio's user friendly tariffs: RJIL

RJIL said a close reading of the complaint letter would clearly establish that Airtel's sole grouse is that JioFiber is offering reasonable tariffs to customers

Reliance Jio's 5G expanding fast, services now available in 406 cities

Reliance Jio on Tuesday said that its True 5G services have gone live in 406 cities, thus becoming the first and only telecom operator to reach such a wide network in a short span of time

Trai proposes regulatory framework to rate buildings on their digital infra

The development is crucial in light of users' preferences for working from anywhere and their demands for continuous digital connectivity

Fifa World Cup 2022 final: 32 million watched the match on JioCinema

Fifa World Cup 2022: Across Sports18 and Jio Cinema, the total watch time of the tournament was 40 billion minutes

Reliance Industries to demerge and list financial services business

Shareholders of RIL will receive one equity share of JFS of face value Rs 10 for one fully paid-up equity share of Rs 10 held in RIL.

RIL's telecom, retail biz to shine in Q2; O2C muted, say analysts

Volatile energy markets, windfall taxes to contribute to O2C weakness; company to report results on Friday

Reliance Jio adds 2.94 mn subscribers, Bharti Airtel 0.5 mn: Trai

Overall, the country added 0.7 million new telecom subscribers in July, lower than the 2.22 million new subscribers in June

Tariff hike boost helps Reliance Jio log 24% jump in net profit

Jio gained 9.7 million mobile subscribers in the June quarter, after witnessing a decline for three consecutive quarters

Reliance Jio Q1FY23 results: Profit increases 23.8% to Rs 4,335 crore

Reliance Q1 PAT is marginally up from the Rs 4,173 crore profit witnessed in Q4 of last fiscal

Reliance Jio in talks with Ericsson and Nokia for 5G telecom gear

Trial with Ericsson to start in a few days, marking a change in Jio's earlier tie-up with Samsung

Spectrum of challenges and opportunities for Jio chairman Akash Ambani

Reliance Jio, of which he took charge as chairman, is full of potential that is his to maximise

How Mukesh Ambani will divide his business empire to avoid dad's folly

Ambani's first-born, Akash, 30, will succeed him as chairman at India's No.1 wireless carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

Reliance stock gains as Akash takes driver's seat at Jio, brokerages upbeat

Succession plan triggered upgrades from brokerages