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Lockdown, potato chips and a lifeline for India's ailing telecom firms

The bundling of something as outlandish as a packet of potato chips with data may have saved the day for key players in this space

Low profile, yet outspoken, Trai's Vaghela knows how to take tough calls

his biggest break came when he returned to the state and was made commissioner (commercial taxes) in 2016

Best of BS Opinion: Babri Masjid demolition case, Covid-19 crisis, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

How to revive auto and telecom sectors

Illustrative action in key economic areas

Govt should stop looking at telecom spectrum as just a source of revenue

A far-sighted government with the national interest in mind would determine that sectoral health, not its own revenue, is the major priority at this moment

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

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

Reliance Jio plans to roll out 100 million low-cost phones by December

These phones, which will be bundled with data packs, could be launched in December or early next year, sources in the know said

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

Voda Idea in danger of becoming a 'zombie' telco; may just about survive

The initial impression is that Vodafone Idea will struggle to manage this level of staggered payments, given that it owes over Rs 58,000 crore

IDFC First, IndusInd Bank: AGR verdict will not dent earnings, say experts

The verdict soured sentiment at banking counters which were factoring-in at least 15 years timeline for the payment of AGR dues

Jio takes on rivals, rolls out new broadband plans starting at Rs 399

Plans to be rolled out from today

25 years of telecom: Boon for India's business tycoons, bane for MNCs

Big business houses such as the Tatas, Anil Ambani, multinationals like Malaysian tycoon T Ananda Krishna of Maxis failed to create viable businesses

Bharti Airtel loss widens to Rs 15,933 crore in Q1; revenue up 15.4%

The firm, however, posted an over 2x jump in profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 372 crore for the quarter ended June (Q1) before exceptional items

Foreign telecom gear makers seek relief from DoT on eligibility criteria

Ask DoT to include service costs while calculating local content, value addition

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal seeks govt help for telecom sector

Mittal said the government should look at rationalising levies on the sector and "close long-standing legal disputes that are a big drag on the performance of operators"

We are all charged up for the next 25 years: Bharti Airtel chairman

Telecom sector has spent years fighting regulatory and legal battles. They could have been better spent on serving the customers and strengthening the network, writes Sunil Bharti Mittal

ATC India's Umang Das recalls the day India's mobile revolution began

India's telecom revolution started with then West Bengal CM Jyoti Basu saying the first 'hello' to then Union communications minister Sukh Ram in a Kolkata hotel

From Sukh Ram to Mukesh Ambani, here're the men who changed telecom

With a charge of Rs 18/min for voice calls to free voice calls now, and a burgeoning subscriber base, India's telecom sector has come a long way. We look at the men who made all of this possible

25 years since the first mobile call: Roller-coaster ride for telecom

It's been through dizzying peaks, troughs, policy U-turns, court battles, brutal competition, and daily controversies