Page 3 - Telecom Sector

30 years on, India's telecom sector still needs a tariff correction

Mobile subscribers in the country are close to 1.2 billion, out of 9.1 billion globally. Internet subscribers in India are pegged at over 970 million

My job is to provide multiple players in every telecom vertical: Scindia

The telecom sector is fundamentally one of the most important underpinnings of India's resurgency and growth story, Scindia said

Vodafone Idea Q4 results: Loss narrows 6.62% to ₹7,166 crore, ARPU at ₹164

Vi board approves plan to raise Rs 20,000 crore through FPO or private placement as Q4 net loss narrows and ARPU rises for fourth consecutive quarter

Deepali Gupta traces the India story through its mobile telephony tales

To understand today's telecom business, one must trace the evolution of the entrepreneurs who shaped it

Vodafone Idea must stop seeking waivers from government and courts

Vi must urgently raise capital

Singtel offloads 1.2% direct stake in Airtel for $1.5 bn via block deal

Reduces overall stake to 28.3 per cent by selling 71 million shares through Pastel Ltd at a 2.85 per cent discount to Airtel's previous closing price

Singtel to sell 47.6 million Bharti Airtel shares worth $1 bn on Friday

The Singapore-based telco currently holds a 29.5 per cent cumulative stake in Bharti Airtel through direct and indirect shareholding in promoter entities

Jio Platforms likely to become world's 6th-largest telco after IPO

Likely to replace Airtel at peak valuation of $154 bn

DoT rings in tougher satcom norms after Pahalgam terrorist attack

New guidelines may pose fresh hurdle for Starlink, Project Kuiper

Ericsson Antenna System expands local manufacturing footprint in India

The tie-up with VVDN Technologies plans to fully localise passive antenna production in India by June

Bharti Airtel gained 1.65 million subscribers in January, says Trai

Jio controlled nearly 85 per cent of all 5G fixed wireless access connections

Telecom operator BSNL 5G sites light up in multiple state capitals

State-owned telecom operator targets full-scale 4G launch by June, 5G rollout to follow

Govt to raise stake in Vi to 49% with fresh acquisition worth Rs 37,000 cr

The government has agreed to raise stake in Vodafone Idea to 48.99 per cent with fresh acquisition of shares worth Rs 36,950 crore in lieu of outstanding spectrum auction dues, the company said in a regulatory filing on Sunday. The government is the single-largest shareholder in the debt-ridden Vodafone Idea with 22.6 per cent stake. "The Ministry of Communications... in line with the September 2021 Reforms and Support Package for Telecom Sector has decided to convert the outstanding spectrum auction dues, including deferred dues repayable after expiry of the moratorium period, into equity shares to be issued to the Government of India. The total amount to be converted into equity shares is Rs 36,950 crore," the filing said. Vodafone Idea (VIL) said it has been directed to issue 3,695 crore equity shares of the face value of Rs 10 each at an issue price of Rs 10 each within 30 days after issuance of necessary order from relevant authorities, including from Securities and Exchange ..

Telcos support Parl panel recommendation of merging IT & Telecom ministries

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology made the suggestion to merge the three allied ministries in its report tabled in the Lok Sabha last week

Bharti Airtel managing director Gopal Vittal elected GSMA chairman

Vittal had already been serving as the acting chair of the GSMA board

BSNL, MTNL raise Rs 12,984 crore from asset monetisation since 2019

State-owned telecom firms BSNL and MTNL have earned a total of Rs 12,984.86 crore from monetisation of land, buildings, tower and fibre since 2019, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. According to data shared by Minister of State for Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in Lok Sabha, BSNL has earned Rs 2,387.82 crore and MTNL Rs 2,134.61 crore up to January 2025 from monetisation of lands and buildings. "BSNL and MTNL are monetising only those land and building assets which are not required for their own use in the foreseeable future and for which it has the rights to transfer the ownership," Sekhar said in a written reply. BSNL has earned Rs 8,204.18 crore and MTNL Rs 258.25 crore from monetisation of close assets comprising tower and fibre up to January 2025, as per the reply. "Monetisation of assets are being done as per approved policy of the Government and its impact on the PSUs are being monitored closely," Sekhar said.

Musk's Starlink to vie with Indian telcos in fixed wireless access space

The challenge of course for Starlink will be to price its product competitively against both Jio as well as Airtel in FWA and with Airtel in satellite broadband

No need for private 5G networks in India amid wide telecom reach: COAI

Trai has said private networks are non-starters, telcos argue

Airtel lands subsea cable in Chennai to connect India to Singapore, France

The 21,700 km SEA-ME-WE-6 cable brings 220 TBPs of data, to help hyperscalers

BSNL Q3 results: Net profit at Rs 262 cr, first quarterly gain in 17 years

BSNL has posted a net profit of Rs 262 crore for December quarter, marking its return to profitability after almost 17 years, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday terming it a "significant turning point" for the state-owned telco that has been focused on expansion of service offerings and subscriber base. BSNL scripted an improvement on several counts, clinching 14-18 per cent growth across mobility, FTTH and leased line service offering, Scindia, Minister for Communications said adding that the subscriber base too has risen to about 9 crore in December, from 8.4 crore in June. "Today is an important day for BSNL, and for the journey of the telecom sector in India...BSNL has, in third quarter of FY2024-25, for the first time in 17 years, posted a profit on a quarterly basis. The last time that BSNL posted a quarterly profit was in the year 2007," he said on BSNL's earnings. The net profit came in at about Rs 262 crore in the third quarter of the financial year. Mobilit