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Top headlines: RIL's PBT dips 40%, battle to save jobs at Air India & more

From Reliance Industries reporting dip in profit-before tax, Tony Fernandes cutting AirAsia exit price to $50 mn to Air India pitching leave-without-pay scheme, here are the top news on Friday morning

Jio delivers strong Q1 performance on subscriber addition, ARPU growth

The other metric which helped drive the Q1 show was a 7 per cent sequential uptick in average revenue per user (ARPU) as compared to analyst estimates of a marginal dip

Reliance Jio pre-tax profit zooms 147% in June quarter, revenue up 33.7%

Ebitda for the June quarter grew 55.4 per cent to Rs 7,281 crore

Deepening economic crisis: Chidambaram brings up aviation, telecom

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram asserted that two major industries -- telecom and aviation -- are on the verge of collapse

Bharti Airtel Q1 preview: Losses likely to narrow despite fall in ARPU

Commentary on ARPU trajectory and non-telecom business will be the key monitorables, say analysts

Govt plans tough rules to restrict use of Chinese telecom equipment

Telecom gear makers have to share source codes and get equipment tested by third-party labs accredited to the government.

Bharti Infratel Q1 profit before tax declines 15% to Rs 943 crore

The consolidated profit after tax for the quarter was down 21 per cent at Rs 704 crore from Rs 887 crore in the same period last year.

Bharti Infratel reports 21% drop in consolidated net profit at Rs 704 cr

The net profit had stood at Rs 887 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous year

Vodafone, Airtel defend premium plans; say no impact on other network users

They said the subscribers of the plans constitute only a small portion of overall customer base

Spectrum auction: DoT circulates Cabinet note for comments, keeps 5G out

Says industry may not have the appetite for it because of AGR issue

Telcos should provide location grid of bulk users: Department of Telecom

Telecom companies will have to provide a point of sale code through a portal to law enforcement agencies, the order said.

Centre likely to reduce AGR licence fee for wireless broadband to Re 1

Cabinet likely to take up the issue in its next meeting

AGR case: SC turns down telecom companies' demand for re-assessment of dues

Order on staggered payment timeline reserved

Vodafone Idea gets TDSAT relief, allowed to offer premium tariff plans

Says Trai move to freeze schemes without reason, merit

TDSAT reserves order on premium tariff; verdict on plans expected today

Verdict on plans expected today

Reliance Jio's 2G-free India drive likely to hit Vodafone Idea hard

About 60% of Vodafone Idea's customer base is in the 2G space

Jio adds 4.7 million users, Vodafone Idea loses 6.4 million, says Trai

The number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,180.84 million at the end of February to 1,177.97 million at the end of March, thereby showing a monthly decline rate of 0.24 per cent.

Vodafone Idea moves TDSAT over Trai objection to premium telecom plans

The TDSAT is expected to hear the Vodafone Idea case on Tuesday.

Ericsson India eyes contracts in Indian market on strength of technology

Global giants Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung, as well as Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are the large players in the Indian market

TRAI notifies changes to interconnection rules for fixed-line networks

The term 'interconnection' refers to commercial and technical arrangements under which telecom service providers connect their equipment, networks, and services to enable access to other networks