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Bharti Airtel posts 13% rise in quarterly revenue, helped by tariff hikes

The company's consolidated revenue from operations was 283.26 billion rupees ($3.79 billion) for the quarter ended Sept. 30

Reliance Jio won't opt for 4-year payment moratorium: Report

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have said they will avail the four-year moratorium on payment of dues

Telecom operators seek six-month extension of 5G trial period

Telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, have asked the Department of Telecom to extend the 5G trial period by six months. In May, the government allocated spectrum to the telecom companies in 700 Mhz band, 3.3-3.6 Gigahertz (Ghz) band and 24.25-28.5 Ghz band for trials across various locations for six months. "All telecom companies have asked for extension of 5G trials by another six months," a senior government official told PTI. The current trial period ends in November. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has started the process for commercial roll out of 5G by seeking telecom regulator Trai's view on the pricing and methodology for the spectrum auction. While there is no clarity on the timeline of the spectrum auction, industry sources expect it to take place in April-June 2022 period. On May 4, DoT cleared applications from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and MTNL for conducting 5G trials without using technologies from Chinese ...

Govt notifies rules to relax telecom infra rollout fees, documentation

The Department of Telecom has notified an amendment in rules to ease the rollout of communications networks by fixing a nominal one-time fee for overground cables at Rs 1,000 per kilometre

Jio reports 23% rise in net profit, loses 11 million mobile users

The company said Covid-19 impact in the previous quarter led to a churn of low-end subscribers and resulted in a fall of customer base.

Bharti Airtel's Rs 21,000-cr rights issue subscribed 1.43 times

Shares of Airtel on Thursday closed at Rs 697

Jio gains 649,000 mobile users in August; Airtel adds 138,000: Trai data

In contrast, Vodafone Idea lost 833,000 subscribers

Space tech, telecom to push digital services to remote areas: Vaishnaw

Space and telecom are "organically connected" sectors, especially with regard to managing spectrum, he observed

Signals from mobile network towers cause no harm to health: Experts

Electromagnetic field (EMF) signals emitted from mobile network towers do not cause any harm to health, experts said at a webinar held on Thursday.

Led by data, telecom players' Arpu to grow even without tariff hike: Report

The sliding voice tariffs, growing data tariffs indicate that the average revenue per user of the industry could grow even without tariff hikes, says India Ratings

PM Modi calls reforms in the telecom sector 'watershed moment'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the reforms approved by the Union Cabinet in the telecom sector are a win-win situation for both the sector and the consumers

Telecom sector reforms ensure industry is able to invest fearlessly: Mittal

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday said the telecom sector reforms approved by the Cabinet will ensure that the industry is able to invest fearlessly

Telecom package to provide some relief to stressed sector: COAI

Telecom industry body COAI lauded telecom relief package approved by the Cabinet, which will be implemented prospectively and provide a breather to the sector that is reeling under heavy stress.

Cabinet did not take up proposal for telecom relief measures: Report

Earlier in the day, telecom stocks were on investors' radar, with a news report claiming the telecom department is devising measures to improve health of the debt-laden sector.

Trai directs telcos to ensure only tariffs filed with it are offered

Trai directed all telecom service providers to immediately ensure that only tariffs that are reported to it are offered through their channels, distributors or retailers

Address AGR issues for cable ops, fix min broadband speed at 2 mbps: Trai

Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday recommended a slew of measures, including fixing minimum broadband speed at 2 megabit per second, to promote internet connectivity and increase connection speed.

Airtel board approves up to Rs 21,000 crore rights issue: filing

The rights entitlement ratio entails 1 equity share for every 14 equity shares held by eligible shareholders as on the record date

Top headlines: Kerala's Covid TPR crosses 18%; SC grants relief to Airtel

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Security clearance delay for equipment hits telecom gear makers

Without such certification, telcos cannot give product orders to vendors

Analysts air concerns over weak vitals of Vodafone Idea post Q1 results

In its note ICICI Securities said it sees 'high risk and huge concern for VIL' and it has put VIL's estimates, rating and target price under review until further clarity