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Moody's revises Airtel ratings outlook to 'positive' from 'stable'

It expects around 25 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated adjusted EBITDA in FY22

Cabinet nod for mobile connectivity in 7,287 uncovered villages: COAI

The Cabinet approval for provisioning of mobile connectivity in 7,287 uncovered villages across five states will help bridge the digital divide and provide stimulus to the rural economy, COAI said

Cabinet clears proposal for mobile services in 7,287 uncovered villages

The estimated cost of implementation of Rs 6,466 cr includes operational expenses for five years.

May consider converting interest dues to equity: Voda Idea CFO Moondra

The company is also in talks with banks and investors for raising funds, an official said

Fundraising to conclude in current fiscal, says Vodafone Idea

CEO indicates a tariff hike may happen soon

This South Korean used his telecom biz to build a thriving fintech in India

Charlie Lee's firm True Balance leverages on its mobile phone balance checking business to assess and disburse loans with simple documentation in a matter of minutes

Need to hike tariff, ARPU must near Rs 200: Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal

Telecom reforms to help preserve our cash flows and also drive industry investments, says Vittal

Bharti Airtel says mobile ARPU should head to Rs 200 in the near term

Telecom reforms to help preserve cash flows, drive industry investments, says Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal

Bharti Airtel clocks Rs 1,134-cr consolidated net profit, beats estimates

Payments Bank turns profitable; Nil bank debt in India businesses

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