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Vi Business forays into integrated IoT, plans expansion of cloud services

Vodafone Idea announced foray into integrated Internet of Things space for enterprises segment as it looks to transform itself from a traditional connectivity service provider to a technology company.

Vi launches new IoT offering, eyes digital India, smart city projects

Competition heats up in enterprise segment with Airtel having launched its IoT solution on Wednesday

Telcos get approval to share active infrastructure as DoT amends UASL norms

The move is expected to give a big boost to sharing of backhaul spectrum between operators to power the towers

No major issues noticed in bulk messages as new norms enforced: Trai

Trai on Thursday asserted that no major incidents of disruption were noticed for commercial messages and OTP generation in sectors

Trai urges RBI to direct banks to comply with norms on bulk messages

The telecom regulator has urged Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to issue directions to banks to comply with Trai's norms on bulk messages, sources said on Tuesday.

Telecom links failure led to outage; measures being taken to correct: NSE

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday said failure of telecom links as well as that of software area network system led to the outage at the bourse last month.

Airtel Africa explores listing mobile money business in four years

TPG Rise Fund to invest $200 mn in the brand

Home Ministry issued no internet shutdown order in 2020: Dhotre

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) did not issue any order for suspension of internet services in 2020, Dhotre said

OTP communication for payment transactions resumes, no complaints filed

Trai had put on hold the implementation of its regulations to curb unsolicited commercial communication.

Vodafone Idea posts first subscriber addition in 15 months: Trai data

Vi's active user base stood at 256.3 million users, which is 89.63 per cent of its total base

VIL likely to expand network capacity in 6 circles through Chinese vendors

Telecom operator Vodafone Idea is in advance stages of processing order for network capacity expansion in six circles through Chinese telecom gear makers

Jio's new offer dampens tariff hike talk, adds to Vodafone Idea's worries

Reliance Jio's new offer may impact Vi's fundraise plans, say analysts

Technical glitch at NSE: Sebi says will take all remedial measures

Says it has asked NSE to explain reasons for not migrating to its disaster recovery site

Bharti Airtel raises $1.25 billion through various debt instruments

The company said the order book was oversubscribed 3x on final pricing, with the peak order book of $5 billion at the time for final price guidance

From Goldman Sachs to ICICI Sec: Why brokerages are bearish on Voda Idea

The debt-ridden telecom firm, on Saturday, reported narrowing of consolidated loss to Rs 4,532.1 crore in Q3FY21, mainly on account of a one-time gain from stake sale in Indus Towers

Fundraising on track and tariff hike at right time, says Vodafone Idea

The operator posted Rs 4,532 crore net loss in Q3FY21 on the back of flat revenue growth and gains from stake sale in Indus Towers

Bharti Airtel back in the black, posts Rs 854-crore profit in Q3

India unit still in losses; ARPU up, lower than Jio

Bharti Airtel tops Nov user additions, increases base to 335 mn: Trai data

Increases base to 335 million; Jio still No. 1 with 408 million subscribers

Improving deal pipeline and growth factored into L&T Technology stock

Q3 performance was better than estimates led by growth across verticals

Telcos remind users to prefix 0 for landline to mobile calls from Friday

Telecom operators have informed subscribers that they would need to prefix '0' for making calls from landline to mobile phones from January 15, in line with the telecom department's recent directive. "As per DoT's directive, effective 15-Jan-21, it is mandatory to prefix 0 before the mobile number while dialling from your landline," Airtel has started informing its fixed line users. Reliance Jio, too, has sent messages to fixed line users urging them to ensure that they prefix 0 when dialling any mobile number from a fixed line number. "This change in dialling pattern effective Jan 15 is in accordance to the directive from DoT," Jio's message said. The Department of Telecom (DoT) had said in November that callers will have to dial numbers with prefix '0' for making calls from landline to mobile phone, from January 15. The Communications Ministry had said the move would free up sufficient numbering resources for future use, and nearly 2,539 million numbering series are expected to