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Telcos can step up their agile game by deploying tech enablers: BCG report

So far, agile methodologies are largely limited to telco R&D departments

Telcos' AGR dues: CoS meets over bailout; DoT working on demand notices

The demand notices will be issued in next two weeks after an assessment in light of the court order is done

Essential goods may soon come under IBC regulations: Details here

Electricity, water, telecommunications, and information technology are currently covered under essential goods

No end to telecom sector's woes

The new AGR demands will add to private players' burden

Lenders fret on ways to recover dues from ghost telecom companies

Continued losses put a question mark on nearly Rs 7 trn worth of equity investment, including reinvested earnings of operators

Voda Idea stock jumps 10% as Vodafone clears air on exiting Indian market

On the National Stock Exchange, the shares closed at Rs 4.20 apiece, up 7.69 per cent

Trai fixes mobile call ring time at 30 seconds; 60 seconds for landline

Till now there was no such limit for calls within India

The telecom turmoil

Govt should address some fundamental issues

Fitch places Bharti on rating watch negative after top court's ARG ruling

RWN resolution may take over six months as it requires clarity on exact amount and timing of payment of dues and whether govt will provide financial relief to telecom sector

Telecom infrastructure in India may soon get disaster-resilient standards

CDRI is working with telecom players to ensure sector's infrastructure is less vulnerable to natural disasters

Another blow to telecom

Govt needs to decide what it wants to do with the sector

AGR verdict: Banks fear additional stress from telecom service providers

Intense competition among telcos had already impacted financial profile of firms and court judgment would now only add pressure to burden of paying interest and principal: Senior executive with SBI

AGR verdict: Clock ticking for a 2-horse race and a boost to Reliance Jio

The verdict will also provide a relief to the government, which is reeling under the problem of controlling its fiscal deficit with some extra revenue

DoT seeks relief for BSNL, MTNL once again, but with fewer demands

Dept has apparently sought funds for VRS schemes of the two firms and allotment of 4G spectrum, proposes to raise finances via asset monetisation

Trai moots clarity in definition of 'other service providers'

"Provision of services for captive purposes, that is, Captive Contact Centres have been kept out from the scope of OSP. They would require to furnish intimation only," it said

Trai to settle call ring time in 2 weeks even as telecom war gets ugly

On Jio's latest allegations that rival telcos are fraudulently masking fixed-line as mobile calls, a senior Trai official said the matter will be examined just as all complaints to the authority are

Govt promise of spectrum price reforms a big relief for industry: COAI

The industry has been maintaining that the spectrum prices proposed in India are four times higher than other markets.

Jio's interconnect usage charge action could lead to re-rating for sector

Jio's move is seen as a step to recover costs; ARPUs may have bottomed out

Telecom revenue fell 10% in 2018 over cutthroat competition and tariff war

Spectrum usage charges (SUC) yearly declined 17.74 per cent, from Rs 5,089 crore in 2017 to Rs 4,186 crore in 2018

Explained: Why Jio is battling incumbents over interconnect user charges

Why are missed calls such a big deal for leading telcos?