Page 24 - Telecom

Low tariffs good but service quality needs improvement: Survey

The survey was based on customers' expectations in terms of quality of service from their operators

After 100 days of reform, life gets easier for telcos

Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved the toughest issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on the govt's Digital India dream

Govt quickens the pace for telecom reforms

Telecom Secretary J S Deepak has resolved some of the most pressing issues facing the sector, but his real test will be in delivering on PM Modi's Digital India dream

India among nations with most stringent EMF norms

Telecom secy says unfounded apprehensions around electromagnetic field emissions can derail growth story

Sunil Mittal, RJio representative meet Telecom Secretary

Jio representative expressed concern over blocking of the firm's trial services by incumbent operators

Finmin conservative in allocation under USO Fund: Telecom Secretary

The expenditure from the Universal Service Obligation Fund was around Rs 3,000 crore last fiscal

Airtel, Vodafone offer sweeteners as Jio launch nears

Both the operators, along with Idea, lower data tariffs by up to 67%

Trai seeks public comments on setting up ombudsman for telecom sector

It is also seeling views on modalities such as legal framework, structure, funding and the type of complaints that should be handled by the ombudsman

COAI for mandatory nod to telcos for in-building infrastructure

COAI felt the permission to install telecom infrastructure should be granted to telecom operators only

DoT might freeze spectrum trading during auction

Some operators had earlier sought relaxation in overall spectrum holding limit of 25% to 33% or 40%

Airtel, Vodafone attract most complaints on service quality

Telecom complaints against other players were below 500 in the first half of 2016

Major telcos' subscriber base crosses 776 mn mark in June

Airtel led the growth among these players by adding 1.4 million new customers taking its total mobile subscriber base to 255.73 million

Telecom, internet services to be spread across Arunachal

CM discussed with the officials about building the required infrastructure for the service

6 reasons why PM Modi moved Ravi Shankar Prasad out of telecom

Confrontation with industry, especially with certain telecom companies, did damage to his report card

Slow 4G run rate casts shadow on telecom sector

A year after Bharti Airtel launched 4G services, there are only 6.5 mn users in the country

Telcos may spend Rs 100,000 crore on spectrum this year

The government is putting up for auction 2,300 MHz of spectrum, the largest bundle on offer so far

Telcos to shell out Rs 1 lakh cr for spectrum over next 2 yrs

Half of this amount will be externally funded over the next two years and almost 75% of this will be spent by private telcos

Trai proposes to set up an ombudsman, to write to DoT soon

Earlier, the regulator had sought power to impose up to Rs 10-cr penalty, two-year jail term on operators for rules violation

Telecom shares trade mixed post SC verdict on call drop compensation

Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications were trading mixed bag, erasing most of their early noon gains.

Telecom shares rally in a rangebound market; Bharti Airtel up 3%

Telecom shares were among the top gainers ahead of the fourth quarter earnings from Bharti Airtel