In one signing of easing competition, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. earlier this month said it was imposing a charge on voice calls that were formerly free
The telcos contend that AGR should comprise revenue earned only from telecom services, while the DoT has been insisting that AGR should include all revenues, including those from non-core operations
The telcos contend that AGR should comprise revenue earned only from telecom services, while the DoT has been insisting that AGR should include all revenues, including those from non-core operations
Reliance Jio has paid Rs 1,133 crore to the Department of Telecom, Vodafone Idea paid Rs 2,421 crore and Bharti Airtel paid Rs 977 crore
Due to availability of 4G services most of the time on Jio, Opensignal has found latency experience on its network better in overall score compared to other operators
Jio was the only operator to add 7.2 million active subscribers in August 2019
BSNL and MTNL lost 0.21 million and 6,701 subscribers, respectively
TCS has been VIL's technology partner in this journey, managing all of its customer-facing applications
Bharti Airtel, however, hit back saying Jio is trying to misguide the regulator ahead the consultation on call connect charges
Vodafone Idea Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora said auctions should be held later rather than sooner as the industry is not in good financial health
Around 30 per cent of the missed calls used to come from rival networks and our customers called back as it was free, he said
All telecom firms to remain under stress despite tariff hike
The government, in March last year, enhanced the number of annual instalments for spectrum payment from 10 to 16 years to provide relief to the debt-laden telecom sector
While Vodafone Idea continued to show negative AGR growth (-6%) and Jio (9%) remained stable
Vodafone Idea has been seeking a two-year moratorium on its annual spectrum payment citing debt and stress on balance sheet
Vodafone Group officials also met Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal during the day
But spend on premium customers through content tie-ups may strain telco on both ends of ARPU scale
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Limited availability of airwaves and high base price to blame
Lately, the management declared its intention to change the larger consumer perception about the operator's network and data service