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Single wholesale network unlikely to achieve greater network coverage: GSMA

The wholesale open access network (WOAN) model or single wholesale network (SWN) is unlikely to achieve greater network coverage, according to a GSMA report. GSMA...
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Airtel sells part of stake in Bharti Infratel for $400 mn

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has sold part of its equity stake in tower company Bharti Infratel for $400 million as part of its...
TRAI IVRS survey 2017

TRAI IVRS survey shows dissatisfaction among mobile phone users

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the TRAI IVRS survey report showing strong dissatisfaction among mobile phone customers in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh...
Sanjay Nayak Tejas Networks

Tejas Networks posts Q1 revenue of Rs 224 crore with 49% growth

Tejas Networks has posted revenue of Rs 223.81 crore (+49 percent) and net profit of Rs 20.09 crore against net loss of Rs 1.75...
Sapna Chadha Google India

Google says Internet Saathi project reaches 100,000 villages

Google said its Internet Saathi program, a digital literacy initiative aimed at empowering women in rural India, has reached 100,000 villages in the country. Google,...
Vodafone India Arvinder Singh Sachdev

Vodafone invests Rs 1,300 crore for network and distribution in Bengal

Vodafone India has invested nearly Rs 1,300 crore for expanding its network and distribution in Kolkata and Rest of Bengal circles in FY 2017-18. Registration...
Airtel India for mobile

Airtel taps HPCL to enhance digital payments business in India

Airtel Payments Bank has tapped Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to enhance its digital payments business in India. Registration opens for ISP Summit 2017 As per the...
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TRAI recommendations on closure of mobile services

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its recommendations related to closure of mobile service. ALSO READ: Register for ISP Summit and win gifts The...
ACT Fibernet plan for Delhi

ACT Fibernet increases broadband speed in Delhi to 150 Mbps

India Internet service provider ACT Fibernet will launch 150 Mbps broadband speed -- without increasing the price -- in Delhi beginning August 1, 2017. ACT Fibernet...
Reliance Jio annual report

Jio asks TRAI to reject COAI views on IUC

India 4G operator Reliance Jio has written to the Indian telecom regulator TRAI slamming Cellular Operators’ Association of India’s (COAI) views on interconnection usage...
Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal on 4G

Airtel India CEO Gopal Vittal hints at shifting to 4G from 3G

Airtel India CEO Gopal Vittal has indicated that the telecom operator may be shutting down its 3G networks and refarm the spectrum for 4G. The...
IoT network

India telecoms need IoT to boost revenue: Frost & Sullivan

Indian telecom service providers should explore new revenue streams by leveraging the IoT market in India, according to a research report on IoT by...
Idea Cellular Capex Q1 fiscal 2018

Idea Cellular EBITDA margin dips to 23%, net loss at Rs 8,150 mn

Idea Cellular posted revenue of Rs 81,665 million, EBITDA of Rs 18,753 million with EBITDA margin of 23 percent and net loss of Rs...
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Telecoms revenue decline to impact government’s 2017-18 collections

The declining sales revenue of the telecom players will have an adverse impact on government revenue collection in the form of spectrum usage charges...
Airtel 4G network in Jammu and Kashmir

Airtel India revenue dips 10%, data traffic surges 3-fold in Q1

Airtel said its India revenues fell 10 percent to Rs 17,244 crore in the first quarter of fiscal 2017-18 -- primarily led by 14.1...
Akash Ambani and Isha Ambani at JioPhone launch

How JioPhone will enhance telecoms industry revenue and Capex

Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s strategy to offer a cheap 4G handset with VoLTE capability for voice calls will reverse the recent decline in...

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