SC seeks govt reply on altering spectrum charge
In a PIL related to grant of 4G spectrum to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL), the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government if it had powers to alter percentage of spectrum user charge...
View ArticleTrai may soon decide on differential pricing for data services
INDORE: Amid a global debate over the issue of net neutrality, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said it might soon take a decision on the differential pricing...
View ArticleUnderweight rating on Reliance Communications: Fighting hard for its relevance
Reliance Communication (RCom, UW) has announced several newsworthy corporate actions in the recent past. Primary among the items making news are (i) RCom’s ongoing attempts to consolidate the industry...
View ArticleFitch: Indian telcos may skip expensive 700 MHz spectrum
Telecom companies may stay away from the 700 MHz auction planned by the government in the second half of 2016, as it may further put pressure on the finances of these companies, according to Fitch...
View ArticleBharti Airtel to merge Bangaldesh operations with Robi Axiata
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and Axiata Group Berhad Thursday inked an agreement to merge their respective subsidiaries in Bangladesh, namely, Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh, as both the companies look...
View ArticleReliance Jio can acquire 80 million 4G users in 2 years: CLSA
KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm is slated to acquire 80 million 4G customers in the next two years, with more than half expected to switch over from India's top three carriers, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone...
View ArticlePrice push for prime spectrum
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) today proposed that the pan-India base price for spectrum in the 700MHz band - the plum band for high-speed data services - be set at Rs 11,485 crore in...
View ArticleWhere has all the data gone? Bharti Airtel has no Idea
Even before Reliance Jio has rolled out its 4G services, there’s a surprising slowdown in data volume and growth momentum. The erosion in realisations in Q3 FY16 — Bharti Airtel’s average realisation...
View ArticleTrai open house on data pricing is no open-and-shut case
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India may find it difficult to frame clear-cut guidelines on differential data tariff given the diverse responses received at the open house on the subject on...
View ArticleAirtel
Bharti Airtel on Friday said the base price proposed for 700 MHz spectrum makes it unaffordable for them to buy any of the airwaves in the band....
View ArticleThe Final Bet
For years now, Reliance Communications has been a fringe player, more in news for its debt and plans to trim it, than rising profits or market share. But just when it appeared to be quietly walking off...
View ArticleGSMA Calls for Affordable Spectrum Pricing to Benefit Indian Consumers and...
(Source: GSMA - GSM Association) February 2, 2016 Press Release 'Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain' Approach to Spectrum Pricing Needs to End London: John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA commented...
View ArticleGSMA Calls for Affordable Spectrum Pricing to Benefit Indian Consumers and...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer, GSMA commented on the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) recommendations1 for spectrum pricing in the forthcoming auction of...
View ArticleEditorial: Shorting telecom
With the telecom industry in the kind of trouble it is in right now, any government looking to help revive its fortunes would have addressed the high cost of spectrum—along with its scarcity—as well as...
View ArticleShorting telecom: Wanting 4 times the 2015 auction value will kill telcos
With the telecom industry in the kind of trouble it is in right now, any government looking to help revive its fortunes would have addressed the high cost of spectrum – along with its scarcity – as...
View ArticleTRAI to take call on differential data pricing by January end
TRAI plans to take a stand on differential pricing of data services such as zero-rating platforms like Facebook’s Free Basics, by January end. (Source: Reuters) TRAI is firming up its view on Net...
View ArticlePrashant Bhushan’s PIL against RIL has many holes, but one good point
Though there are, undoubtedly, valid points in the public interest litigation filed by Prashant Bhushan’s Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) against the 4G or Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)...
View ArticleEditorial: Private interest litigation
Though there are, undoubtedly, valid points in the public interest litigation filed by Prashant Bhushan’s Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) against the 4G or Broadband Wireless Access (BWA)...
View ArticleReliance Communications pays Rs.5,384 crore for spectrum plan
Mumbai, Jan 20 (IANS) Reliance Communications on Wednesday said it has paid Rs.5,383.84 crore to the government as fee toward spectrum sharing and trading in 16 circles for the 800-850 MHz band, two...
View ArticleHigher interest payments, exceptional costs bring down Airtel Q3 net by 22%
NEW DELHI: Higher expenses on debt servicing and one-time exceptional costs towards troubled African operations pulled down Bharti Airtel's third quarter net profit by 22%, this being the first drop in...
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