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Lockdown: DoT Asks Telcos To Approach Wireless Wing For Additional Spectrum To Meet Data Demand
Telecom operators have seen up to 100 per cent hike in data demand in some of the circles after the lockdown.
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Reliance Jio Adds 91 Lakh New Subscribers In October: TRAI
Total wireless subscribers (2G, 3G and 4G) increased from 117.3 crore at the end of September to 118.3 crore at the end of October, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.82 per cent.
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DCC Clears Imposing Penalty On Airtel, Voda Idea; Seeks Trai View On Fine Amount
The penalty on Airtel and Vodafone works out to be about Rs 1,050 crore each.
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UP Govt Starts Online Clearance For Telecom Infra Rollout
The application for permission can be submitted on UP government's right of way website launched Friday.
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Indian Telco Stocks Slip On Weak Subscriber Data
Vodafone Idea lost 7.4 million users, while Bharti Airtel Ltd, the No. 2 telecom firm, lost 1.9 million subscribers during the month
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OnePlus To Launch 5G Smartphone Next Year, Partners EE
The Indian government is also upbeat on 5G deployment in the country with Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha
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Vodafone, Idea To Sell Off Tower Businesses To ATC Rs 7,850 Crore
The standalone tower businesses of Vodafone and Idea comprise a combined portfolio of nearly 20,000 towers. The tower deal will not affect the merger terms of the two companies
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Airtel Q2 net profit tanks 76.5% to Rs 343 cr on tariff wars
Airtel's total revenue fell 11.7 per cent to Rs 21,777 crore during the second quarter of 2017-18, from Rs 24,651.50 crore in the year-ago period
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Bharti Infra To Acquire Indus Towers, Create Largest Mobile Tower Company
Bharti Infratel and Vodafone India hold 42 per cent stake in Indus Towers and rest is held by Idea Cellular
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High Taxes, Spectrum Cost, IUC Cut Impacting Industry: Old Telcos
Investment by Bharti Airtel in the last 2 years has been more than that of the past 20 years put together, he said. Vittal observed that though mergers and acquisitions are in place, the pace at which these are executed by the government is "very low"
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Airtel, Vodafone Slam TRAI For IUC Rate Cut, Claim It Will Benefit Jio Only
The incumbent operator in a statement alleged that the move will significantly benefit new entrant alone and would adversely affect the rest of the industry
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Pain From India's Phone Wars Extends Beyond RCom's Sibling Spat
Reliance Communications' balance sheet troubles, which have wiped off more than a third of its value this month, have thrown into sharp relief the squeeze afflicting India's telecoms sector: fickle users, wafer-thin margins and crippling debt
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RCom Stock Slides Further On Concerns About Loan Repayments
Shares in Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications dropped, adding to a sharp slide a day earlier, hurt by investor concerns over its ability to service its loans
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Debt Concerns Pile Pressure On Shares In Reliance Communications
Shares in Reliance Communications fell nearly 10 per cent on Wednesday after a sell-off in its bonds, sparked by concerns that the debt-laden firm may be unable to repay its lenders amid intense competition in the sector
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Standards For India’s 5G Rollout To Be Ready By 2018
As India is getting future ready, serious work on identifying and formalizing the standards for 5G rollout are already in process and it is expected to be ready by 2018, says D P De, Senior DDG, Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), while talking at the 5G India 2017 Conference
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