Mobile Services

Restoration of postpaid mobile services in Kashmir draws mixed response; no news yet for prepaid customers

The authorities on Monday restored postpaid mobile services in Kashmir after a gap of over 70 days — a move that drew a mixed response with many hailing the move, while several others said it was unlikely to improve the situation in the Valley

Airtel ARPU grows 6.5% to Rs 123 in Jan-Mar quarter, loss from India mobile service business more than doubled

Airtel's loss from India mobile services business more than doubled to Rs 1,377.8 crore in January-March 2019 compared with Rs 482.2 crore loss in the same period of the previous fiscal year.

Bharti Airtel shares decline over 3% after March quarter results fail to lift investors' sentiment

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Monday reported a surprise 29 percent surge in March quarter net profit as exceptional income gains and Africa business helped offset losses in India mobile services operations.

Govt to form inter-ministerial panel to roll out in-flight mobile services by March, but high charges may act as spoilers

The government has decided to form an inter-ministerial panel to roll out in-flight and maritime mobile services within three months, official sources said

Reliance Jio gains in majority of telecom circles; Airtel, Vodafone Idea improve revenue in metros in September quarter

Reliance Jio has emerged as the top telecom service provider in terms of AGR at Rs 8,271 crore for the July-September quarter for access services.

Spectrum auction for 5G likely to happen in later half of 2019: Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan

The 5G services would offer telecom companies better visibility into market dynamics and potential revenue streams of the next-generation mobile services, Sundararajan said.

Over 43,000 villages in India without mobile services, says telecom minister Manoj Sinha

At 9,940, Odisha accounting for the highest number of villages without mobile phone connectivity

TRAI recommends limit on number of trial subscribers; limits network testing phase to 90 days

TRAI has also proposed capping the number of test subscribers to 5 percent of installed network capacity for a service area, also called a telecom circle.

Trai is set to revise quality of service norms on telecom services including VoLTE

Telecom regulator Trai today said it will bring out in the next few weeks its order on the revised quality of service norms for mobile services, including benchmarks for newer technologies like VoLTE.

India's Mobile Services Market To Reach Rs 1.2 Trillion In 2013: Gartner

Mobile connections will grow to 770 million in 2013, an 11 percent increase from 712 million connections in 2012.