Telecom Service Providers

Supreme Court order to recover Rs 92,641 cr in AGR massive blow for Airtel, Vodafone: Kotak

Both Airtel and Vodafone Idea, in their respective press releases post-the SC judgment, have appealed to the government to review the impact of the verdict on the industry

AGR debate: Did telcos keep shareholders in dark about potential impact on their finances and fail to make provisions?

Even when telcos stopped paying their share under the AGR and litigation began, the industry’s gross revenue was growing rapidly between 2004 and 2015

SC order on telecom revenue definition deals disastrous blow to industry in acute distress, says COAI

The decision will have a big impact on the telecom sector as it is already in the state of huge financial distress, experts opined

TRAI consultation on OTT regulation: OTT shouldn't be regulated say some, while telcos call for sharing of infrastructure investment

A consultation took place to discuss if the services provided by the OTT players and TSPs are substitutable, then should OTT services also have the same licensing norms as the telcos

Telecom dept likely to appoint firms to audit revenues of private telcos amid industry's rising financial stress

The audit will be carried-out to check for any under-reporting of revenue by telecom companies, and is expected to be wrapped-up by middle of next year.

TRAI notifies draft regulations to bring down pesky calls and text messages using blockchain

Features of the TRAI regulation are the adoption of blockchain as the RegTech to enforce regulatory compliance while allowing innovation in the market.

TRAI launches tariff portal to let consumers compare tariffs from different telecom providers

For easy access, various tariff plans and other tariff instruments are provided at the TRAI website in a format which is downloadable.

13-digit M2M numbers for IoT-enabled devices to go into effect from 1 July: Dept of Telecom

M2M SIMs built differently for the field and are only mostly used in IoT or connected devices (cars to windmills) that facilitates communication between the two or more objects.

Telecom service providers commit to invest over Rs 74,000 crore in infrastructure upgradation to counter call drops

Officials of major telecom service providers (TSPs), including Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, on Tuesday, met the secretary to discuss the call drop issue.

Indian telecom industry is expected to cross Rs 6.6 trillion in revenue by 2020

Sinha said the Indian telecom industry has seen a paradigm shift from a voice centric market to a data-centric market.