Vodafone

The curious case of Vodafone’s 3G ‘verification’

'Unhappy to help' Vodafone representatives in a Bandra outlet yesterday highlighted an important lesson all brands must follow: before you create a piece of communication, think hard about whether your product or service can live up to it.

Cabinet approves four-year moratorium on payment of all govt dues by telecom companies

Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that 100 percent FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in telecom via the automatic route was also approved by the Cabinet

Union Cabinet approves Rs 26,058 crore PLI scheme for auto and drone sectors

The PLI scheme will bring fresh investments of over Rs 42,500 crore in five years and incremental production of over Rs 2.3 lakh crore, said Union Minister Anurag Thakur

Centre introduces Bill in Lok Sabha to withdraw retrospective tax demands on Cairn, Vodafone

Nirmala Sitharaman introduced 'The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021'to withdraw tax demands made using a 2012 retrospective legislation to tax the indirect transfer of Indian assets

TRAI has asked for penal powers as telecom operators fail call drop test

Worried over worsening call drop menace, telecom regulator Trai today asked the government for powers to penalise mobile operators as most of them have failed to meet the quality benchmark in this regard.

Spectrum auction: Telecos buy bids worth Rs 77,815 crore; Jio top buyer with Rs 57,122 cr

Bids were received in the 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2300 MHz bands but there were no takers for the airwaves in the premium 700 and 2500 MHz bands

Airtel launches Rs 78, Rs 248 data add-on packs with Wynk premium subscription

The data add-on pack of Rs 78 will give users 5 GB of data with the same validity as the user’s existing validity pack.

Hague court cites statements by Modi, Jaitley to overturn Rs 10k crore tax demand from Cairn

In 2016, the prime minister was quoted by the Financial Times as saying that the government "will not resort to retrospective taxation; we are making our tax regime transparent, stable and predictable"

Vodafone Idea's RED Max and RED Together M postpaid plans announced, priced starting Rs 699

The RED Max plan is priced at Rs 699, while the monthly rental of RED Together M is Rs 899.

SC bench slams telcos for seeking recalculation of AGR dues, says it can 'impose more costs than any other court before'

'The calculation that has been given by DoT is to be treated as final; there can be no scope of re-assessment,' the Supreme Court held.