A growth in average revenue per user is essential for the industry to invest in the network and spectrum, and if they do not do so, it can result in poor service offerings, Crisil said in a report
The government has allocated a project worth Rs 3,683 crore for providing 4G mobile services in uncovered villages of aspirational districts, an official source said on Monday. Under the project, Bharti Airtel will install 1,083 mobile towers with an expenditure of Rs 847.95 crore in Jharkhand and Maharashtra and Reliance Jio will roll out 3,696 towers for Rs 2,836 crore, the source said. The project was allocated to the companies in May. "The project to provide 4G coverage in uncovered villages of aspirational district of five states was approved by the Cabinet last year. Airtel and Jio have been given 18 months to roll out 4G services in the identified villages," the source said. The project envisages to provide 4G based mobile services in 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses for five ...
Digital changes are now a big deal in India, where a lot of the country's government-to-citizen services as well as a vast swathe of the payments business ride on technology platforms
Research analysts at BofA were of the view that Vodafone Idea (VIL)management has focused on top core circles and the company may selectively bid in their core 3G and 4G circles
Tata Communications has said ISPs should be allowed to participate in the 5G auction as they were eligible to bid for BWA (4G) spectrum in the 2010 auction
But more gains are crucial to telecom industry given investment plans and elevated debt levels
A BCCI official confirmed that Unacademy has picked up the bid papers but refrained from making any comments beyond that
Net subscriber addition by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio increased the overall telecom user base to over 116.69 crore in March 2022, telecom regulator Trai said in its monthly report on Thursday. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio led new customer additions in both mobile telephony as well as fixed line services segment in March. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,166.05 million at the end of February 2022 to 1,166.93 million at the end of March 2022," Trai's subscriber report for March said. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) report said that the urban telephone subscription decreased to 64.71 crore from 64.77 crore and the rural subscription increased to 51.98 crore from 51.82 crore between March and February. According to the report, the total number of wireless subscribers increased to 114.2 crore in March from 114.15 crore in February. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio were the only gainers of new mobile subscribers in March. Airtel's net .
Jio's Q4FY22 revenues were up 8 per cent quarter on quarter and 20.4 per cent year on year, aided by 20 per cent tariff hikes, effective from December and improving customer mix.
Operators want to import PON equipment to meet the broadband targets, makers say have enough capacity
Net profit goes past Rs 60,000 crore
Revenue from operations for the quarter grew 21.8 per cent to Rs 22,261 crore
The company's revenues for the quarter grew 8 percent sequentially to Rs 20,901 crore
Here are the top BS Opinion articles of the day
From the industry's perspective, the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month has been dropping annually, though things have been different after telcos raised tariffs
CLOSING BELL: Ultratech Cement, RIL, Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, and TCS were the top Sensex gainers
Jio customer base erodes for third month on the trot though the firm makes gains in number of active users
Reliance Jio retained its top position with the highest average data download speed among 4G service providers in March at 21.1 megabit per second, according to latest data published by TRAI
New JioFiber unveiled with zero entry cost, free STB, and free internet box