Page 15 - Telecom Industry

Telecom industry's revenue growth may improve to double digits in FY21

Analysts project double-digit growth in FY21 to around 12%, largely driven by Jio

Telcos' body says worst of tariff wars over, stability to return by Q4

Telecom operators will look at getting more offerings like content, e-commerce and financial services aggregated onto their networks

Telcos operating under stress as adjusted gross revenue down by 6.4%

Telcos pay SUC and licence fees to the DoT on the basis of their AGR

Mobile number portability requests at 9-month high of 5.9 million in Jan

Metros still resisting the minimum recharge plan push by telcos

Muted ringtone: Telecom revenue slips for 3rd straight year in FY19

But analysts expect FY20 to fare better as costs will stabilise

Some states charge 50 times higher for telecom infra rollout: DoT Official

"Chattisgarh, Kerala, Rajasthan are to be commended. All remaining states there is practically no utilisation"

Issue of high taxes levied on telecom sector must be resolved: Sunil Mittal

The telecom sector continues to be highly-taxed just like tobacco industry

Telecom industry feeling heat of duty hike, import costs to rise 10%: COAI

Admitting that latest move would lead to 10 per cent increase in import cost for operators, Mathews said industry may 'adjust' some of the planned roll out

Trai integrates DND 2.0 and MyCall apps with Umang platform for Android

Umang is a single platform for all citizens to access pan India e-governance services

Fix the basics: More than 5G, consumers need telecom infrastructure

India's telecom industry has been sliding towards financial insolvency over the past few years

No 'ease of doing business' in telecom sector: COAI on network roll out

Rajan S Mathews said problem of call drop is more in data based networks like voice over LTE than tech used for 2G, 3G

Policy booster likely for telecom companies

Operators to spend $20 billion for network upgrades: COAI

Opportunity for Airtel, Idea-Voda as 244 million mobile users up for grabs

With Aircel left with few options except shutting shop in most or all circles and RCom set to discontinue voice services for 2G and 3G users, 20% of Indian mobile users will migrate to other networks

Indian telcos to see revenue dip: Moody's

Markets in rest fo Asia to witness growth

Jio blues: In India's ugly telecom soap opera, the taxpayer gains only to lose again

India's taxpayer has won in a war on corruption, but may well be losing an equivalent money again as a consumer, or likely, as a taxpayer

Telecom industry to generate $38.25 bn by 2017: Manoj Sinha

Telecom industry generates 4 million direct and indirect employment

IMG may extend time given to telcos for spectrum payment from 10 to 16 yrs

Other proposals include shifting from PLR to MCLR for interest, penalty payments

Jio effect? Telecom industry is at its weakest, govt will have to step in

Indian telecom industry is at a critical juncture & improvement is crucial for its long-term health

Incumbent telcos' revenues may stabilise in June quarter

With volumes improving and pricing likely to be steady, ARPUs are likely to recover

No bailout package for telecom industry in season of reforms

Ahead of 2019 polls, govt focuses on several big-ticket reforms