Page 16 - Telecom Industry

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Govt must act fast to address the sector's woes

COAI asks govt to address issue of companies' fiscal health

With the telecom sector grappling with aggressive price strategy of new entrant Reliance Jio and government losing out on its revenues, industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) seeks immediate steps to address the matter before banks stop lending.In an interaction with Business Standard, Rajan S. Mathews, Director General COAI said, of the Rs 4.6 lakh crore exposure in the telecom industry, 80% is held by domestic banks and with this situation the banks are getting nervous.Mathews said that the issue raised by Telecom Secretary J. S. Deepak should be viewed from the perspective of the Telecom Commission and not Department of Telecom (DoT)."He (J S Deepak, Telecom Secretary) did not write the letter, Telecom Commission Chairman did. The members include Secretary IT, Secretary level person from finance and other government representatives and unless he takes a majority view, Telecom Secretary suo moto cannot write a letter to TRAI complaining about the telecom ...

5 telcos ideal for market, says telecom secretary

Vodafone and Idea have already said they are considering merging their businesses in India

Telecom industry lost 20% revenue due to Reliance Jio giveaways: Ind-Ra

The report said free cash flows will be negative due to double whammy of weaker eanings and capex

Sharp ARPU fall makes consolidation look real in telecom

Talk of consolidation is partly due to Reliance Jio, which started a price war with its tariffs

Declining ARPU, shrinking profits may make survival hard for smaller telcos

Telenor, Tata Tele (Mah), Aircel likely to face price pressure, as industry heads for consolidation

Vodafone-Idea merger: Intensity of competition in telecom industry to fall

If the merger happens, Airtel will be relegated to a distant second

Indian telecom sector got $10 bn FDI in 8 months of 2016-17: Official

FDI which was $1.3 billion in 2014-15, $2.9 billion in 2015-16 has jumped up to more than $10 billion in the first eight months of 2016-17

Prepaid users go slow, telco revenues hit

Analysts indicated the telecom sector is likely to see greater pain in the coming weeks, as a fallout of demonetisation

BSNL approaches Telecom Department for 700 MHz spectrum weeks after it goes unsold in auction

The telecom PSU has suggested that a 5 MHz block in 700 Mhz band be assigned to it by government through equity route

Jio to gain less than 2% revenue market share

Reliance Jio expected to gain 2% revenue market share in 2017

Bharti Infratel awaits 4G boost

RJio launch and data expansion are expected to improve prospects but there could be a few bumps on the way

Jio tussle: Trai comes down hard on telcos

Jio makes data on call drops public, says 121 mn calls failed in a day

Noida becomes hub for mobile phone makers' offices, R&D centres

A report by Assocham and KPMG says India likely to have 180 million smartphones by 2019, or 13.5% of total global market

Top 3 telcos grab 75.2% revenue market share in Q1

Telecom industry saw revenue growth slowing down in Q1 of FY17, owing to weak consumer spending and declining data revenue growth

Govt ready to delay spectrum auctions to auspicious day: Telecom Secretary J S Deepak

Deepak, however, sought to dismiss notions of any dampness in the spectrum sale

Regulatory vacuum

But some of the charges against Trai could be unfounded

Airtel, Aircel, BSNL top chart of MNP violations

According to Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha in Lok Sabha, most number cases related to violation of MNP norms were reported in 2013-14 and their number declined sharply to 9 in 2015-16

Trai hurting us to benefit one new telecom operator, say existing telcos

Telcos plan to move court on interconnect charge review

Telcos invested Rs 4.31 lakh crore in FY15

Gross block of investments includes both tangible and intangible assets of telecom operators