Page 17 - Telecom Industry

Towering problem for telecom firms

Absurd demands from local authorities block installation of towers in hinterland

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone & Idea control 74% of market

Top 3 players continue to gain revenue market share in Q4 at expense of fringe players

Ramboll opens a new engg centre in Hyderabad, to serve telecom players

The 230-strong Ramboll Hyderabad team focuses on tower engineering, involving analysis and design of masts towers and monopoles

Is 4G a marketing gimmick?

After initial success, data use is stagnating and getting consumers to spend additional money for high-speed internet is proving to be difficult for telcos

Telecom Min to approach Cabinet for reducing spectrum charges

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended to charge SUC at uniform rate of 3% across the industry

Telecom tower cos to see 10% revenue growth over 2 years: Moody's

Indian tower companies have stronger operating metrics and balance sheets but lower profitability, said the report

Telecom equipment imports jumped 32% to Rs 89,929 crore in FY15: Prasad

Minister of Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad told Rajya Sabha in a written reply

Govt takes Rs 12,489 crore hit as telcos understate revenue: CAG

The CAG presented its report on sharing of revenue by private telecom service providers in Parliament on Friday

Govt penalises telcos Rs 323 cr for violating CAF norms

However, only Rs 62.15 cr recovered; BSNL, Vodafone, RCom, Airtel among those fined

Mobile phone production more than doubled to 11 crore in 2015-16: Prasad

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that 16 new mobile manufacturing units have been set up during the financial year

Budget wishlist: Telecom sector

Trai came out with regulations reducing termination rates for the sector by 20 paise a minute to 14 paise a minute, effective from March 1, 2015

MTNL revival tough but not impossible: Ravi Shankar Prasad

The minister also cited the turnaround at another state-run telecom firm BSNL, which posted an operating profit after many years

Reliance Jio launch to squeeze data revenue of Bharti Airtel, Idea

Ind-Ra expects RJio launch to intensify competition, and squeeze market share, operating margins and credit metrics of incumbents