Page 20 - Telecom Services

Pricing power

Telcos should not give up freedom to set tariffs

Bharti Airtel to gain at the expense of Vodafone Idea, say Brokerages

Bharti Airtel's board has already approved raising $3 billion through a combination of equity $2 billion and debt $1 billion

Airtel board clears $3-bn fundraising via QIP, other means, to pay AGR dues

The company has clarified that apart from $2 billion through QIP, the overall issuance for now shall be up to $1 billion, making it a total of $3-billion fund raising

Telecom tariff hike expected to benefit sector, boost its financials

Operating profit of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea to increase by Rs 7,000- 9,500 crore

Vodafone Idea will continue to face multiple challenges despite price hike

SIM consolidation, inferior network and negative free cash flows even after hike are the key worries for the market

Vodafone Idea to raise mobile call, data charges from December 3

The company has announced new plans for prepaid product and services with 2 days, 28 days, 84 days, 365 days validity

Cart before the horse?

India has no alternative to cable broadband; network assets must reach every home

NCLT prevents DoT from cancelling Aircel's telecom licence, spectrum

"Cancellation of licence shall adversely affect the business," said a tribunal bench of MK Shrawat and Chandra Bhan Singh.

Telecom tariff: Trai to review transparency in publishing of offers

There have been reports of telecom companies approaching the regulator to fix the floor price or minimum tariff to be offered by them

Trai unlikely to intervene in telecom tariffs, floor price for now: Sources

As operators have already announced that they will increase tariffs, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will wait to see how the entire situation unfolds

When telecom stood for pass to windfall gains, and not financial stress

Looking back to a time when the biggest telcos and funds from across the world queued up with top dollars, many in the Indian telecom business rose up the rich list, and how

Letter to BS: Telcos have valid point in seeking concession on penalty

The differing opinion of Reliance Jio on the issue would only complicate the matter

Even BSNL and MTNL acted the same way as us on licence fee: Bharti Airtel

Telco says BSNL and MTNL, which are arms of DoT, also paid licence fee on the same basis

Trai seeks disconnected numbers list from telcos to clean up databases

The latest move by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is aimed at ensuring that banks, insurance companies and others would have a ready list of mobile numbers that are disconnected

Letter to BS: Don't kill the telecom sector, India's global image at stake

The financial system cannot afford another massive hit after the PSB saga, NBFC/HFC problems and urban cooperative bank fiasco

Airtel to hike mobile services rates in December to make business viable

The company also said that it understands that telecom regulator Trai is likely to initiate a consultation for bringing rationality in pricing in the Indian mobile sector

AGR impact: Banks nervous as losses mount for Vodafone Idea, Airtel

Bankers said that at present, both operators are current in their repayments. However, the concern is over the future debt repayment capacity

Delay in bringing zero call-connect charges to hurt telecom sector: Jio

Traffic symmetry indicates that a telecom operator will not have any outstanding balance of interconnect usage charges (IUC) against other networks

India joins China, Russia, Japan to oppose use of 26GHz band for 5G

Industry bodies have expressed their reservations about the decision

Why Vodafone-Idea is in trouble despite being India's No. 2 telecom firm

Vodafone Idea yesterday reported a massive net loss of Rs 50,922 crore for the July-September quarter, the highest-ever quarterly loss by an Indian company