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Amid fierce competition, telcos ask Trai to set up floor price for data tariffs
Telecom service providers in the private sector are in complete agreement that Trai be requested to regulate tariffs by setting a floor price for data services, said COAI Director GeneralRajan Mathews Mathews said tariff correction is not possible by any service provider voluntarily
1 min read3 Dec 2019India’s data usage per smartphone highest in world at 9.8GB/month: Report
A report by Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson says the usage will double to 18GB by 2024, fuelled by rich video contentMobile data traffic per month will grow at a CAGR of 23% from 4.6 exabytes in 2018 to 16 exabytes in 2024, says the report
2 min read19 Jun 2019Telecom: With incumbents holding their own, Reliance Jio stays in disruption mode
Apart from continued erosion in tariffs, telecom firms were hit by a cut in international termination rates in March quarter but held their own in terms of voice and data traffic
1 min read7 Jun 2018Reliance Jio’s free services and the carnage in telecom
Reliance Jio's free services has resulted in fall of revenues of Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular by 10% and operating profits by 23% on a cumulative basis
3 min read19 May 2017Vodafone steps up tariff war with new data offer for 4G users
Vodafone customers buying a 1 GB and 10 GB 4G data packs can now get 4GB and 22 GB data, for Rs250 and Rs999, respectively
1 min read17 Jan 2017Reliance Jio free offer should not be extended, Airtel tells TDSAT
Airtel asks TDSAT to direct TRAI to ensure that Reliance Jio does not provide its free voice and data plan beyond 31 December
2 min read23 Dec 2016Reliance Jio, spectrum cost dent Airtel’s Q2 profit
Airtel's net profit declined to Rs1,460.7 crore in the three months ended 30 September from Rs1,536.1 crore in the year-earlier period
2 min read26 Oct 2016Reliance Jio’s issues with incumbent telcos similar to ragging: Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani says Reliance Jio is no punt, it is a well thought-out, well executed, well engineered ecosystem
2 min read18 Oct 2016An uncertain telecom world after Reliance Jio’s entry
Incumbents such as Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular face a difficult time, but it won't be easy going for Reliance Jio either
3 min read8 Sep 2016Reliance Jio’s launch, GDP growth and Bharat bandh
Mukesh Ambani kick-starts telecom tariff war; India's economic growth slows to 7.1%; and 180 million workers take part in nationwide strike
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