Telecom industry

For investors who are highly enthused about Reliance Jio’s prospects, it’s imperative that signs of operating leverage start becoming visible soon. (Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint)

Why is operating leverage missing from Reliance Jio financials?

2 min read . 23 Apr 2019

Reliance Jio’s falling Arpu may be good news for sector

Reliance Jio’s falling Arpu may be good news for sector

2 min read . 21 Apr 2019

'Healthy competition', says Vodafone Idea CEO about Airtel, Reliance Jio

1 min read . 16 Apr 2019

'IUC charges can't go to zero...it will impact our books for sure', says Vodafone Idea CEO Balesh Sharma.

Don't scrap IUC, hike it to 20 p/min instead, Vodafone Idea appeals to Trai

3 min read . 16 Apr 2019

The Airtel-Tata Tele merger will bolster Airtel’s spectrum footprint and 4G coverage, besides its ability to compete with rival Reliance Jio. (Reuters)

DoT seeks bank guarantee of ₹8,500 crore to approve Airtel-Tata Tele merger

1 min read . 12 Apr 2019

Mobile signal boosters are available at prices upwards of ₹1,500 and are usually used to boost signals in areas of high-density population, leading to more pressure on the already congested mobile networks. (Mint)

Amazon to keep selling illegal mobile signal boosters despite telcos' appeal

2 min read . 12 Apr 2019

NCLAT will hear the RCom case on 30 April. (Mint)

NCLAT to decide on bankruptcy proceedings against RCom

2 min read . 08 Apr 2019

Trai chairman R.S. Sharma. (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Submit details of discounted tariffs by 18 April, Trai tells telecom firms

1 min read . 04 Apr 2019

Airtel will rely on the curation expertise of Juggernaut to grow this application. (Reuters)

Airtel leverages Juggernaut to add e-books to its digital content pipeline

2 min read . 03 Apr 2019

Srinagar, with a 4G availability score of 94.9%, grabbed the third spot, while Raipur in Chhattisgarh came fourth with a score of 94.8%. Patna was fifth with 94.5%. (Paras Jain/Mint)

Dhanbad scores over Delhi in 4G network availability

1 min read . 29 Mar 2019

In absolute terms, the number of wireless broadband users has risen from 154 million in August 2016 to 521.8 million in January 2019. (Vipul Sharma/Mint)

Over half of telecom user base now has mobile broadband, thanks to Reliance Jio

1 min read . 26 Mar 2019

Vodafone Idea is leaving no stone unturned to ensure its rights issue gets enough subscribers. (Sarvesh Kumar Sharma/Mint)

Behind Vodafone Idea rights issue deep discount is a tested strategy

2 min read . 20 Mar 2019

Vodafone Idea had in January approved the rights issue for existing shareholders. (Reuters)

Vodafone Idea prices ₹25,000 crore rights issue at ₹12.5 a share

3 min read . 20 Mar 2019

Mukesh Ambani (left) and Anil Ambani. (HT)

RCom scraps telecom asset sale to Reliance Jio

1 min read . 18 Mar 2019

RCom has been asked by both the Supreme Court and the NCLAT to pay ₹550 crore to Ericsson. (Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

NCLAT reserves order in RCom-Ericsson dues case

2 min read . 15 Mar 2019

Airtel's transfer of 32% stake in Bharti Infratel to Nettle comes ahead of the telecom tower company's merger with Indus Towers. (Vipul Sharma/Mint)

Airtel to transfer 32% stake in Bharti Infratel to Nettle

3 min read . 13 Mar 2019

Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal. The Airtel Africa IPO is expected to go on the floor in June or July. (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Promoters, GIC to pump in ₹16,785 crore in Airtel rights issue

2 min read . 08 Mar 2019

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is in talks with Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to acquire a controlling stake in its telecom assets, in a deal that could be as big as $15 billion for both towers and fibre. (Mint)

Two Reliance Jio firms seek to raise ₹2,000 crore each via rights issues

1 min read . 06 Mar 2019

R.S. Sharma, chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

5G spectrum price is pretty reasonable: Trai's R.S. Sharma

2 min read . 28 Feb 2019

Opinion | The utter meaninglessness of anonymizing telecom data sets

4 min read . 02 Jan 2019