Vodafone Idea FPO worth Rs 18,000 cr to open on Apr 18
Apr 15, 2024, at 12:14 am
Mumbai: Vodafone Idea has announced its follow-on public offer (FPO) worth Rs 18,000 crore which will be open for subscription starting April 18.
Spectrum auction postponed by 2 weeks; to start on June 6 now
Apr 04, 2024, at 01:59 am
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has postponed the spectrum auction by two weeks in view of the Lok Sabha election schedule.
Next set of spectrum auction to start on May 20, DoT notifies
Mar 09, 2024, at 03:11 am
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced the schedule for the auction of eight mobile internet spectrums in which all leading telecom firms will compete.
C-DOT and Qualcomm sign MoU to build innovative telecom solutions in India
Mar 02, 2024, at 05:14 am
New Delhi: The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) announced plans to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies Inc, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to establish a strategic partnership that will foster innovation in India and support India-based developers and start-ups working on innovative products and use cases.
Vodafone Idea to raise Rs 20,000 cr via equity
Feb 28, 2024, at 04:34 am
Mumbai: Vodafone Idea Ltd is poised to raise Rs 20,000 crore through a combination of equity and equity-linked instruments following approval from the company's board, media reports said.
Bharti Airtel pays Rs 8,325 cr towards 2015 spectrum auction liabilities
Jan 24, 2024, at 04:48 am
Mumbai: Telecom company Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it has made a substantial financial move by making an advance payment of Rs 8,325 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India).
Bharti Airtel Sept Qtr net profit falls 38% to Rs 1,340.7 cr
Nov 01, 2023, at 03:37 am
Mumbai: Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced that its combined net earnings for the quarter concluding in September stood at Rs 1,340.7 crore, a decrease of 37.50 percent compared to Rs 2,145.2 crore in the same period the previous year.
TRAI and C-DoT sign MoU to establish mechanism of technical and institutional cooperation in telecom
Aug 01, 2023, at 05:45 am
New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Monday.
Airtel Business India’s first enterprise to connect over 20 million devices
Jul 26, 2023, at 07:36 am
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel its business-to-business (B2B) division has become the first ICT service provider in the country to connect over 20 million devices through its IoT solutions.
Jun 22, 2023, at 05:00 am
New Delhi: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued recommendations on the licensing framework and regulatory mechanism for submarine cable landing in India.
TRAI directs telecom companies to use AI detect systems to act against spammers
Jun 14, 2023, at 05:08 am
New Delhi: TRAI has directed all telcos to deploy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning based UCC_Detect system to detect, identify and act against senders of commercial communication, who are not registered in accordance with regulations.
With new revival package, Govt makes more efforts to pull BSNL out of trouble
Jun 10, 2023, at 08:11 am
New Delhi: The authorised capital of state-run telecom company BSNL has expanded from Rs. 1,50,000 crore to Rs. 2,10,000 crore after the government announced a revival package of Rs 89,047 crore this week.
Airtel enters new partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies under Global Channel Partners Programme
May 03, 2023, at 11:12 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Telecom major Bharti Airtel said it has entered a strategic partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies, a tech advisory firm that helps mid-market and enterprise companies bridge the gap between tech investments and business results.
Vi to convert Rs 16,100 cr debt into equity; govt to take 33 pc stake
Feb 04, 2023, at 04:47 am
Mumbai: The Centre has asked the cash-strapped telco Vodafone Idea (Vi) to convert all interest related to payments for spectrum and other dues into equity.
India: Next-gen cellular network 5G to be rolled out soon
Aug 08, 2022, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India has completed its 5G spectrum auction on Aug. 1 and will soon roll out 5G services in the South Asian nation, as per media reports.
5G auction: DoT issues demand notices asking all 4 bidders to pay by Aug 16
Aug 08, 2022, at 06:26 pm
New Delhi: The telecommunication department has asked all the four participants of the 5G spectrum auction--Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Adani Data Networks, and Vodafone Idea-- to make payments by August 16.
31 companies approved under PLI Scheme for manufacturing of telecom and networking products
Mar 31, 2022, at 02:17 am
New Delhi: A total of 31 companies have been selected under the PLI Scheme for manufacturing of telecom and networking products in India, Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
India to overhaul age-old telecom policies to achieve digital dreams
Dec 17, 2021, at 11:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India plans to revamp its telecommunication sector, the key to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's digital ambitions, but the century-old policies and bitter legal disputes have hindered the government's attempts to develop the sector.
Feb 20, 2021, at 03:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Vodafone Idea lost 5.7 million customers in December, highest since March 2020, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) report.
Relief for Vodafone as Supreme Court orders government to pay Rs 833 cr in tax refund
Jul 23, 2020, at 02:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Income Tax department to pay Rs 833 crore, as tax return, to Vodafone Idea, against the arguments that the amount be deducted from the AGR (adjusted gross revenue) which the telecom company still owes to the government, a media report said.
Vodafone and Asus announce partnership, to launch ZenFone Max Pro
May 04, 2018, at 07:33 pm
Mumbai, May 4 (IBNS): Vodafone on Friday announced its partnership with Asus to offer a fully loaded value proposition for customers who purchase the newly launched Asus ZenFone Max Pro (M1) smartphones, an official release stated.
Jio says it hasn't launched any JioCoin App
Feb 01, 2018, at 03:45 am
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IBNS): Telecom giant Reliance Jio said on Wednesday that it has not launched any JioCoin App.
Four different rates of GST taxes, no price push up : Arun Jatiley
May 19, 2017, at 10:30 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS) : Union Finance Minister Arun Jatiley on Friday announced the Goods and Services Tax rates to be effective from July 1, while assuring that they will not push up prices.
Waning appetite for credit in power, telecom, mining; steel witnesses uptick: ASSOCHAM
May 15, 2017, at 10:41 pm
New Delhi, May 15 (IBNS): With appetite disappearing for both lenders and borrowers in highly debt-ridden sectors like power, telecom and mining, the deployment of bank credit to these industries have witnessed a plunge and the trend may continue unless the basic issue of red mark in the balance sheets of banks by way of Non-Performing Asset (NPAs) and the corporate firms in the form of back breaking leverage, is addressed, an ASSOCHAM Paper has said.
Indus Towers launches the second edition of its Sustainability Report
Jun 21, 2016, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi, June 21 (IBNS): Building on its philosophy of ‘Putting India First’, Indus Towers, India’s largest telecom tower company, recently launched the second edition of its annual Sustainability Report for FY2014-15.