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TRAI has proposed amendments to its Accounting Separation Regulations, 2016, introducing a graded penalty structure for non-compliance. The new framework aims to enhance financial disincentives, with penalties increasing based on the duration and recurrence of reporting failures. It also includes a ceiling on total penalties and interest on delayed payments. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a draft amendment to the 'Reporting System on Accounting Separation Regulati ...Read More >
New Delhi, October 15: In a festive gesture aimed at attracting new users, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India's state-owned telecom operator, has launched a special 'Diwali Bonanza' offer. As part of the scheme, BSNL is offering free 4G mobile services for one month at a token cost of just INR 1 for activation, with no other charges involved. The offer is valid from October 15 to November 15, 2025 and is available exclusively to new customers. Under this plan, subscribers will enjoy unl ...Read More >
Vodafone Idea share price: Vodafone Idea has approached the Supreme Court to quash the DoT's Rs 9,450 crore AGR demand, citing inconsistencies with earlier guidelines. The telco also seeks reassessment of dues up to FY17. Vodafone Idea shares will be in focus on Monday, October 6, as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the telecom operator's plea seeking quashing of the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demand amounting to Rs 9,450 crore. The te ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] October 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia today said India is uniquely positioned to become the "Data Capital of the World," backed by the lowest data and voice rates globally and a strong focus on improving service quality and universal connectivity. Speaking at the inaugural session of the Satcom Summit - Space Networks for Universal Connectivity on the sidelines of the India Mobile Congress, Scindia said the Department of Telecommunications (Do ...Read More >
New Delhi [India] October 8 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia today said India is uniquely positioned to become the "Data Capital of the World," backed by the lowest data and voice rates globally and a strong focus on improving service quality and universal connectivity. Speaking at the inaugural session of the Satcom Summit - Space Networks for Universal Connectivity on the sidelines of the India Mobile Congress, Scindia said the Department of Telecommunications (Do ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) The Supreme Court is likely to hear on October 6 a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) seeking the quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period until 2016-17. According to the apex court's website, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai has listed the fresh plea of the VIL for hearing on Monday, when the court reopens after the Dussehra break. The top court deferred the hearing on September 26, after takin ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Homegrown telecom company Tata Communications on Wednesday said it has deployed its solutions for state-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) eSIM services nationwide. Specifically, Tata Communications, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tata Communications Collaboration Services Private Ltd. (TCCSPL), has supplied its GSMA-accredited eSIM subscription management platform - Tata Communications MOVE. The Mumbai-based company said that the platform will enable BSNL to faci ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea's enterprise arm, Vi Business, on Monday said it has launched an Internet of Things (IoT) innovation lab in Mumbai in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT). The "Vi Business IoT Innovation Lab" offers demonstrations of connected vehicles, smart grid for energy optimisation, smart manufacturing for real-time monitoring, and the future of IoT with edge artificial intelligence, Vi Business said in a joint statement. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea (Vi) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court, seeking waiver from paying interest, penalty and interest on penalty on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues demand raised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Vi, in its application, has sought to amend its previous petition that sought quashing of the DoT's additional AGR demand of ₹9,450 crore till FY19. The amended application is now seeking exemption from the payment of interest, penalty and interest ...Read More >
New Delhi: Cash-strapped Vodafone Idea (Vi) has filed a plea in the Supreme Court, seeking waiver from paying interest, penalty and interest on penalty on adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues demand raised by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Vi, in its application, has sought to amend its previous petition that sought quashing of the DoT's additional AGR demand of Rs 9,450 crore till FY19. The amended application is now seeking exemption from the payment of interest, penalty and interes ...Read More >
New Delhi Sep 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday deferred to October 6 the hearing on a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) seeking quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period until 2016-17. A bench comprising Chief justice B R Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and NV Anjaria was urged by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, the plea, which was listed for hearing during the day, be listed on reopening of courts after Dusshera ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel's fraud detection solution has led to a staggering 68.7% reduction in the value of financial losses and a 14.3% drop in overall cybercrime incidents on its network, the second-largest Indian telecom carrier said on Tuesday, citing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) - Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The findings validate the "efficacy of Airtel's fraud detection solution in curbing cybercrime and creating a safe network for its customers", the tel ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Monday said its anti-fraud initiatives have led to a "significant decline" in cybercrime complaints, citing MHA-I4C data of 68.7 per cent decrease in the value of financial losses and a 14.3 per cent drop in overall cybercrime incidents on its network. The data analysed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) - Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) compares key cybercrime indicators from September 2024 (a period prior to the launch of Airtel's Fraud and spam det ...Read More >
Reliance AGM 2025 - Jio IPO Announced At its 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) Reliance Jio made a lot of important announcements. The company also talked about a decade of transformative impact on India's digital landscape and also revealed the roadmap for the future. With more than 500 million users of the Jio family, chairman Mukesh Ambani declared the company's next chapter will be even more ambitious and will aim to reshape digitisation, connectivity and AI across the country.Reliance Jio p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Jio Platforms, the entity that houses Reliance Industries' telecom and digital businesses, is gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) and stock market listing in the first half of 2026, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said Friday, sparking wide expectations that the share-sale could be the biggest in the country's history. Jio is currently a unit of Reliance Industries, India's most valuable company, and while the Reliance Industries Chairman did not disclose the quan ...Read More >
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's Vodafone Idea Telecom Infrastructure, a wholly owned subsidiary of telecom operator Vodafone Idea, is in talks to raise up to 50 billion rupees ($569.5 million) through a debt sale in September, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The unit of India's third-largest wireless carrier plans to issue bonds with tenors of two and three years, raising 30 billion rupees and 20 billion rupees, respectively, the sources said. The company is expected to tap p ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Aug 18: India's telecom sector is set for strong financial performance as the operating profit (Ebidtar) is expected to climb 12-14 per cent and reach about Rs 1.55 lakh crore in FY26 as per Crisil Ratings. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Rent (or restructuring), or EBIDTAR is a financial metric used to assess a company's operating performance. The expected optimistic performance of the Indian telecom sector is driven by surging data consumption and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) The operating profit of telecom companies in India is expected to grow 12-14 per cent to about Rs 1.55 lakh crore this fiscal, driven by more data consumption and rise in average revenue per user, Crisil Ratings said on Monday. The "robust" operating performance, along with declining capital expenditure intensity of leading players post 5G rollout, is seen improving free cash flow, supporting credit profiles of leading players in the industry. The telecom industry benef ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 18 (PTI) The operating profit of telecom companies in India is expected to grow 12-14 per cent to about ₹1.55 lakh crore this fiscal, driven by more data consumption and rise in average revenue per user, Crisil Ratings said on Monday. The "robust" operating performance, along with declining capital expenditure intensity of leading players post 5G rollout, is seen improving free cash flow, supporting credit profiles of leading players in the industry. The telecom industry benefit ...Read More >
Mumbai, August 14: Vodafone Idea's losses grew in the June 2025 quarter (Q1 FY26) as the telecom operator reported a net loss of Rs 6,608 crore, compared to Rs 6,432 crore in the same period previous fiscal (Q1 FY25). However, the company's revenue from operations rose 5 per cent to Rs 11,023 crore, up from Rs 10,508 crore in the year-ago quarter, according to its stock exchange filing. The company's average revenue per user (ARPU) increased to Rs 177 during the quarter, compared to Rs 154 in Q ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/ London [UK]/ Lugoff (South Carolina) [US], August 12: STL (NSE: STLTECH), a leading optical and digital solutions company, today announced the appointment of experienced senior executives to drive its growth ambition in the US and Europe regions, marking a key move in expanding its regional presence and delivering next-generation optical solutions. STL, with over 30 years of Optical expertise, is one of the very few players to have end-to-end capability across th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Vodafone Idea on Thursday said it is now providing commercial fifth-generation (5G) services in 17 cities nationwide. 'With the latest additions, Vi 5G now spans 17 cities across key circles including Mumbai, Maharashtra, Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Kerala,' Vi said in a statement. India's third-largest telco recently launched 5G in several cities, including Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nashik, Kozhikode and Mala ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Jio Platforms on Friday reported a net profit of Rs 7,110 crore for the June quarter, a nearly 25 per cent rise over the year-ago period, as its numbers were bolstered by customer adds, improved realisations per user and data traffic growth. The Q1FY26 report card of JPL, the entity that houses Reliance Industries' telecom and digital businesses, ticked all the boxes on key metrics, as gross revenue climbed 19 per cent year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 41,054 crore, and margins i ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (UNI) In view of the ongoing heavy rains in Hyderabad, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed all concerned departments to stay on high alert and ensure swift response to public grievances. The Chief Minister instructed officials from GHMC, HMDA, Water Works, Electricity, and Police departments to work in close coordination to prevent any rain-related disruptions. He also emphasised the need for immediate action in areas facing waterlogging, power outages, or other rain- ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More >
Mumbai: Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL), which houses Reliance Industries' telecom and digital businesses, posted a nearly 25% year-on-year rise in fiscal first quarter net profit, boosted by continued addition of data users. JPL's consolidated net profit stood at ₹7,110 in the June quarter from ₹5,698 crore a year earlier, and ₹7,022 crore crore in the previous three months, the Mukesh Ambani-owned company said in a statement Friday. "I am happy to share that Jio has scaled newer heights during the q ...Read More >
Amritsar, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of Opposition in Punjab and Congress lawmaker Partap Singh Bajwa, on Friday demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately convene an all-party meeting in Amritsar to discuss continuing threats to the Golden Temple through threatening emails. Speaking after paying obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib, where he was accompanied by Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala and other Congress leaders, Bajwa said that he met with of ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on Friday ordered all telecom service providers in the country to block access to the Telegram messaging app. This decision came after months of repeated warnings and requests from the Cyber Bureau of Nepal Police, which flagged the app as a tool for financial fraud and money laundering. In a statement, the NTA confirmed the directive, stating that the decision was taken in response to serious concerns raised by s ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 17: Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with AI-powered search engine Perplexity, offering a free 12-month subscription of Perplexity Pro -- worth Rs 17,000 -- to all its mobile, Wi-Fi, and DTH customers across India. A statement said that Perplexity is a conversational search engine that delivers real-time, accurate answers instead of listing web pages. The Pro version includes advanced features such as access to premium AI models like GPT-4.1 and Claude, image generation, ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Following Google's announcement of free Gemini AI Pro for students in India, Bharti Airtel and Perplexity have come together to extend free access to Perplexity's premium subscription to Airtel users in the country. Airtel customers in India can now get free 12-month access to the Perplexity Pro subscription, worth Rs 17,000, via the Airtel Thanks app without paying any additional amount. The free subscription is available for all 360 million Airtel customers, including prepaid and ...Read More >
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