Bharti Airtel has approached the Competition Commission of India accusing Reliance Jio Infocomm of predatory pricing and indulging in an anti-competitive behaviour.

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,102.94 million at the end of October 16 to 1,123.96 million at the end of November 16, showing a monthly growth rate of 1.91 percent.

The Telecom Commission has directed the Department of Telecom to seek clarity from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on whether the regulator can impose penalty on the operators for violation for interconnect norms

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will begin in January discussions with telecom and broadcasting companies to draw up and publish an ´agenda´ of important issues for 2017-18 - a move Chairman RS Sharma says will improve ´regulatory predictability´ in the sector.

The Internet is out of the reach of nearly 950 million Indians, according to an ASSOCHAM-Deloitte joint study.

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo is planning an industrial park in Greater Noida which will house a manufacturing unit. ´We already have a production unit in India and the SMT (surface-mount technology) centre will be finished in February.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Microsoft have signed a memorandum of understanding wherein the latter will provide complete set of telecom and information technology solutions for enterprise business.

Around Rs.10,000 crore will be spent from the USO Fund in 2016-17 to speed up digital infrastructure projects even as the Finance Ministry remains conservative in allocations from it, Telecom Secretary JS Deepak said today.

European regulators have adopted strict rules, limiting how telecom firms like Vodafone and Orange can prioritise some types of Internet traffic, dealing a blow to an industry hoping to boost revenues.