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
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Bharti Airtel drags Reliance Jio to CCI
Bharti Airtel has approached the Competition Commission of India accusing Reliance Jio Infocomm of predatory pricing and indulging in an anti-competitive behaviour.
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Mood coloured by near-term uncertainty
Hemant Maganlal Joshi, Technology, Media and Telecom Leader, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, feels that despite the near-term sluggish outlook for the telecom industry, innovation will help it come out of the woods.
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Spectrum auction nets Rs 14,000 crore as deposits
Seven telecom operators have deposited Rs 14,653 crore as earnest money for the largest spectrum auction from October 1. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has said that Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone can bid in any spectrum band in any of the telecom circles in the country.
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Bharti Airtel to sell 950 towers in Congo
Bharti Airtel has entered into an agreement with Helios Towers Africa (HTA) for divestment of about 950 towers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The deal will help Airtel deleverage through debt reduction and reduced capital expenditure, though the size was not disclosed.
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Airtel completes Rs.4,428 cr deal with Videocon Telecom
Bharti Airtel has said that it has completed the Rs.4,428 crore deal with Videocon Telecommunications Ltd (VTL) to acquire the latter´s spectrum in six circles. In March, Bharti Airtel and VTL had entered into a definitive agreement, wherein, Airtel proposed to acquire the rights to use 2X5 MHz spectrum in the 1800 MHz band allotted to VTL for an aggregate consideration of Rs.4,428 crore.
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Top three telcos corner 91% revenue in Q1
Once Reliance Jio starts operations later this year, the telecom sector is expected to see some serious disruption. For now, the three big boys of the sector - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea - are growing at a blistering pace, and at the expense of smaller rivals. In the first quarter, the three accounted for 91 per cent of the sector´s incremental revenue.
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Bharti Airtel launches 4G trial in four cities
Bharti Airtel has rolled out fourth generation (4G) trials in four cities, namely Rourkela in Odisha, and Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur in Karnataka.
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GSM operators add 41.4 lakh users in June
The GSM subscriber base increased marginally in June with telecom operators adding 41.4 lakh users to take the overall base to 72.03 crore.
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Airtel launches 4G service in Hisar
Bharti Airtel expanded its 4G footprints in Haryana with the launch of services in Hisar.