'TRAI imposed Rs 50 lakh fine on nine telcos for poor service'

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 23:27

Telecom regulator TRAI has imposed cumulative penalty of Rs 50 lakh on nine mobile operators for failing to meet quality of service benchmarks in the second quarter ended June 2013, official sources said.

DoT for new penalty norms for telcos before next auction

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 23:11

The DoT has come under criticism from the industry for imposing maximum penalties of Rs 50 crore even for minor violations.

Pricing power returns to Indian telcos as tariffs rise: Fitch

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 18:09

According to Fitch Ratings, the gradual increase in voice tariffs by Indian telcos is positive for the industry.

Revenue of telcos from services fall 2.67% in Dec quarter

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 15:28

The revenue of telecom operators from services declined by 2.67 percent in the quarter ended December 2012, despite increase in monthly consumer's spend on mobile phone usage by around 3 percent, according to Trai.

Review norms for growth of state-run telcos: Par Panel

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 20:53

The panel said although there has been a stupendous growth in the telecom sector in the country in the last five years, the share of state-run telecom operators has declined from 34.69 percent at the end of 2007 to 14.42 percent at the end of July, 2011.

Indian telcos plan lower investments than Asian peers: Fitch

Last Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013, 20:51

Fitch said it believes this (lower investment) is due to the weaker balance sheets of the Indian operators and raises the likelihood of capex needing to rise significantly over the medium term.

Telcos need to invest Rs 2.5 lakh cr to meet policy goals

Last Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013, 21:52

The telecom sector needs about Rs 2.30 lakh crore investment for meeting the target of 100 percent connectivity in rural areas and 60 crore broadband connections as envisaged in the National Telecom Policy, E&Y has said.

Telcos continue removing inactive SIMs; 26mn users lost in December

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 13:17

In November, the country had 921.47 million telecom subscribers.

Telcos to add 48.9 mn subscribers in FY14: CMIE

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 13:00

Recent fall in subscriber base -- nearly 36 million --is mainly due to implementation of mobile number portability (MNP) and the clean-up exercise by service providers, said the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) in its report.

Telcos need to avoid silly competition on rates: Airtel

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 00:10

India's telecom sector is in serious financial trouble partly because of "court's action", which can't be controlled, and the rest because of certain factors that can be controlled by the government and the industry, Bharti Enterprise Deputy Group CEO and Managing Director Akhil Gupta said at the Convergence India meet.

Telcos asked to pay Rs 8,000 cr spectrum fee by Jan 15

Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 18:39

"If telecom operators opt to make payment in instalments, then first instalment of all companies will be little over Rs 8,000 crore which they will have to pay by January 15," a government source said.

Telcos' average revenue per user down by 24% in 2008-11: Study

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 18:30

"ARPU (average revenue per user) for GSM operators declined at an average CAGR (compounded annual growth rate) of about 24 percent between 2008 and 2011, while for CDMA operators ARPU fell at a CAGR of 13 percent during the same period," said a report 'Envisioning the Next Telecom Revolution' by Ficci, DoT and AT Kearney.