Soon, telecom companies may compensate users for call drops

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 20:09

Plagued by the vexed problem of call drops, telecom regulator TRAI on Friday proposed that service providers should compensate mobile subscribers for call drops and poor quality of services.

Now get mobile data deactivated by a call or SMS to 1925

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 18:46

The new directive from telecom regulator TRAI follows a large number of complaints from customers that mobile operators were keeping the process of deactivation very complex to earn extra revenue.

India adds 26 mn mobile subscribers in Q1: Ericsson

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 19:16

India grew the most in terms of mobile subscribers across the world with 26 million net additions in the first quarter this year, a report by telecom equipment maker Ericsson said Wednesday.

Only 6% mobile users in India over 50 years of age: Telenor

Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 21:25

Even though India has over 96 crore mobile subscribers, only 6 percent of them are over 50 years of age, indicating that senior citizens are not fully receiving the benefits of mobile Internet, says a survey.

India has 95.5 crore mobile subscribers

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 13:33

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said this was a reflection on how much the mobile phone network has expanded in the country.

One billion new unique mobile subscribers by 2020: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, March 5, 2015, 15:53

The new GSMA report forecast that the number of unique mobile subscribers will increase from 3.6 billion at the end of 2014 to 4.6 billion by 2020, increasing by four per cent per year over this period.

Trai's android app for feedback on telecom service quality

Last Updated: Sunday, January 25, 2015, 11:51

Mobile phone subscribers can now give instant feedback on quality of services provided by operators to regulator TRAI through online or through an Android based mobile application.

Indian phone subscribers up by 3 mn in June

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 22:38

The share of urban subscribers decreased to 60.40 percent from 60.59 percent while the share of rural subscribers increased from 39.41 percent to 39.60 percent during June 2013.

Mobile subscriber base likely to touch 696 million in 2012: Gartner

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 21:19

Mobile subscriber base in the country is estimated rise by 9 percent to 696 million connections this year, according to technology researcher Gartner.

Govt looking at options to protect users interest: Pilot

Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2012, 15:02

Concerned over nearly 80 million mobile subscribers of new telecom operators, the government on Monday said it is looking at various options to protect the interest of subscribers following the Supreme Court's order to cancel 122 licences given to the telecom companies.

India's mobile subscriber base up 1.07% to 893.84 mn in Dec

Last Updated: Monday, January 30, 2012, 22:29

Telecom operators added 9.47 million mobile subscribers in December, taking the total telephone user base in the country to 926.53 million, sectoral regulator TRAI said on Monday.

Bharti Airtel adds 1.5m mobile users in July: Industry body

Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 19:48

India's top mobile phone carrier, signed up 1.51 million mobile subscribers in July, taking its total mobile users in the country to 170.7 million, data from an industry body showed on Thursday.