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The industry sees this as a much-needed move, especially since spam and scam activities are increasingly shifting to OTT communication apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and others.
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The industry is also concerned over the present definition of Gross Revenue (GR), as it covers revenue from all telecom activities.
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To recover investments and protect margins, private telcos resorted to tariff hikes in mid-year but that move backfired.
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The PM said that teledensity and internet users are fast expanding in India
Modi pointed out that India has encouraged healthy competition that has led to the "country having cheapest telecom data charges"
PM Modi launched a 5G Test Bed, developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by a total of eight institutes led by IIT Madras
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Modi govt has announced big bang reforms for the telecom sector
100 per cent FDI in telecom via the automatic route
Easing the cash flow issues being faced by some big players in the industry.
A four-year moratorium to pay government dues but with interest
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The telecom industry, which has been witnessing job losses due to consolidation, is expected to create over 10 million employment opportunities in the next five years.
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ATC will pay a total of Rs 7,850 crore for purchasing Idea (Rs 4,000 crore ) and Vodafone's (Rs 3,850 crore) mobile towers.
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Amongst the individual companies, Bharti Airtel Ltd continues to hold the top position, with 29.50% market share.
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Displaying bonhomie, Ambani and Mittal warmly shook hands as they entered the arena hosting the India Mobile Congress (IMC).
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The charges are currently determined in accordance with the Telecom Interconnection Usage Charges Regulations 2015.
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According to CyberMedia Research (CMR), 61.8 million mobiles were shipped in the second quarter of 2017, of which 54 per cent were feature phones, witnessing 9 per cent sequential growth.
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Aircel has recently launched two new offers which would provide 2GB data per day and unlimited calls with a validity of 84 days.
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Revenue collection from telecom services in form of license fee and spectrum usage charges may be adversely impacted in the current fiscal if sales revenue of operators continues to decline, Union minister Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday.
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Delhi has emerged as the top state in terms of internet readiness with a strong position in areas like e-infrastructure, e-participation, IT environment, government e-services, a report by industry body IAMAI said on Wednesday.
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Cellular association COAI on Wednesday sought to play down health concerns related to mobile towers, saying they emit a low level of radiation within the prescribed norms and are "completely safe".
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The eventual tariff for Jio 4G services announced by Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, which has a surprise element of free domestic calls with no roaming charges, is just right to capture a large share of India`s telecom and data market pie, analysts maintain.
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India`s established telecom players saw their share prices dip further on Friday, after analysts slashed price targets on some of them, and warned that the launch of new rival Reliance Industries` Jio venture is set to be much more disruptive than earlier imagined.
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Heeding to the industry's demand for starting spectrum auction from an auspicious date, government has deferred the mega sale of mobile frequencies by two days to October 1.
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