\"Golf is a long game, and so is business. You always need to think long-term. It also teaches you not to get frustrated and have patience,\" says Ravinder Takkar, MD and CEO, Vodafone Idea

Sensex, Nifty updates on March 3: Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank were top Sensex gainers

Shares of YES Bank, Reliance, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Ircon International, Ruchi Soya, Ion Exchange will be in focus in Wednesday's trading session

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) managed to sell airwaves worth Rs 77,814 crore, which is about 20 per cent of the amount (Rs 3.9 lakh crore) that the department wanted to generate from these auctions

Reliance Jio said that the acquired spectrum can be utilised for transition to 5G services at the appropriate time, where the company has developed its own 5G stack

Jio acquired 488.35 MHz of airwaves, while Bharti Airtel acquired 355.45 MHz for Rs 18,699 crore.

Vodafone Idea entered the auction holding the largest quantum of spectrum with a very small fraction, which was administratively allocated and used for GSM services, coming up for renewal.

The newly acquired airwaves will help Airtel improve its coverage in villages by offering a superior experience to an additional 90 million customers.

Both the plans give hospicare insurance cover benefits to users. The Rs 51 plan is an SMS-only plan while Rs 301 plan is a combo plan.

The government is auctioning 2,308.80 Megahertz (MHz) of telecom waves in seven frequency bands -- 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz.

Experts say that these plans might put an end to the conversations around tariff hike for some time. Jio's move is likely to hit the Vodafone Idea harder as Airtel is presently focusing on the premium end of the market

Successful winners will be able to boost network capacity after having the rights to use the spectrum. With this, the new players may also start their telecom services

BSNL is offering free 4G SIM cards its new broadband and landline customers in Kerala and Tamil Nadu circles.

Airtel has a customer base of 320 million and has access to data as minute as what its consumers spend on and where they spend, it also has details of their geographic location

Telcos say SC didn't allow them to raise any dispute against the Rs 1.69 lakh crore demand raised by DoT, but glaring errors can be easily verified by DoT

Despite regular raids by DoT (Department of Telecommunications) across the country, and strict laws against the use, selling and possession of mobile signal repeaters, the proliferation of such illegal equipment is rampant

Here in this article, we have listed all the prepaid recharge plans from Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea that offer 2GB per day data.

Vi has expanded the availability of its Rs 148 prepaid plan on a pan-India basis. The plan is available in all circles of India. Airtel and Jio offer prepaid plans priced at Rs 149.

State-run BSNL has also increased subscribers in both Punjab and Haryana in December. Reliance Jio was the only large telco to lose subscribers in both Punjab and Haryana

Stock Market News Updates Today: Bajaj Finserv, IndusInd Bank, RIL, Kotak Bank were among the top gainers today, while NTPC, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors were among the top losers