Airtel has increased tariff rates on its prepaid plans by 40%.Here's all you need to know

Ravi Shankar Prasad said a total of 79,000 employees of BSNL and 14,000 out of 20,000 employees of MTNL have applied for the VRS scheme which the government has come out with to reduce the employee cost

This announcement from Reliance Jio comes close on the heels of separate announcements from Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, where they said they will hike tariffs from December 1

Oppo A9 2020 and A5 2020 come with a quad-camera setup and are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 SoC

Jio GigaFiber is cheaper and will give a tough fight to the existing players in the market that include Airtel, Tata Sky, and ACT Fibernet

Over the past year, Jio expanded its presence in the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) business through acquisitions of large MSOs (multiple system operators) - Den Networks and Hathway Cable and Datacom

Tata Sons, the group holding company, paid the Department of Telecommunications Rs 10,000 crore in late June, soon after settling all pending loans worth Rs 40,000 crore owed by subsidiary Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)

Airtel Rs 148 recharge plan provides 100 SMS per day throughout the validity of 28 days. Moreover, the plan offers access to the Airtel TV app as well as Wynk Music

India's pre-paid landscape is witnessing a new tariff battle every month and the Big Three constantly keep changing their plans to attract new customers

Airtel's Rs 48 and Rs 98 data plans have a validity of 28 days and do not offer any daily data benefits

Local and global players are wooing Indian consumers with music streaming services. Differentiation will decide who wins and who loses.

The Rs 119 recharge plan from Vodafone India comes with 1GB of data and unlimited voice calling benefits for 28 days

Bharti Airtel has announced a new long term plan of Rs 1,699. Vodafone Idea, BSNL and Reliance Jio also have yearly plans.

After Vodafone-Idea merger, Bharti Airtel is now no longer the country's largest mobile phone company in terms of subscribers and revenue share.

The merger of Norwegian telecom company Telenor's Indian arm with Bharti Airtel Ltd has left half of the employees of Telenor India in the dark. Though Airtel is said to have absorbed over 700 employees of the company, the equal number of staff members are still facing layoffs.

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Here's a look at the impact that these two events will have on his fortunes, and his game plan for the future.

The deal is likely to help the Mukesh Ambani-led Jio intensify its fight with rival Bharti Airtel not only in the mobile telephony business but in the fibre to home space too.

Several companies had to make investments worth billions to stay relevant in the market after the Jio launch, and those who couldn't keep up the pace were wiped out of the industry.

Reports suggest that around 6 million units of JioPhone have been booked during the few days in August, before registration process was suspended temporarily on account of heavy demand.