In terms of active user base, Airtel continued to lead with 97 per cent subscribers as against 89.3 per cent of Vodafone Idea and 78 per cent of Reliance Jio

Despite having a fair good start with its low-cost feature phone - JioPhone - the chances of emulating that success with low-cost smartphones might be difficult

Even though the postpaid market accounts for just 5 per cent subscriber base, it contributes 16 per cent to the overall mobile revenues of telcos

It's not an easy task for a regulator to keep everyone happy but having consensus of all major stakeholders on key policy issues could drive the telecom sector to new heights under Vaghela

Having a significant play in the Indian economy, RIL, through its enormous customer base in telecom and retail has been the safest bet for investors in such volatile times

Reliance Jio's masterstroke comes at a time when both Airtel and Vodafone Idea have been talking about the need to increase the prices promptly to mend the telecom industry's financials

The telcos have been directed to publish details of each tariff plan for postpaid and prepaid subscribers, and offer information to subscribers at customer care centres, points of sales, retail outlets and websites, and apps with requisite disclosures

The agencies believe that since Airtel is not required to make lumpsum AGR payment to Department of Telecommunications, the telco can use some of its recently-raised funds to deleverage

Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade,Joseph Semsar, stated that India's Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative has put forward a programme that puts a question mark on the notion of self-reliance

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has hinted at a hike in mobile services tariff in the next 6 months. Mittal said that availability of data at low rates is not sustainable for the telecom industry

Additional AGR provisioning has taken a toll on Bharti Airtel's profit and loss statement, while it still struggles to bring revenues to a desirable level

Why the sharp recovery and sustained run in stock markets is built on weak fundamentals. Despite the fall, they are trading at double the valuation of the 2008 Lehman crash

Fitch expects Bharti Airtel's revenue to grow by 10-15 per cent in FY21 driven by higher tariff and subscriber addition, despite taking a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic

With nearly 90 per cent of the global mobile market controlled by top six players - Apple, Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Huawei - the government wants these brands to expand their presence in India

Last year, telcos across the board hiked mobile tariffs for prepaid subscribers by 20-50 per cent in an attempt to increase their low APRUs (average revenue per user)

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The subscriber data is crucialin times like these when telecom data can give insights into the movements and behaviour of over a billion subscribers, which can be used the government and policymakers

BSNL and MTNL in their separate submissions have said irrespective of the parameters used to fix the floor prices, Trai should ensure that the exercise does not result in windfall profits for a few operators

Vodafone Group CEO Nick Reed met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of AGR hearing in Supreme Court on March 17

Call for tariff hike comes despite telco increasing charges by up to 50 per cent in December; Vodafone Idea believes it can only earn revenue at same level as 2016-17 if government fixes floor price for calls and data charges