Smartphone sales down globally: Sales of iPhones continued to decline year over year, although at a lesser rate compared with Q1 of 2019.

The regulator argues that the new poverty line for rural areas is nearly Rs 32 and for urban areas Rs 47. But to access data, the minimum tariff plan costs Rs 49, which includes free voice, SMS and 1GB data every 28 days

In its letter to DoT, industry lobby body COAI sought reduction in the USOF levy and license fee, and that the former is put on hold till the entire unutilised corpus is exhausted

CM Kejriwal has also announced installation of 2.8 lakh CCTVs and 11,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the city. These hotspots will give free access to 15 gigabytes (GBs) of data across 4,000 bus stops and other locations such as parks, markets and government clinics

Saudi Aramco and BP investing in the company, Jio expanding its scope, and the group moving towards a zero net debt future were some of the highlights of Mukesh Ambani's AGM speech

The biggest competitor of the Jio GigaFiber in the Indian market is Bharti Airtel with its Airtel V-Fiber broadband service that offers lightning-fast speeds of up to 100Mbps.

RIL has built a unique portfolio extremely valuable assets in the world's fastest growing economy, says Mukesh Ambani; each of our businesses is contributing to the transformation of India, adds Ambani

Airtel posted net losses of Rs 2,866 crore in the June quarter. Though these numbers are comparatively better than those of Vodafone Idea, Airtel doesn't seem to have clarity as to when the situation is going to turn around

CII also warned that the low average revenue per user may restrict participation of the Indian telecom companies in the forthcoming 5G spectrum auction, adding that this can be further subdued by high reserve prices.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on August 2 that it expects to shut down its entire 3G network across the country by March 2020, the process for which has already started with Kolkata service area.

According to the financial results reported by Reliance Industries last week, its subsidiary Reliance Jio had a user base of 331.3 million by June 2019.

Why the government will find it difficult to revive BSNL even with its huge bailout package

Jio's strategy is aimed at prolonging the pressure on rivals such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, whose revenue and profits have plunged since the launch of Jio by Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani

India's exports have not been able to cope with the rising tide of imports, thus expanding the trade imbalance

Two years of GST: Govt to introduce new reforms in indirect tax regime on July 1On the second anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1st, the Ministry of Finance will launch some reforms in the indirect tax regime, including a new return system, rationalisation of cash-ledger system and a single refund-disbursing mechanism, among others. Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur will also give a presentation on the occasion. One of the key reforms, which w...

Honor president George Zhao said that the sale of 5G smartphones is expected to cross the 100-million mark in the next year. He further added that China might be the first market to cross the 100-million sale mark in the world.

The smartphone user base in India will touch 1.1 billion by the year 2024, whilst the mobile subscriptions are foreseen to grow from about 610 million in 2018 to 1.25 billion in 2024.

The issue dates back to October 2016, when the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended imposing total penalty of Rs 3,050 crore on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular for allegedly denying inter-connectivity to newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm

Analysts say that countering Jio is challenging, which is marching ahead like nobody's business, especially in terms of subscriber base and revenue market share growth.