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Airtel, Jio help telecom industry record 3.87% sequential growth in AGR in last quarter of FY24 to Rs 70,462 cr
The telecom industry saw a 3.87% sequential growth in adjusted gross revenue in the last quarter of FY24, driven by Airtel and Reliance Jio. Vodafone Idea and BSNL faced declines in mobile services AGR. Private telecom operators raised headline rates, leading to increased revenue. The Department of Telecommunications reported higher licence fee and spectrum usage charge collections. Broadband subscribers increased to 924.07 million, with wireless Arpu at Rs 153.54. Overall sectoral minutes of consumption and telephone subscribers also showed growth.
Want a new phone number? It might come at a cost as Trai mulls fee
TRAI is considering implementing charges on smartphone and landline numbers, following a proposal to regulate numbering resources. TRAI views phone numbers as valuable public resources and suggests charging mobile operators, who may then pass on these costs to users. Potential charging methods include one-time or recurring fees per number or conducting auctions for vanity numbers. TRAI also contemplates penalties for operators holding unused numbers.
BSNL and MTNL prioritise govt organisations for land asset sales worth Rs 1 lakh crore
Recently, BSNL sold one of its properties in Lucknow to the Income Tax department for around Rs 229 crore, which was the market value of the building.
Govt blacklists 8 principal entities in fresh strike down on SMS scammers
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has taken this decisive action to protect citizens from potential SMS fraud through the Sanchar Saathi initiative, the government said in a statement Monday.
Rajkot game zone fire: Four children among 27 killed; SIT probe ordered into incident
Rescue operations are underway at the affected TRP game zone and officials feared the count of casualties may go up as several children were present at the spot due to the ongoing summer vacation and weekend. The blaze erupted at around 5 pm at a fibre dome for gaming activities and several persons including children were playing games when the blaze erupted, officials said.
Band ho Jaa SIM SIM: Govt targets cyber thieves
On May 9, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had asked telcos to disconnect 28,220 mobile handsets and re-verify over two million mobile connections misused with these handsets.
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Q3 results today: Hindalco Industries, BHEL, IRCTC among 500 companies to announce earnings
On Monday, over 299 companies announced their December quarter earnings which included the likes of NHPC, Coal India, 63 Moons Technologies, Allcargo Logistics, Balmer Lawrie Investments and Galaxy Surfactants.
Commissioning of India-assisted refinery in Mongolia by 2026: Ambassador
"Of course, there are some delays from the Indian side in delivering the products, but overall, the project is progressing well," he told PTI. "It is crucial for our relations, and we eagerly look forward to its completion." With a USD 1.2 billion line of credit announced by India during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mongolia in 2015, the refinery's construction has been delayed by 1.5 years due to COVID-19.
India strategically important for us, says NTT Global CEO Abhijit Dubey
Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Group views India as a strategically important market that houses its second largest employee population outside of Japan and has the potential to be among the company’s top revenue generators, its global CEO Abhijit Dubey told ET in an exclusive interview.
Al Shifa hospital suspends operations: Gaza health ministry
The Israeli military has said that Hamas militants who rampaged through southern Israel last month have placed command centres under Shifa hospital and others in Gaza, making them vulnerable to being considered military targets.
Israel expanding ground operations in Gaza, communications blackout eases
Palestinian media said telephone and internet communications were partially restored in Gaza on Sunday after a more than day-long blackout that had badly impacted rescue operations as Israel pounded targets of the militant Hamas group that controls the territory.
"People of India stand firmly with Israel": PM Modi holds telephonic conversation with Netanyahu
The conflict has resulted in numerous casualties, with over 900 Israelis killed and 2,616 injured. Israel has mobilized 300,000 troops, the largest mobilization since the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The Israeli Defense Forces reported regaining control over the border with Gaza after Hamas terrorists breached the barrier. Israeli airstrikes have targeted Hamas infrastructure.
Army begins operations to reconnect villages in Sikkim
A list of 2,000 tourists, including 63 foreign nationals, has been compiled and assistance in the form of food, medical aid, accommodation, and telephone connectivity, is being provided.
INS Trikand docks in Iran as part of Indian Navy's operational deployment
Indian Naval Ship INS Trikand docked at the port city of Bandar Abbas in Iran on Sunday. The visit forms part of the Indian Navy's cooperative maritime engagement with regional countries. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently stated that he spoke with Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi about future South African meetings, two leaders' commitment to "further strengthen" cooperation and the realisation of Chabahar port's full potential.
Spam call menace: 900k complaints logged last year regarding unsolicited commercial communications
Telecom operators received over 900,000 complaints in 2022 regarding unsolicited commercial communications (UCC), according to data shared in the Lok Sabha. This marks an increase from 2021, when there were around 856,000 complaints, and from 2020 (April-December), when there were just over 307,000 complaints.
Is an internet apocalypse coming soon? Are telephone, television, radio coming to standstill?
What is the internet apocalypse? How will it bring telephone, television, radio, and all types of navigation come to a standstill soon?
ED searches in Rajasthan 'anticipated' as elections are approaching: CM Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot questioned why the ED was "intervening" when the state's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) was doing such a "good job" in investigating the leakage of papers in the government's teacher recruitment exam.
India, Saudi Arabia discuss aspects of enhancing bilateral coordination
"The two sides discussed aspects of enhancing bilateral coordination on many regional and international issues of common concern, and intensifying the efforts of the two friendly countries in laying the foundations for international peace and security," the statement read. Before starting "Operation Kaveri," Jaishankar, at that time also called his Saudi Arabian counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud and "appreciated his assessment of the Sudan situation."
Assam CM Sarma has started war by filing FIRs against Khalistan leaders, says Gurpatwant Singh Pannu
Separatist group, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), has pledged to support the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent's call for a referendum to secede from India. The offer came in a letter from SFJ founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannu to ULFA leader Paresh Baruah, after militants demanded the release of eight pro-Khalistan leaders from a jail in Assam. Pannu accused Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of fueling a war with the Sikh group by filing charges against separatist leaders. ULFA termed the ultimatum “misunderstood” and “unfortunate”.
In a world where 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G networks coexist, how is 6G going to be different?
It's a game changer in that it adds capacity, provides a stable and very fast connection (10 Gbps), connects devices other than just smartphones, consumes much less power and reduces noise, all this while handling as many as a million devices per sq km. 5G even allows slices of the network to operate independently as separate networks, and leverages its huge processing power to enable vastly enhanced edge responsiveness.
Violation of norms on unsolicited commercial communication led to 32,032 disconnections in 2022: Ashwini Vaishnaw
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued Telecom Commercial Communication Customer Preference Regulation - 2018 to curb the Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC). "The Access Service Providers have disconnected 15,382 and 32,032 connections during the calendar year - 2021 and 2022, respectively for violating TCCCPR-2018," Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
Government may delist MTNL to merge with BSNL
“Since MTNL is a listed company, the process takes time. The transaction advisor will have to go through the process related to the merger and then they will come back,” Rajaraman was quoted as saying, adding that the government will also consult SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) as well later.
With FBI search, US escalates global fight over Chinese police outposts
Western officials see the outposts as part of Beijing’s larger drive to keep tabs on Chinese nationals abroad, including dissidents. The most notorious such effort is known as Operation Fox Hunt, in which Chinese officials hunt down fugitives abroad and pressure them to return home.
BSNL granted Rs 19,000 crore sovereign guarantee to aid debt recast
Both firms - BSNL and MTNL - have a combined debt of around ₹60,000 crore, of which ₹33,000 crore is on the books of BSNL. As per the officials, another similar amount of bank guarantee will be given to the firm in the next financial year starting, so that the debt burden can be reduced further.
Stocks in the news: RIL, Tata Motors, SBI, Voda Idea, NPTC, SpiceJet and ZEE
The government has hiked the windfall profit tax on the export of diesel to Rs 13.5 per litre and on jet fuel exports to Rs 9 a litre, besides raising the levy on domestically-produced crude oil in line with the hardening of global prices.
MTNL shares rally 11% on board nod to revival plan
According to the filing, BSNL will provide all telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai through leasing of operational assets or other appropriate models and MTNL will monetize its land assets to reduce its loan and other liabilities.
Over 5 crore mobile services related complaints received against telcos in FY22: Devusinh Chauhan
Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, gave data on complaints received against various telecom service providers related to mobile telephony during 2021-22, as per which the number for Airtel stood at 2,99,68,519, and for Vodafone-Idea at 2,17,85,460. The number of such complaints against Reliance Jio was 25.8 lakh.
All telecom operators except BSNL complying with call drop norms: Vaishnaw
"As per PMR for Cellular Mobile Telephone Services for the quarter ending December - 2021 of TRAI, all TSPs (telecom service providers) except BSNL in one LSA (West Bengal) are complying with both the benchmarks related to drop call rate (DCR)," the minister said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
ATC unearths more SIM boxes installed by illegal telephone exchange operators
The Bengaluru police had earlier said that its anti- terror cell coordinated with the Military Intelligence and unearthed six illegal telephone exchanges where 30 SIM boxes with 960 SIM cards were used.
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