Mobile industry, particularly the incumbent players, have reacted very strongly to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)’s decision to steeply cut Interconnect Usage Charges or IUC. The industry body — Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) — feels that Read more
Entry of Reliance Jio has shaken up the Indian mobile market as there has been a major drop in call and data rates. This has resulted in steep drop in revenues and profits of all incumbent operators. Now the mobile Read more
Last week the inter-ministerial group on telecom met operators and banks to discuss on issues relating to loans/financial burden and their concerns on prevailing scenario in the mobile sector. Ironically, the IMG meeting, comprising officials from telecom and finance ministries, Read more
The inter-ministerial group (IMG) formed to look into the woes of telecom sector has become the stage for leveling charges and counter-charges between top three incumbent mobile players — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular — and the new Read more
