Indian telcos have been involved in a race to the bottom on price, ever since the country’s disruptive operator, Reliance Jio, began offering ultra-low-cost 4G data tariffs in 2016
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Vodafone India seeks merger to escape price war
Telco reportedly keen on tie-up with another one of the country’s top three mobile operators.
Bharti Airtel founder warns of Indian price war
Sunil Mittal believes Reliance Jio Infocomm will bring lower prices and further consolidation as market shrinks to five operators.
Indian govt quashes rumours it will take over Vodafone Idea
News “No such proposal is under consideration in the Department,” according to communications minister Devusinh Chauhan Indian telco Vodafone Idea (Vi) has had a bumpy road in 2023. Many years of intense price wars, caused by the disruptive launch of Reliance Jio back...
India’s telcos push for tech firms to help pay for their network infrastructure
News Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have told the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) that so-called over-the-top (OTT) companies like Netflix should be forced to subsidise the telco networks they so rely on Telecom operators in India...
Comcast signs deals worth $50m with State of Indiana for rural fibre expansion
News The move will see the operator take aim at Indiana’s digital divide, seeking to connect some of the state’s most remote communities with fibre broadband This week, Comcast has announced that it has signed a number of contracts with Indiana’s Office of Community...
Are high smartphone prices set to curb India’s 5G ambitions?
News Reports show that smartphone uptake is stagnating, potentially offering a major hurdle for the adoption of 5G services In the short time since launching 5G services, India’s mobile network operators have been rolling out infrastructure at a rapid pace, seemingly...
Indian 5G spectrum auction approved, will allow private network bidders
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will officially begin the auction process on July 26 and will allow enterprises to bid for spectrum, much to the operators’ chagrin
India Surges in International Bandwidth Demand, Expects a 38% Compound Annual Growth Rate Between 2021 to 2028, According to TeleGeography
Press Release TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and consulting firm, has revealed that used international bandwidth is expected to grow at a compounded annual rate of 38 percent between 2021 and 2028. This rate of growth implies international...
India targets homemade 6G for end of the decade
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says the country is on track to deploy domestically developed 6G by 2030, despite still not having launched 5G services
India considering lowering prices of 5G spectrum at upcoming auction
The Indian government expects to allocate 5G spectrum by September 2022, having delayed the process for many years
Vodafone looks to offload stake in India’s largest towerco to prop up Vi
The entire 28.1% stake is estimated to be valued at around $2.5 billion
Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL to become Indian fixed broadband leader
The latest figures show that Reliance now not only leads India’s mobile market in terms of subscribers, but also has the country’s largest fixed broadband user base
Indian govt to become Vodafone Idea’s largest stakeholder
The government will take a 35.8% stake in the floundering telco, aiming to prevent the Indian mobile market from becoming a duopoly
Bharti Airtel and Vi hike mobile prices by up to 25%
The operators claim the increase is necessary to support their network rollouts, as well as to encourage the Indian populace to transition to 4G
India’s Reliance eyes T-Mobile Netherlands takeover
The Indian giant, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, is considering a bid for the telco, with parent company Deutsche Telekom reportedly seeking around €5 billion from any potential sale
Is India really preparing to delay 5G by 5 years?
Reports in the press suggest that India’s telecoms market is at near breaking point, with operators simply unable to meet the exorbitant investment costs of 5G
Vodafone Idea quashes rumours of Indian exit
The company says that it remains firmly committed to its operations in India
India sets up a new think tank to devise revenue boosting strategies for its ailing telecoms sector
India remains one of the most competitive telecoms markets in the world
As the US opens a new front against China, can India really afford to ban Huawei?
The US government has urged India to exclude Huawei from its 5G rollout plans, but the country’s cash strapped operators can ill afford the subsequent price hike this would cause
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