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Reliance Jio to charge for voice calls made to other telecom operators

Jio said it will provide additional data free of cost to compensate for the charges. The charges will continue only till the time TRAI abolishes IUC.

Jio says calls are no longer free, signals an end to tariff war

Jio’s move to charge users 6 paise/min for calls to rivals' network will come as a major relief for Airtel and Voda Idea, which have been bleeding because of cut-price tariffs. As of June-end, 64% of Jio’s traffic was outgoing. Airtel, Voda Idea could gain if date of scrapping IUC is postponed.

Telecom revenue fell 10% in 2018 over cutthroat competition and tariff war

Spectrum usage charges (SUC) yearly declined 17.74 per cent, from Rs 5,089 crore in 2017 to Rs 4,186 crore in 2018

Trai weighs deferring date for scrapping IUC

Interconnect usage cost is levied by networks handling incoming calls from rival networks. Scrapping IUC or reducing it would help operators with more outgoing traffic than incoming calls...

Home broadband war begins as Airtel takes fight to Jio with own fibre plan

For ₹3,999 a month, top JioFiber users will get 2,500GB of data at a speed of 1Gbps. Airtel Xstream Fibre users will get 3,333GB of data at the same speed and price.

100 mbps in just 700 rs/month plus a 4K TV freeeee..and more

Laying fibre across the country could be a big challenge, as is reaching people’s homes, especially in an era of community living where entry permissions are difficult to get. “Telcos are fretting over Jio’s voice offering. Now, with JioFiber plans, they will have even more to worry. But this consolidation, post the coming of JioFiber, will take much longer...

After Towers Sale, RJio Looks to Fiber Spinoff

It is one of the biggest foreign investment deals of all time in Indian infrastructure, and there could be more to come.

Financial Express - Bleeding telcos: Cutting extortionate levies is not a bailout

It is a pity the apex telecom panel chose to ask Trai to lower its penalties citing the poor health of telcos; these firms had questioned Trai's order on its merits.

Airtel posts its first quarterly loss in 14 years

Bharti Airtel posts ₹2,866 crore loss in Q1FY20, against ₹97 crore profit in the year earlier. Revenue from India wireless business grew 4.1% year-on-year to ₹10,724 crore.

Disturbing truth of phone spam

“Theoretically, it is possible to track every call and prove that it was made illegally without the user's consent,” says Mahesh Uppal, director of ComFirst...