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In what could be a major set back for incumbent mobile operators such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, Telecom regulator Trai has reportedly decided to reject their demand to increase the fees that they charge from Reliance Jio to terminate its calls on their networks. According to the TOI report, Trai has asked the incumbent operators to provide “requisite number” of interconnect points to Jio “at the earliest” and ensure that consumers are not put at an inconvenience due to lack of connectivity. “The operators, including Jio, have submitted call details and we are analysing them...

The high-speed 4G connections are expected to cover 17 percent of the country’s total user base by 2020 with revenues reaching over Rs 79,000-crore mark, a joint study by Assocham and KPMG said. “By 2020, 4G connections are expected to account for about 17 percent of India’s total user base. This is expected to significantly transform the revenue mix of service providers with estimated Long Term Evolution (LTE) revenues expected to reach Rs 79,580 crore,” PTI report published in TOI qouted the Assocham-KPMG Paper on Powering Digital India. The demand for high-speed...

Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious Reliance Jio 4G service that aims to digitally connect over 10 crore people in the country is finally out. What Ambani terms as “Datagiri”, RJio’s attractive tariff offers that promises to free its users from voice calls, RJio has rightly hit the minds of customers. Rolled out on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, RJio has already disrupted the telecom market in India, compelling its rivals to slash tariff rates. RJio is expected to further intensify the data battle among telecom vendors, ultimately benefiting the digital revolution...

TCL Corporation has joined hands with Reliance Jio to offer 3-month free unlimited LTE data and calls to the Indian customers. The consumers can avail the offers on TCL 560, TCL 562 and Alcatel smartphones. The offer allows users to avail unlimited voice, video, data and SMS for three months from the day the activation of the Jio SIM. Reliance is offering the Jio SIM for free. To avail the offer, users will have to download the MyJio app. The offer is non-transferable. Users will have the option to continue...

The recent tariff cuts announced by telecom operators will not impact revenues as volume growth in data usage will compensate for it, according to analysts as reported by BusinessLine. “We expect mobile revenues to grow by over 8 per cent for Airtel and 13 per cent for Idea in 2016-17 driven by strong growth in data traffic despite falling yields,” said analysts at UBS. The data realization in terms of rupees per MB will reduce by 13-15 per cent over the next 2-3 years, strong data traffic growth of over 60...