In a landmark move to enhance telecom accessibility, security, and empowerment across India, Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday launched a suite of citizen-focused initiatives.
The revenue of India’s telecom industry increased 8 per cent (quarter-on-quarter) to Rs 674 billion (13 per cent growth year-on-year) in the second quarter of FY25, mainly driven by tariff hikes, according to a new report.
Data from the telecom regulator TRAI on Monday said in October, 13.45 million subscribers submitted their requests for mobile number portability (MNP).
Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, said in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha that total 42 beneficiaries have been approved under the PLI scheme for telecom and networking products (till October 31).
Vodafone Idea has reduced its losses to Rs 7,176 crore in the July-September quarter of the current financial year from Rs 8,738 crore in the same quarter last year.
Last week witnessed a flurry of meetings in the national capital between senior executives of the telecom firms and the government representatives.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the Centre, told the court the disruption was only for four hours on December 19 and was no longer continuing.
Birla indicated that his group will not invest any money in the company in the absence of relief from the government.
At an e-governance conference held previously this month in Shillong, Meghalaya, the first such conference held in the northeast, bad telecommunications connectivity was identified as one of the significant drawbacks in implementing e-governance initiatives and delivering citizens ' services.
The move assumes significance as Reliance Jio stormed into the highly-competitive telecom sector in September 2016 with its disruptive voice and data offerings, while Bharti Airtel had launched its services way back in 1995.
