telecom

Vodafone has introduced a new long-term prepaid recharge in India, live currently only in select circles. The new Vodafone Rs. 997 prepaid plan offers 180 days of validity, and has been spotted being available for UP West circle in India. This fresh prepaid plan joins other long-term plans offered by...

China repeated its call on Monday for Canada to release detained Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou as soon as possible, ahead of the executive's first extradition hearing later in the day."The resolve of the Chinese government to protect Chinese citizens' proper legal rights is firm and unwavering," foreign...

A senior Huawei executive whose arrest in Vancouver led to a breakdown in Canada-China relations headed to court on Monday to fight extradition to the United States.Meng Wanzhou, the company's chief financial officer and eldest daughter of its founder Ren Zhengfei, is wanted by US authorities for alleged fraud.In order...

Reliance Jio witnessed churn of 22 million heavy voice subscribers and its ARPUs have not improved despite tariff hikes as most of the subscribers are on the 84-day plan, analyst firm SBI Caps Securities has said, adding that net subscriber adds were muted due to churn of heavy voice users.Jio's...

Industry body COAI has sought minimum regulation from the telecom regulator to ensure smooth operation of the industry and intervene only when there is a breakdown of the market forces."Telecom regulator must be involved with minimal type of things. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has taken up floor pricing...

Airtel has launched the Rs. 179 prepaid recharge plan with life insurance cover of Rs. 2 lakhs. The telco has partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer the bundled insurance benefit to consumers. This is notably not the first time when Airtel is offering life insurance cover with its...

Reliance Jio earnings and operational performance figures for the quarter ending December 31 were released on Friday, as usual a part of the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) earnings figures. The company noted at the end of the quarter, it had 370 million subscribers, which is a net addition of 14.8...

The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed review petitions of top telecom firms including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seeking review of its earlier order asking them to pay Rs. 1,47,000 crores in past statutory dues by January 23 saying it did not find any "justifiable reason" to entertain them. The apex...

Vodafone has expanded its range of prepaid recharge plans by bringing the new Rs. 99 and Rs. 555 options. Both new prepaid plans are currently limited to select circles and are bundled with benefits such as unlimited voice calls and high-speed data allocation along with subscription to services such as...

Internet services will be partially restored in Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday.Earlier on Tuesday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration issued orders to partially allow 2G mobile connectivity on postpaid mobiles in the Union Territory from January 15 for accessing white-listed sites in five districts of Jammu region-- Jammu, Samba, Kathua,...