TRAI's new voice-and-SMS-only prepaid plans with 30-day validity, first raised by Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha in March, are now mandatory for all telecom operators. The Telecom Consumer Protection (Thirteenth Amendment) Regulations,…
TRAI has directed telecom companies to offer voice-and-SMS-only Special Tariff Vouchers with reduced tariffs across multiple validity periods. The new rules under the Telecom Consumer Protection (13th Amendment) Regulations, 2026 mandate operators…
India's telecom and network equipment (TANE) sector has the potential to double its GDP contribution and become a $50 billion export hub by 2035, according to a Niti Aayog report. But the…
Telecom operators cumulatively owe the government over Rs 1.4 lakh crore in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues as on March 31, 2026, Parliament was informed on Thursday. Minister of State for Telecom…
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revamped its MyCall mobile application, allowing consumers to rate their voice calling experience and report specific network problems like call drops, audio delay, and…
Airtel has discontinued its Rs 299 prepaid plan, a move that analysts at Centrum say may prompt rivals Vodafone Idea and Jio to follow suit. The brokerage's Pandey told NDTV Profit that…
Vodafone Idea has secured Rs 6,400 crore as the first tranche of funding from a consortium led by State Bank of India, CEO Abhijit Kishore said. The company reported a narrower net…
Bharti Airtel has discontinued its entry-level Rs 299 prepaid plan, along with the Rs 319, Rs 579, Rs 619, and Rs 649 packs. Subscribers seeking daily data must now buy the Rs…
Vodafone Idea plans to secure debt capital from a consortium led by the State Bank of India to fund its Rs 45,000 crore capital expenditure plan, according to telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com. The fundraising aims…
Telecom operators flagged 24.4 billion calls and messages as suspected spam during April-June, Trai data shows. AI systems identified 22.9 billion incoming calls and 1.4 billion SMS as spam, with nearly 3.2%…
