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  Data tariff war continues: Idea slashes mobile data rates again

  July 19, 2016 15:02 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of Jio's launch, Idea Cellular joined the price war with Bharti Airtel and released price slash of data tariffs. "Idea Cellular has now slashed the rates of its 4G, 3G BIG Internet

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  Ahead of Jio launch, Airtel follows Idea and cuts prepaid mobile data tariffs by up to 67 percent

  July 18, 2016 11:18 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to compete with other telecom majors, Bharti Airtel has slashed data rates for its prepaid customers, offering up to 67 per cent more benefits for the same price. The telecom

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  Idea Cellular cuts data charges, to compete with Airtel and Reliance Jio

  July 15, 2016 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: In a bid to compete with rivals, Reliance and Airtel, Idea Cellular today has slashed mobile internet rates to offer more value to customers on their 4G, 3G and 2G data packs. Airtel

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  Telecom shares hit following Congress’ allegations of Rs 45,000 cr ‘scam’

  July 08, 2016 12:52 IST

  New Delhi: Congress alleged Rs 45,000-crore telecom scam of six leading telecom companies and also said that Modi government was "scrumptiously taking steps" to protect the interests of those telcos. This has lead to drastic

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  Call drops: Dealing with the menace or just shifting goal posts?

  June 29, 2016 11:51 IST

  New Delhi: It is nothing short of an irony that the world’s second largest mobile user market that boasts of being the world’s fastest growing economy is plagued by poor infrastructure and overloaded networks to

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  Idea slashes data prices by up to 50 per cent for night surfing

  May 18, 2016 13:11 IST

  New Delhi: Idea Cellular launched an affordable range of 4G/3G night data packs that are customised for night surfers, enabling them to save up to 50 per cent of their cost. Idea subscribers can avail

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  Telco cartel earns Rs 250 cr a day, does nothing to curb call drops: AG tells SC

  April 21, 2016 21:55 IST

  A “cartel” of 4-5 telecom firms having a billion subscribers making Rs 250 crore a day does is not making any investment in their network to improve services to check call drops, the government informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.

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  Idea, Vodafone, Airtel emerge as top gainers in mobile number portability: Kotak

  April 13, 2016 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: Idea Cellular has emerged as the biggest gainer of the mobile number portability (MNP) scheme in the last five years, Kotak Institutional Equities said here on Wednesday in a five-year scorecard. "The

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  Idea Cellular selects Nokia to provide 4G technology in 3 circles

  April 11, 2016 14:35 IST

  New Delhi: Idea Cellular has selected Nokia to provide the technology for its 4G LTE rollout in three of its key regional circles -- Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana, a company statement said here on

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  Reliance Jio to soft launch its 4G services this month, full roll-out expected by December: UBS

  April 06, 2016 18:07 IST

  New Delhi: Amid speculation over the actual date of the roll-out of Reliance Jio 4G telecom services, a top global financial services firm, UBS, said while soft launch was expected by the end of this

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  BSNL to launch 4G Services in 14 Telecom Circles

  April 04, 2016 10:45 IST

  New Delhi: State-owned BSNL is gearing up to launch 4G services in 14 telecom circles where it has 20MHz liberalised broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. The company, which has already soft launched 4G services in

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  Reliance Jio 4G services to be available from April, 75GB 4G Data & 4500 Mins talktime for Only Rs. 200

  March 30, 2016 14:34 IST

  New Delhi: Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, is preparing for a soft launch of its 4G services soon, Credit Suisse said in a note on Tuesday. Jio has already launched services for

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  Advani supports opposition at crucial meet on net neutrality

  Politics | May 22, 2015 10:02 IST

  New Delhi: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani embarrassed his own government when he called for annulling the meeting of representatives of private internet service providers Airtel, Vodafone and Idea on contentious net

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  Airtel, Vodafone, Idea slash national roaming rates

  May 01, 2015 9:00 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and Reliance slashed their national roaming rates by up to 75 per cent weeks after regulator Trai cut ceiling tariffs.Country's largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel said its

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  Pay 25% of bid amount in 10 days, Ravi Shankar Prasad appeals to telcos

  March 27, 2015 11:29 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has appealed to the telecom companies to pay the 25% of the upfront money amounting to Rs. 29,000 crore due from the spectrum auctions by March end.The govt

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  Spectrum auction: Leading telecom operators commit about Rs 85,000 crore to government

  March 27, 2015 10:40 IST

  New Delhi: The leading telecom operators in the country Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular will contribute more than three quarters to about Rs 1.098 lakh crore proceeds to the government from spectrum auctions.Together,

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  Govt eyes Rs 1 lakh crore from spectrum sales starting today

  March 04, 2015 8:01 IST

  New Delhi: Eyeing a record high spectrum sale of Rs 1 lakh crore, the government kick-starts a bumper spectrum auction from today.Those fighting the high-stakes battle are telecom behemoths like Bharti Airtel, UK's Vodafone and

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  Microsoft Mobile ties up with Idea Cellular for paid apps

  January 12, 2015 17:18 IST

  New Delhi: Microsoft Mobile has joined hands with Idea Cellular to provide paid applications to Idea users, which will be based on operator billing on the Windows Store.This means that subscribers will no longer need

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  BlackBerry, Idea launch SIM-based licensing solution

  December 13, 2014 10:36 IST

  New Delhi: Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has said it has partnered telecom operator Idea Cellular to offer enhanced SIM-based licensing (ESBL) in India.With the new ESBL offering, Idea Cellular customers will be able to integrate

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  Supreme Court issues notices to Airtel, Vodafone, Idea over 3G roaming pact

  December 09, 2014 13:32 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Centre's plea challenging TDSAT's judgement that allowed 3G intra-circle roaming and issued notices to Airtel, Idea and Vodafone which were allowed to offer 3G