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  Telecom stocks surge after tariff hike announcements

  Business | December 02, 2019 11:01 IST

  Shares of Vodafone Idea were trading at Rs 8.38, up 22.69 per cent, on the BSE. The stock rose 22.63 per cent to Rs 8.40 on the NSE.

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  Mobile call, internet to become costlier by up to 50 percent from December 3

  Business | December 02, 2019 6:29 IST

  After private-sector players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio announced their plans to raise tariffs, mobile calls and internet charges will go up to 50 percent in the country from December 3.

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  Reliance Jio ups tariff by 40 pc, says 300 times more benefit. Details here

  Business | December 01, 2019 22:26 IST

  After Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio on Sunday announced new tariff plans with up to 40 percent increase in prices. The new "all-in-one" plans will come into effect from December 6, Reliance Jio said in a statement, adding that customers would now on get more benefits too.

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  Attention Jio, Vodafone Idea, Airtel users! Escape call, internet tariff hike by doing this

  Business | December 02, 2019 14:01 IST

  The telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Vodafone-Idea, Airtel and BSNL are all set to hike mobile call, internet charges for over 60 crore mobile subscribers in India. The mobile tariffs are likely to go up from December 1, while Vodafone is to hike charges from December 3, 2019 for monthly prepaid and postpaid customers. Recently, the telecom companies made the announcement that has left thousands of subscribers jittery.

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  Reliance Jio likely to bag Reliance Infra's mobile tower, optical fibre for Rs 3,600 crore

  Business | November 29, 2019 21:19 IST

  Reliance Jio has emerged as the highest bidder for mobile tower and optical fibre assets of Reliance Infratel by placing bids of around Rs 3,600 crore, according to banking sources privy to the development. 

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  After Airtel and Voda-Idea, Reliance Jio announces hike in mobile tariffs

  Business | November 19, 2019 23:49 IST

  Reliance Jio will hike mobile phone call and data charges, the company announced on Tuesday. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio has issued a statement announcing the decision, a day after Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel made public similar plans December onwards.

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  Attention! Delaying zero IUC regime will hurt affordability of telecom services, says Reliance Jio

  Business | November 15, 2019 15:07 IST

  Reliance Jio on Friday said that delaying the implementation of zero calls connect charges beyond January 2020 will hurt affordability of telecom services in a sector where users have benefited from free voice calls. Reliance Jio Director Mahendra Nahata said that the ratio of incoming and outgoing call is now at par with each other and traffic asymmetry can, therefore, no longer be the reason to delay implementation of Bill and Keep (BAK) regime.

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  Jio opposes govt's planned move to bailout telephone cos

  Business | November 03, 2019 19:16 IST

  Reliance Jio has written to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad stating in unequivocal terms that the proposed telcos bailout would be contempt of the Supreme Court judgment and an illegal trigger to widespread precedent.

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  Jio says telcos have capacity to pay dues post order; opposes bailout

  Business | October 31, 2019 17:41 IST

  Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio on Thursday strongly opposed any bailout to telecom companies at taxpayer's expense and asserted that telcos should be mandated to deposit their dues within the court-stipulated timeline of three months, as they have the capacity to comfortably clear their liabilities.

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  Jio hits back at COAI as conflict begins in telecom again

  Business | October 30, 2019 19:18 IST

  Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash on Wednesday met Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to discuss the way forward for the Committee of Secretaries set up to consider a relief package for the telecom sector.

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  RIL may be aiming listing of Jio post debt free status

  Business | October 27, 2019 18:25 IST

  RIL's CMD Mukesh Ambani has said that consolidation of liabilities in the company creates an efficient structure to manage debt and cash.

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  Airtel tops in 4G download speed, Idea in uploading: Opensignal

  Business | October 22, 2019 18:23 IST

  Opensignal has consistently found Airtel to be the fastest network in terms of 4G data download while telecom regulator Trai has found Reliance Jio to be the fastest network from last several months.

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  Reliance Jio's new 'all-in-one' plans include free IUC minutes

  Business | October 22, 2019 15:00 IST

  Reliance Jio on Monday announced new "all-in-one" plans which are marginally cheaper than its existing prepaid plans and also include Interconnect usage charges for 1,000 minutes of outgoing calls.

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  How will Jio's '6 paise/min' move play out?

  Business | October 19, 2019 10:04 IST

  Analysts say tariffs could move in any direction depending on decisions of both the operators and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (trai).

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  IUC-laced tariff balanced out with high data entitlements: Jio

  Business | October 19, 2019 9:55 IST

  Jio will provide additional data entitlement of equivalent value based on IUC top-up voucher consumption. This will ensure no increase in tariff for customers, the company has announced.

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  Reliance Jio adds 84.45 lakh net subscribers: TRAI data

  Business | October 18, 2019 18:38 IST

  Reliance Jio was the only net gainer adding 84.45 lakh subscribers in August, while other telecom operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea were on the losing side, a report by regulator Trai showed on Friday.  

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  Reliance Jio adds 84.45 lakh net subscribers, others end up as losers

  Business | October 18, 2019 18:24 IST

  Reliance Jio was the only net gainer adding 84.45 lakh subscribers in August, while other telecom operators including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea were on the losing side, a report by regulator Trai showed on Friday.

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  Jio unveils AI-powered video call assistant

  Business | October 14, 2019 19:34 IST

  The customer engagement video assistant solution has been developed by Reliance Jio in conjunction with US-based Radisys, a Reliance Industries Ltd subsidiary, a statement said.

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  Price of 5G spectrum needs to be critically looked at: Jio

  Business | October 14, 2019 13:31 IST

  To establish India as leader in 5G, price of 5G spectrum needs to be critically looked at, he said adding that higher prices will impact 5G adversely.

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  Airtel, Vodafone shares rise after Jio's move on call connect charges

  Business | October 10, 2019 18:49 IST

  Shares of telecom companies on Thursday rose up to 6 per cent in the wake of Reliance Jio deciding to levy call connect charges on customers, a move that is likely to be followed by rivals.