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India’s telecom operators together owed more than Rs 1.77 lakh crore in adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues to the government up to FY25, with Vodafone Idea accounting for the largest share, according to official data shared with Parliament, PTI reported.The data showed that debt-laden Vodafone Idea’s total liability stands at Rs 89,952 crore. Bharti Group’s…
MUMBAI: Elon Musk said his satellite-based internet service Starlink is not meant for densely populated cities because the physics of satellite communication makes it unsuitable for that purpose, adding that it is designed to deliver connectivity to rural users and restore access after natural disasters rather than compete with urban broadband.Musk made the observation on…
Mobile users will soon start seeing the names of unknown callers displayed on their phone screens, as telecom operators have begun testing the Calling Name Presentation (CNAP) service in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The feature aims to help users identify callers more easily and curb the rising number of spam and scam calls across the…
The gap between telecom operators’ network expenditure and revenue continues to widen, prompting industry body COAI to defend calls for higher mobile tariffs, citing the increasing financial burden of network deployment on service providers.Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director General, SP Kochhar, told PTI that while the government…
