The total mobile communications services revenue in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 percent to $479.1 billion in 2028 from $326.2 billion in 2023, driven by the mobile data segment, as the availability and adoption of 5G services across several countries in the region ramp up, data ...
Category: Telecom
It is the exchange of information over the electronic referring to all types of voice, data, and video files. The Telecom companies which provide its services are Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL.
Telcos anticipate limited gains despite WC data surge
Offering dollops of data to attract data subscribers might return to haunt India’s top three telcos – Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea - as revenues remain a relative stragg...
C-DEP president suggests charging foreign apps for network use
Foreign apps generating large volumes of data should contribute to the building of telecom networks as it will create the right structure in the market, a senior official of think tank C-DEP said. He emphasised the importance of creating a fair market structure, suggesting that these data-heavy apps, primarily from the US and China, should fi...
Airtel plans $1 bn fundraise to clear spectrum dues, eyes offshore bonds
Bharti Airtel is exploring around a $1-billion (approximately ₹8,330 crore) fundraise, including a potential offshore bonds issue, to prepay a bulk of its remaining dues relating to spectrum bought in the 2015 auction. India's second-largest telco is likely to engage with t...
Reliance Jio gains users Airtel, Vi lose 2G customers
Jio gains 3.24 million mobile users in August
India's largest mobile operator Reliance Jio added 32.4 lakh users in August, and its wireless subscriber tally topped 44.57 crore, according to data released by telecom regulator Trai. Bharti Airtel gained 12.17 lakh wireless subscribers in August, while cash-strapped Vodafone Idea lost 49,782 users. The mobile subscriber count of