New data released today by Syniverse shows that inter-regional 4G LTE roaming traffic from India has grown by a staggering 3,300% year-over-year. This growth...
The India smartphone market starts the year 2018 with its strongest ever first quarter shipments
According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the India smartphone market saw a shipment of 30.0 million units in 2018Q1,...
India Smartphone Market Finishes Strong with 124 Million Total Shipment Units in 2017
According to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the Indian smartphone market witnessed a healthy 14 percent annual growth with a...
Indian mobile manufacturing to touch Rs 132,000 crore
Indian mobile manufacturing industry is expected to touch Rs 132,000 crore by the end of 2018, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said....
Preparing for India’s next telecom revolution
India has had delayed roll-outs of 3G and 4G mobile technologies in the past. But the Narendra Modi government’s promise of Digital India requires...
Why Indian govt is preparing a new telecom policy
The government also aims to establish a comprehensive data protection regime for digital communications that safeguards the privacy, autonomy and choice of individuals. A...
India mobile market gets new mega merger
Two of India’s biggest telecoms companies are joining forces to create the world’s biggest network of mobile towers outside China. Airtel and Vodafone (VOD)...
TRAI asks telcos for all-India tariff data
The regulator TRAI is seeking details from operators about tariff plans offered by them in all telecom circles, marking the next phase of expansion...
Indian telecom merger to create one of world’s biggest tower firms
India’s Bharti Infratel has agreed to merge with Indus Towers, in a deal that creates the world’s second-biggest telecom tower company with an estimated...
DoT approves merger of Bharti Airtel and Telenor India
The Department of Telecom (DoT) today approved the merger of Telenor India with Bharti Airtel, according to an official source. “The DoT has approved...
Indian Telecom Sector’s Gross Revenue Dropped 8.5% in 2017
Telephone subscription in urban areas increased from 683.14 million at the end of December 2016 to 688.25 million at the end of December 2017...
India’s mobile phone customer base rises 4.9 mln in Feb
India’s mobile phone customer base rose 0.43 percent, or a net 4.9 million, to 1.16 billion in February, data released by the country’s telecoms...