OPERATORS

Idea, Bharti Airtel, RCom

cut national roaming
tariff by up to 40%
Telecom operators see
significant growth in
mobile data business
Telecom Operators Seek
Licensing Regime for
OTT Players Like
WhatsApp
R-Jio nears Airtel on capex,
overtakes Idea and R-Com
BSNL Offers Free Pan-India
Calling From its Fixed Line
Phones
Bharti Airtel, posted a
30.5% profit increase
(31 March,15). Net profit
-Rs.1,255 crore. Revenue
rose by 3.6% -Rs.23,016
crore. average revenue
per user (Arpu) for data
rising 32% toRs.176
Idea Cellular, reported
60% increase in Net
profit -Rs.941.77 crore
(31 March 2015),
Telcos gross revenue
rises 9.5% in Oct-Dec
2014 ,according to Trai

GOVERNMENT

Govt plans to offer free

wi-fi in 2500 cities
Hyderabad goes wifi(30 hotspots)
FireFly deploys Wi-Fi in
Supreme Court premises
Sistema Shyam launch
Wi-Fi at railway
stations.
AAP govt seeks
Singapore's help for wifi in Delhi
Delhi to get 1,000 Wi-Fi
hotspots by Feb,2016.
Airtel ask West Bengal
govt permission for wi-fi
in Kolkata
Delhi Metro plans WiFi
facility aboard trains
Govt to make net
neutrality part of licence
conditions,
Wont compromise on Net
Neutrality,: Ravi Shankar
Prasad
AAP government sets up
WiFi task force in Delhi to
work out the details of
making Delhi wifi enabled.

REGULATOR

Nixi (National Internet

Exchange of India) Against
Selective Bundling of Apps
by Telcos
TRAI Chairman Says
Internet Should Not Be
Policed
Competition Commission
to wait for Net Neutrality
norms before
probingtelcos
Telcos to cut roaming
tariffs from May 1, as per
Trai norm
Over 600,000 users r sent
emails TRAI through
Savetheinternet
campaign.
DoT secretary says Airtel
Zero platform violates
Net Neutrality
Trai recommends separate
licence for virtual network
operators
CAG pulls up DoT for
favouring Reliance
Communications, Tata
Teleservices, others
NASSCOM is against all
platforms that

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