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Vodafone Idea to begin 5G services in six months: CEO

New Delhi, May 18 -- Vodafone Idea Ltd (Vi) is in advanced discussions with its vendors as it expects to begin offering 5G services within the next six months, chief executive officer (CEO) Akshaya Mo... Read More


Vodafone Idea to begin 5G services in six months: CEO Akshaya Moondra

New Delhi, May 17 -- Vodafone Idea is in advanced discussions with its vendors as it expects to begin offering 5G services within the next six months, chief executive Akshaya Moondra said, adding that... Read More


Jio, Airtel and Vi deposit Rs.4,350 crore for spectrum auction

New Delhi, May 16 -- Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have collectively submitted Rs.4,350 crore as earnest money deposit, making them eligible for the spectrum auctions starting 6 June. ... Read More


Vodafone Idea losses widen; telecom firm in talks with banks for debt funding

New Delhi, May 16 -- Vodafone Idea's losses widened to Rs.7,666 crore for the quarter ended March 2024, from Rs.6,424 crore the year before, while revenues improved marginally to Rs.10,639 crore, on t... Read More


Tariffs 'absurdly low', need substantial repair: Airtel's Gopal Vittal

New Delhi, May 15 -- Bharti Airtel's managing director and chief executive Gopal Vittal on Wednesday raised the pitch for tariff hikes, stating that 'substantial tariff repair' was needed across the i... Read More


Don't want an AI gap: GSMA CTO

New Delhi, May 15 -- Global telecom industry body GSMA has expressed concerns over a widening disparity that threatens to exclude smaller markets from the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) ... Read More


Chinese stuff at Indian telcos: An old chapter reopens

New Delhi, May 14 -- After mandating that telecom service providers use trusted-or non-Chinese-vendors for their network equipment in 2020, the Centre is now mulling replacement of 'non-trusted' equip... Read More


Airtel's Q4 profit dragged down 31% on forex losses

New Delhi, May 14 -- Nigeria's decision in February to devalue its currency for the second time in eight months as part of what are seen as market-friendly reforms have ended up severely hurting Bhart... Read More


Airtel partners Google to offer GenAI, cloud solutions to biz

New Delhi, May 14 -- Bharti Airtel has formed a partnership with Google to deliver cloud and generative-AI solutions to Indian businesses. Through this collaboration, the telecom company will adopt a ... Read More


Airtel partners Google to offer GenAI, cloud solutions to biz

New Delhi, May 14 -- Bharti Airtel has formed a partnership with Google to deliver cloud and generative-AI solutions to Indian businesses. Through this collaboration, the telecom company will adopt a ... Read More