Jio makes calls to any network in India free
Reliance Jio was launched in September 2016, following which India’s telecom sector has witnessed massive disruptio
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Voice calls made by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd subscribers to rival networks within India will be free from 1 January, India’s largest mobile operator by market share said on Thursday.
The decision comes as the telecom regulator has mandated that telcos will not have to pay so-called termination charges to rival networks starting 1 January. The termination fee was set at 6 paise per minute till 31 December by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
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Telecom Industry s Active Subscriber Tally Up By 2.5 mn In October: Report
The active subscribers are calculated based on the reported visitor location register (VLR), a key metric reflecting the number of active users on a mobile network.
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The telecom industry s active subscriber base rose by nearly 2.5 million in October 2020 to touch about 961 million, and user additions benefited from vanishing impact of SIM consolidation triggered from tariff hike, according to a latest report.
ICICI Securities, in its report crunching Trai s telecom subscription data, said Bharti Airtel s active subscribers rose about 3 million to reach nearly 320 million in October 2020, most of which was driven by total subscriber net adds, thus indicating improving quality of subscriber addition .
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A final decision on the issue is likely to be taken after the spectrum auction in March. The DoT, however, does not want to be seen taking an anti-consumer stance and therefore may avoid the floor pricing altogether, officials said.
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