Govt to help workers laid-off by telcos: Aruna Sundararajan

Voice revenues constituted over 70 per cent of the revenues in the industry before the launch of RJio.

Telcos' revenue dip 8.6 per cent to Rs 2.55 lakh crore

Total collections for the government from licence fee came down by 18.78 per cent in 2017.

Under the new policy, the government aims to enable fixed line broadband access to 50 per cent of households.

Trai had floated a consultation paper on the privacy, security and ownership of data in telecom sector last year.

MCD has sealed 566 mobile towers, industry body TAIPA said on Tuesday.

Revenues likely to show a correction of as much as 40 per cent, analysts have said.

Also, 24 out of 50 companies reported losses before tax during 2016-17

Revenue of access service providers fell by 22.3 per cent during the period under review to Rs 28,967.93 crore.

Bharti Airtel, with around 21 per cent share of the composite capacity is ahead of Idea and Vodafone's combined 17 per cent.

Telecom companies will have an 'option' to either go for new payment schedule for spectrum or continue under existing arrangement.