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Sabotaging telecom infra, disrupting services as form of protest strongly condemned: COAI
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 29, 2020 03:26 PM IST
Terming telecom services as “lifeline” for lakhs of customers, COAI’s Director General, SP Kochhar said disruption of telecom services is causing immense inconvenience to the common man, for whom mobile services are “essential”.

Telcos seek government intervention to resolve industry woes, AGR definition: COAI
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 28, 2020 07:19 PM IST
COAI Director General Lt Gen SP Kochhar told PTI that the telecom sector needs to make huge investment in infrastructure and needs regulatory support, review of the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) definition, GST exemption on AGR dues, promises made in National Digital Communications Policy 2018 for ease of doing business etc.

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate India Mobile Congress on Dec 8
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Nilavro Ghosh | New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 07, 2020 03:44 PM IST
The 4th edition of the three-day telecom industry event will be held online for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

COAI rings alarm; asks govt to ease terms for AGR dues’, cut in licence fee
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 27, 2020 03:22 PM IST
Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) has also said that the requirement of financial bank guarantees for securing licence fee payments should be done away with.

Stop release of Rajinikanth’s 2.0, telecom group writes to censor board over ‘false depiction’ of phones
By Reuters | Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 28, 2018 09:19 PM IST
Scenes from the trailer of Rajinikanth-starrer ‘2.0’ show cellphones shooting out of users’ hands and into the sky, rising up like a typhoon and engulfing everything in sight.

5G spectrum auctions should take place only around second half of 2019: Rajan Mathews
By Press Trust of India | Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 22, 2018 02:03 PM IST
COAI director general Rajan Mathews said the ongoing financial stress in the telecom industry will also have to be dealt with for the telecom operators to make investments into 5G auctions.