From the industry's perspective, the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month has been dropping annually, though things have been different after telcos raised tariffs
The BSE Telecom index is likely to gain up to 3.50 per cent, as the index firmly holds the support around the 100-DMA, shows chart.
The merger of BSNL and MTNL, approved by the Union cabinet in October 2019, was a part of the revival package for both the telecom companies
Shares of state-run telecom firm MTNL will be in focus as the the government has deferred the merger of BSNL and MTNL due to financial reasons.
In the first phase of monetisation, 11 assets of BSNL valued at Rs 18,200 crore, and six assets of MTNL worth Rs 5,158 crore have been approved for monetisation
PVR and INOX Leisure are likely to be in focus after the two mega multiplex owners announced an all-stock merger on Sunday.
DoT should consider carving out MTNL's debt and assets worth over Rs 26,500 crore into a special purpose vehicle and then merge its operations with BSNL, according to a Parliamentary panel
MTNL is in focus as the Centre is considering relaxing some norms that led to the failure in attracting bids for assets of BSNL and MTNL as they look to restart the auction for their non-core assets.
International rating agency Fitch Ratings has downgraded Russia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'C' from 'B'
Government-appointed consultants were asked to determine changes that are needed to be made
Public sector telcos continue to lose ground
State-run telecom company MTNL on Monday reported widening of consolidated loss to Rs 659.28 crore in the third quarter ended December 2021. The company had posted a loss of Rs 637.78 crore in the same period a year ago. The consolidated revenue from operations of MTNL declined by about 16 per cent to Rs 303.56 crore during the reported quarter from Rs 360.49 crore in the December 2020 quarter.
Shares of Urja Global were locked in the upper circuit for the 15th straight day, up 5 per cent at Rs 18.66, quoting at an all-time high level on the BSE.
Voda Idea was the major gainer among the leading telecom stocks, up over 2 per cent; MTNL and TTML were locked at their respective upper limits
Till 10:21 am; a combined 4.9 million equity shares had changed hands and there were pending buy orders for 4.74 million shares on the NSE and BSE
The stock of state-owned telecom services provider has rallied 17% to Rs 29.60 on the BSE in intra-day trade, was quoting at its highest level since January 2018
For BSNL and MTNL, stiff competition and absence of 4G services (except in a few locations for BSNL) are eroding their competitive strength, the minister said
The slew of developments in the telecom space over the past few weeks have brought back investors' interest in this sector. Most stocks should do well over the next few sessions, tech charts show
Non-core asset monetisation commences with the first set of six properties of BSNL/ MTNL bid out on the MSTC portal, tweets DIPAM Secretary
State-owned telecom firm MTNL Friday reported widening of consolidated loss to Rs 654.56 crore in the September quarter, mainly due to decline in revenue from operations and increase in finance cost