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There are 4 pay-for-use DTH service providers and one free-to-air service provider (DD Free Dish) in India. [1]As of 30 September 2024, there are 59.91 million active paying DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Call charges: these charges are variable and are used to pay for the cost of the equipment to route a call from the caller's exchange to the recipient's exchange. These call charges can be calculated on a fixed per call basis, a variable basis depending on the time or distance of the call, or a combination of the two.
In August 2017, Tata Teleservices sought to exit mobile network division due to large losses and debt, then sold its unit to Bharti Airtel in a debt free and cash-free deal and described as virtually free; Airtel will only pay a part of Tata Teleservices's unpaid spectrum payment liability.
Tata Docomo was an Indian mobile network operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Teleservices deriving its name from NTT Docomo who invested in the company in 2008. In October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced a merger deal with Tata Teleservices and the acquisition of Tata Docomo. [3]
India's telecommunication network is the second largest in the world by number of telephone users [3] (both fixed and mobile phones) with over 1.19 billion subscribers as of September 2024. [4] It has one of the lowest call tariffs in the world enabled by multiple large-scale telecom operators and the ensuant hyper-competition between them.
Logo of former name (Tata Sky) Tata Sky was a joint venture between the Tata Group and News Corporation, which owned 80% and 20% stakes respectively [5] until 2008, when Singapore-based Temasek Holdings picked up a 10% stake in Tata Play from the Tata Group. Tata Sky was incorporated in 2001, but launched services on 8 August 2006. [6]
Airtel launched 4G services on mobile from February 2014. The first city to get the service was Bangalore. [24] [25] Airtel has started their 4G services in Karnal and Yamunanagar in Haryana on 16 June 2015. [26] Airtel 4G trials has been started in Delhi from 18 June 2015. [27] Airtel had 95,173,000 4G subscribers as of June 2019. [28]
Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. It was a government-owned telecommunications service provider before being sold to the Tata Group in 2002 under the Third Vajpayee ministry government.