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Top 10 stories of the week: February 13th to February 19th 2017

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 19th February 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express, Bruce Clay, Google and E2E for their support. Idea Cellular lost 532K 4G subscribers during Q3FY17; net loss at Rs 478.9 crore Idea Cellular lost 532,000 4G subscribers during the quarter ended September 2016 (Q3 FY17), taking the total 4G base to 2.54 million subscribers. The telco’s 4G base declined 17% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) from 3.07 million 4G customers in the previous quarter. It had reported 680,000 4G subscribers in the March quarter (Q4 FY16). Read it here RCOM lost 3.1M mobile Internet subscribers in Q3FY17; net loss of Rs 531Cr Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCOM) lost 3.1 million mobile Internet subscribers during the quarter ended December 2016 (Q3-FY17): the company reported 32 million mobile Internet connections for the quarter, down 8.8% Quarter-on-Quarter (QoQ) from 35.1 million connections in Q2-FY17 In the previous quarter, RCOM lost 3.8 million data connections due to the company’s migration from CDMA to 4G, and due to the launch of Reliance Jio. However, the telco has lost more subscribers during this quarter, after Jio extended its free services till March 2017. Read it here Why we will never know how many journalists at HT and Mint lost their jobs Last month, HT Media, the publisher of Hindustan Times the pulled shutters on four editions and three bureaus, including its business bureau in Mumbai and Delhi, laying off an unknown number…

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