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Jun 15, 2015
Department of Telecom speeds up spectrum allocation, issues Letter of Intent
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued the Letter of Intent (LoI) to all the telecom players that participated in the March auction and is speeding up spectrum allocation to them. -
May 22, 2015
Net Neutrality is a policy issue, Trai needs to take a stand: CCI
Amid long-running debate on net neutrality, fair trade watchdog Competition Commission chairman Ashok Chawla on Wednesday said it is a policy issue and sectoral regulator Trai has to first take a stand in this regard.He said it will look into the matter when it will come to Competition Commission of India (CCI). -
May 21, 2015
Mobiles? I am not interested in using them, say over 50-year-olds in India
Mobiles are the fastest connectivity link to the world. But India’s ageing population is still fighting shy of using it. -
May 18, 2015
GSM operators add 6.35 million subscribers in April, says COAI
The GSM subscriber base rose by 0.90 percent to 711.55 million in April with mobile operators adding 6.35 million users during the month, industry body COAI said. -
May 11, 2015
Telcos' gross revenue rose 9.5 percent in Oct-Dec 2014: Trai
Total gross revenue of telecom service providers increased by 9.54 percent to Rs. 63,955 crores in October-December, 2014, a report by telecom regulator Trai said. -
Apr 26, 2015
Net Neutrality debate: Nixi strongly opposed to move by telcos to selectively bundle apps
National Internet Exchange of India (Nixi), a body under the IT Ministry, Friday said it strongly supports net neutrality and any move by telecom operators to selectively bundle the services will go against the basic concept of Internet. -
Apr 14, 2015
Net Neutrality debate: Telecom Ministry's expert panel to release report by second week of May
Amid a raging debate on providing equal Internet access to all, the government has set up an expert panel to look into the issues of "Net neutrality" and a report on the matter is expected in a month's time. -
Mar 30, 2015
Expect spectrum sharing, trading norms in three months: DoT secretary
Spectrum sharing guidelines will allow telecom companies to share their unutilised airwaves with other service providers in the same telecom circle. -
Mar 26, 2015
Spectrum auction ends, govt to get Rs 1,09,874 crore
India's biggest telecom spectrum auction ended Wednesday after 19 days of fierce bidding that fetched about Rs. 1,10,000 crores to the government. -
Mar 25, 2015
Spectrum auction ends, makes exchequer richer by about Rs 1.10 lakh cr
A total of 380.75 MHz of spectrum was put on sale in the premium 900 MHz band, 1,800 MHz and 800 MHz, while 5 MHz was up for bidding in the 2,100 MHz band, used for 3G mobile services, across 17 out of 22 telecom. -
Mar 21, 2015
Telecom spectrum auction sees Rs 4,000 crore fall in highest bids
Commitments totaling Rs 105,000 crore were received from telecom operators at the end of bidding on Friday, the 15th day of radio frequency spectrum e-auctions -
Mar 20, 2015
Spectrum auction bids reach Rs 1,09,000 crore at end of day 14
The government received commitments of Rs. 1,09,000 crores from telecom operators at the end of bidding on Thursday, the 14th day of radio frequency spectrum e-auctions. -
Mar 04, 2015
2G, 3G spectrum auction begins: Idea, Bharti, Voda and Reliance Jio are players to watch
The success of the ongoing spectrum auctions will depend on four players: Idea Cellular, Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. How aggressively they bid depends on whether they play to protect existing turf, or to damage their rivals' -
Feb 26, 2015
BSNL, MTNL, Videocon planning to reduce call rates
Telecom companies BSNL, MTNL and Videocon are considering reducing call rates after telecom regulator Trai cut down interconnection charges. -
Feb 24, 2015
Your phone bills are set to get cheaper as Trai slashes call inter-connection charges
In a bid to boost fixed line phone connections in the country, telecom regulator Trai on Monday removed charges that a landline service provider has to pay to the other service providers for transmitting its customers' phone calls - a move that is likely to lead to reduction in tariffs. -
Feb 24, 2015
Telecom tariffs may go down as Trai cuts interconnection charges
In a bid to boost fixed line phone connections in the country, telecom regulator Trai Monday removed charges that a landline service provider has to pay to the other service providers for transmitting its customers' phone calls -
Feb 23, 2015
Spectrum auction may fetch over Rs 1,00,000 crores
With telecom operators depositing a huge Rs. 20,435 crore as earnest money for spectrum auction, government is set to garner over Rs. 1 lakh crore from sale of radiowaves, after generating similar amount through sale of coal blocks. -
Feb 18, 2015
Telcos submit Rs 20,435 crores as spectrum auction earnest money deposit
Eight telecom operators have jointly submitted earnest money deposit of about Rs. 20,435 crores for spectrum auction starting March 4, with Reliance Jio Infocom submitting the highest guarantee. -
Feb 18, 2015
Battle for spectrum: Reliance Jio deposits Rs 4,500 cr earnest money, Airtel Rs 4,336 cr
Entry of RJio, Tata Teleservices, Uninor and Aircel shows that these companies are in the fray for additional spectrum -
Feb 18, 2015
RIL, seven others apply to bid for mobile airwaves - sources
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries ( RELI.NS ) and seven other firms including top mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel ( BRTI.NS ) have applied to participate in next month's auction for mobile phone airwaves, several people directly involved in the process said. Others firms which have submitted applications for the auction that will start on March 4 include the local unit of Vodafone Group Plc ( VOD.L ), Reliance Communications ( RLCM.NS ), Idea Cellular ( IDEA.NS ), and Tata Teleservices, the people said. Aircel, India's sixth-largest mobile telecoms operator, and Norwegian telecoms group Telenor's ( TEL.OL ) local unit Uninor, are also among the applicants, said the people, who declined to be named ahead of an official announcement.
