Ambani brothers strike Rs 12,000 crore telecom tower deal
Mumbai: Billionaire Ambani brothers on Friday announced a Rs 12,000-crore deal, wherein Mukesh will use towers owned by a firm run by his younger sibling Anil for launch of his telecom venture.
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Telcos: Frequent travellers are rich, don’t need free roaming
Mumbai: Opposing free national roaming, a section of telecom operators have told the telecom regulator TRAI that it is generally used by the affluent class and therefore it should remain chargeable.
SC acts on plea against Maran
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the CBI and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on a plea seeking initiation of inquiry against DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran for allegedly misusing
Government bats to rescue telcos
New Delhi: The government has asked the Supreme Court whether telecom operators whose licences will be revoked due to an earlier order can operate until a spectrum auction in March, a senior governme
TRAI moves to check arbitrary disconnection of SIMs
Telecom regulator Trai has initiated debate on the issue of operators arbitrarily disconnecting services of customers on the grounds of 'non-usage of numbers' or 'inactive SIM connections'.
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Onus on users to tele-check details
The telecom department has now put the onus on the subscriber to call his operator to verify details before the connection could be activated.
New subscriber verification norms have come into effect
Govt plans another auction of 2G spectrum by March 31
The government plans to put on auction the circles that went without bids in the just concluded sale of 2G mobile phone spectrum, by March 31, telecom minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday.
Cabinet clears Rs 31k crore spectrum levy on incumbent operators
The Cabinet on Thursday approved levy of about Rs 31,000 crore as one-time fee on spectrum held by incumbent telecom firms such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in an attempt to create level playing fiel
2G auction will be over on first day; price too high: Mittal
The reserve price of Rs 14,000 crore set for airwaves is ‘too high’ and the auction of 2G spectrum will be over on the first day itself, Bharti group Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said on Wednesday.
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Govt likely to ask telcos to stop 3G roaming pacts
The government is likely to send a notice on Friday to telecom carriers asking them to stop providing third-generation (3G) mobile data services through roaming pacts outside their licensed zones imme