RCom raises $255 mn for 3G loan
Mumbai: Reliance Communications, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, on Tuesday said it has raised $255 million (Rs.1,155 crore) through external commercial borrowings for partly re-fina
India has 706 million mobile users
New Delhi: India's mobile phone market added 18.98 million new subscribers to its network in October, taking the total number of connections to 706.69 million, official data has showed.
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Centre may release more spectrum
New delhi, Dec. 22: The government may allocate more spectrum to end the war of words that is going on between the telecom players. Telecom minister Mr Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the government wil
2G scam: DoT to assess actual revenue loss
New Delhi: Asserting that the alleged revenue loss of Rs 1.76 lakh crore on issuance of new 2G licenses in 2008 was 'presumptive', new Telecom Ministry Kapil Sibal today said the DoT will soon start
Mobile connections touched 687.71 million
New Delhi: The number of mobile connections in India reached 687.71 million as on September 30, with the addition of 17.10 million subscribers in September, official data revealed on Thursday.
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2G scam: Telcos in trouble as Sibal vows legal action
New Delhi: Communications Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said notices will be served on all firms that suppressed facts to buy licences and airwaves for mobile phone services in the country and had fa
I-T dept's Rs 50 crore deal for smartphones
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has struck an estimated Rs 50 crore deal with state-owned telecom company BSNL to provide 51,000 mobile connections and one thousand high-end Blackberry phones f
Bharti Airtel crosses 200 mn subscribers
New Delhi: Telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Thursday crossed the 200 million customer mark which includes 150 million in the Indian market, the company said.
The company also rebranded itself with a ne
Trai asks govt. to cancel licences of 5 new telcos
In a swift action against new telecom players who were given licences in 2008, telecom regulator Trai on Thursday asked government to cancel 62 licences given to five companies including Etisalat (Swa
Sterlite Technologies plans Chinese JV to produce optical fibre
Global telecom and power transmission solution provider Sterlite Technologies and optical cable solutions provider Jiangsu Tongguang Communication Wednesday said they will form a joint venture company