TDSAT gives split verdict on 3G roaming
Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Tuesday gave a split verdict in the 3G intra-circle roaming case with its Chairman allowing operators' plea against the government order to stop the service, while its member
Cellphone major told to pay up for ‘defect’
The city consumer court has come to the aid of Anandhi Sairaj from Adyar who had lodged a complaint against a cellphone company when her new phone stopped working within a week of purchasing it.
The
Reliance Communications launches subsea cable in Iraq
Reliance Globalcom, the underseas cable unit of Reliance Communications, said on Monday it had launched a joint venture with Iraq that substantially expands the country's broadband and telecommunicati
Huawei to invest $2 billion in India; set up global R&D centre
Despite uncertainties in the telecom sector, Chinese equipment maker Huawei will invest USD 2 billion over the next four years in India as it looks to aggressively market consumer devices and set up g
Govt to charge telcos uniform licence fee from Apr 2013
In a move to bring uniformity in the sector, the government has decided to charge 8 per cent of gross revenue as licence fee from all telecom service providers across all categories and services from
Govt may take back part of spectrum from old companies for refarming
The Telecom Ministry is mulling taking back only a part of the spectrum allocated to old telecom players and give chance to others operators to buy them at the auction.
This proposal is learnt to be
Tata Communications eyes emerging mkts for Asia expansion
Tata Communications on Friday said it is evaluating new business opportunities to increase footprint in the Asia Pacific region, especially in the emerging markets.
"Our teams are evaluating all pote
'Spectrum can be a tangible security to raise funds'
Telecom regulator TRAI has permitted companies to mortgage spectrum to raise funds from banks and a final decision will be taken by the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) which is meeting today, a go
EGoM meet to finalise base spectrum price on June 21
The Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom, headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will meet on June 21 to decide on the base price of auction of spectrum, sources said.
"It (EGoM meet) is sc
Indian consumers prefer Nokia phones in dual SIM space: Nielsen
Finnish handset maker Nokia may be lagging behind global competitors like Apple and Samsung, but in the dual SIM category in India, it is the top choice for consumers, a study by marketing research fi