Tribunal gives telcos respite over 3G roaming ban
A telecoms tribunal on Saturday asked the government not to take any 'coercive' action over an order to ban 3G roaming pacts among firms until the next hearing of the case, giving temporary respite to
Telecom companies appeal against 3G roaming pact ban
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone's Indian unit and Idea Cellular on Friday appealed against a government ban on 3G roaming agreements, warning it would hurt much-needed investment in the sector.
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Bharti, Vodafone, Idea get DoT notices to stop 3G roaming
Telecom Ministry today issued notices to three leading telecom firms - Bharti airtel, Vodafone and Idea - asking them to stop their 3G roaming agreements with immediate effect as the pacts are illegal
Govt, telecom operators face-to-face over 3G roaming issue
The government and three major telecom operators are poised for a face-off, as the telecom ministry declared their 3G roaming services as illegal prompting the angry service providers to move TDSAT.
Govt asks Bharti, Vodafone, Idea to stop 3G roaming pacts
Coming down heavily on operators for violating licence norms, the Telecom Ministry has asked service providers to discontinue their 3G roaming agreements and is also contemplating imposing penalty on
Vodafone to discontinue services on inactive mobile numbers
Faced with shortage of numbers, telecom major Vodafone India on Monday said it will discontinue services on mobile numbers of prepaid customers that have not been in use for a continuous period of 60
Bharti Airtel shares fall after CBI search offices
Shares in Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, fell as much as 3.6 per cent on Monday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) searched its offices and those of Vodafone's Indian un
2G scam: CBI registers case, raids Vodafone, Airtel offices
The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at the Vodafone office in Mumbai and Airtel office in Gurgaon after registering a case against ex-Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and the two telecom service p
2G: CBI registers fresh case; raids Vodafone, Airtel offices
The CBI on Saturday carried out searches at the Vodafone office in Mumbai and Airtel office in Gurgaon after registering a case against ex-telecom secretary Shyamal Ghosh and the two telecom service providers for alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during tenure of Pramod Mahajan as telecom minister.
Bharti Airtel: telecom market needs consolidation
Competition in India's mobile market will remain intense, with the overcrowded 15-player sector in need of consolidation to lift margins, a senior executive at market leader Bharti Airtel Ltd said on