Indian telecom operators are tuning in to digital music as an alternative revenue stream, with income from traditional modes starting to dry up.
The regulator has sought information from telecom licencees on their recovery methods, under an attempt to curb the growing problem.
GSM service provider Idea Cellular might get spectrum to start operations in the Mumbai circle by the end of the year, with the ministry of telecom close to clearing its application.
The Essar group-owned company's agreement with the Bangalore-based BPL group, which owns the brand through its flagship firm, had expired on March this year.
Pitroda is also considered the pioneer of the Indian telecom revolution, more than his reputation as a venture capitalist, inventor, technocrat and social thinker.
The companies are looking at tapping solar power, wind energy and bio-fuels, including fish and vegetable oil, to run base transceiver systems in areas with poor power supply.
Indian telecom companies are likely to get a windfall of Rs 100-150 crore (Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 billion) when they announce their first quarter results during this week.
Indian telecom operators are world-leaders in terms of profitability, enjoying better EBIDTA margin than their counterparts in developed countries.
The company is in advanced stages of negotiations with four cellular operators and is expected to announce a couple of deals soon.
Telecom service provider Reliance Communications is to tap the retail international long distance calling space in the UK
Reliance Communications will slash the homebound international call tariffs - calls made by Indians visiting abroad - by around 50 per cent to cash in on the growing Rs 800-crore inbound market.
BPL Mobile is exploring options to hive off its tower business into a separate company and is embarking on a capacity addition initiative
Emily Nagle Green is travelling across the world to propagate her 'Anywhere Trilogy' framework
Wipro Technologies, an information technology and outsourcing company, is poised to acquire the IT arm of a major company in Germany.
This is slated to improve telephony service penetration in the country due to increased affordability and could be a precursor for similar moves for other value added services.
In a move to woo foreign visitors to its network, the state-owned telecom behemoth Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has decided to reduce the charges on in-roaming -- international mobile phone users roaming in India -- by 35-40 per cent.
The rogue software is designed to look like legitimate security software that is running a trial mode on a user's PC.
Tata Teleservices spokesperson confirmed the development, and said: "We have written to theDoT seeking clarity on the issue."
IT major Patni Computer Systems is close to acquiring a European IT company for $20-25 million (around Rs 100 crore) and is expected to announce the deal in the next two months.
Telekom Malaysia which already holds over 49 per cent equity stake (which it bought for over Rs 730 crore in Spice has been looking at expanding its base in India beyond just the two circles.
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