On 60th Independence Day, it is bonanza time for telecom subscribers with operators rolling out a range of services.
Next time you answer the phone, chances are there won't be a caller at the other end, but a recorded message trying to sell a product or service. It doesn't expect an answer, but goads you to punch in a few keys in acceptance or simply hang up.
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.
The industry is non-committal on whether it is particularly vulnerable.
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.
Thursday's flooding of the National Informatics Centre rendered most of the Indian government websites with the domain address 'nic.in' -- including the Prime Minister's and President's websites -- inaccessible.
The spend is an increase of 24 per cent over the previous year.
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.
China is promoting its information technology outsourcing sector as a rival to the market leader, India. The figures, however, paint a different story.
Sensing the high stress levels among employees that lead to lower productivity and higher attrition rates
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
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