Outlining the Budget estimates for the coming year, the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu put the plan size at Rs 1.21 lakh crore.
R World tariff structure has been devised keeping in mind customer convenience, affordability and flexibility of use.
A combination of externalities such as global trade wars and slowing growth, continuing glitches in accessing offsets under the GST regime, which has created a liquidity crunch for smaller exporters, and the growing competitiveness of smaller countries are causing the slowdown.
Fixed telecom operators like Tata Teleservices, whose fixed wireless phone service has been labeled as limited mobile service by the department of telecom, might petition Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Telecom regulator TRAI on Thursday announced a substantial cut in levy accrued to state-owned BSNL at Rs 3,200 crore (Rs 32 billion) from over Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) and shifted to revenue share regime from per call basis.
BSNL, MTNL also reduce local call rates to Re 1 for a 3-minute call. But this comes with an increase in rental of Rs 49 to Rs 299 per month from the existing Rs 250.
Reliance Infocomm on Friday launched a 'lifetime rental free' plan for its postpaid subscribers, close on the heels of its lifetime incoming free for prepaid.
Following the October 24 Supreme Court order, the department of telecom estimated that the total liability of 15 telecom companies, including penalties and interest, would be Rs 1.47 lakh crore.
If nothing is done, the country is set to become 83 per cent energy-import-dependent by 2040.
This merger, Bhupesh Bhandari believes, will be watched keenly by management gurus the world over.
Bharti on Tuesday slammed Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's move to put levy on national and international roaming calls, which will be paid to state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Bharti Airtel, the country's largest mobile operator, has already joined the global Seamless Alliance to provide in-flight connectivity.
Initiating a fresh round of price war, Bharti, offering telecom services under the AirTel brand, on Thursday reduced long distance mobile tariffs by upto Rs 1.75 per minute for ISD and 35 paise for STD calls.
Internet domain names having .IN (dot IN) can be registered online from January 1 to generate more Internet traffic within the country, which could increase Internet speed and reduce tariffs for subscribers.
The Indian market is highly competitive, and tariffs here are amongst the lowest in the world.
"The telecom service sector has shown unprecedented growth during 2003-04 mainly driven by intense competition and aggressive pricing," The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in a statement in New Delhi.
'Airlines are free to fix the ticket rates after taking into consideration various factors.'
Given that there are hundreds of players in the shadow banking space, it's hard to make a credible estimate of potential NPAs. That creates more scope for panic, says Devangshu Datta.
The government also said Internet domain names having .in can be registered online from January 1, 2005 to generate more Net traffic, increase the speed of the Net and reduce the tariffs for subscribers.
The Congress workers were protesting against the Centre's new land bill
In a blow to private operators, Communication and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran said on Thursday that private cell operators would have to continue to pay Access Deficit Charge to Bharat Sanchar Nigam for the next two years.
Telecom Regulatory Authority said on Friday that it is planning to cut access deficit charge for incoming international calls to Rs 2 a minute from the prevailing Rs 4.25 per minute.
Cable tariffs across the country are set to go up with the TRAI clarifying that operators can hike charges in view of the increase in service tax and the imposition of education cess in Budget.
Telecom tariffs are likely to fall as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India substantially lowered access deficit charge, a levy paid by private operators to BSNL for rural operations.
The United States on Friday opened its first customs office in the country with a view to check, among other things, smuggling, money laundering and shipment of weapons of mass destruction to America.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will issue a fresh order on the Interconnect User Charge regime in July, replacing the existing order that came into effect from May, its chairman Pradeep Baijal said on Monday.
The move comes amid speculation over possibility of an alliance between the Congress and the AAP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Digital India and Make in India (initiatives) are designed to give special boost to manufacturing and India has huge potential in these areas.
The telecom regulatory authority released on Thursday a consultation paper on the IUC regime covering key issues like telecom tariffs and Calling Party Pays regime.
Who says feature phones have become a thing of past?
Telecom giant Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd said on Thursday it would levy no incoming call charge on its cellular service, matching a move made last week by the fast-growing sector's biggest player, BSNL.
Jio had launched the inaugural free voice and data plan in September last year, and in December, extended the freebies till March 31, 2017
Indian Airlines on Wednesday announced a 10 per cent hike in air travel on all domestic sectors with effect from June 21 citing the continuous increase in prices of aviation turbine fuel.
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