The BSF claimed to have foiled the plans of terrorists to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra.
The writing has been on the wall for some time. Exodus of senior leadership and growth behind its peers are reasons that have prompted Thierry Delaporte, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Wipro to resign, analysts said. Delaporte, Wipro's seventh CEO, also resigned without completing his five-year term, like his predecessor Abidali Neemuchwala decided to end his tenure prematurely in 2020. Phil Fersht, HFS Research CEO and chief analyst believes the change in leadership was at least six months overdue.
But he doesn't want to shut the door completely on the Yadav family as that could create problems for him in 2019.
Billionaire Gautam Adani's group is said to be planning a surprise entry into the race to acquire telecom spectrum, which will pitch it directly against Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio and telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel, sources said. Applications for participating in the July 26 auction of airwaves, including those capable of providing fifth-generation or 5G telecom services such as ultra-high-speed internet connectivity, closed on Friday with at least four applications. Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea -- the three private players in the telecom sector -- applied, three sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Telecom service provider Reliance Communications is to tap the retail international long distance calling space in the UK
Tata Teleservices spokesperson confirmed the development, and said: "We have written to theDoT seeking clarity on the issue."
To compete with limited mobility telephony operators, Hutchison on Wednesday lowered STD tariff at Rs 1.99 per minute anywhere in India on any other cellular phone.
To make cheap ILD calls over mobile VOIP, all a mobile phone user has to do is download the 100 kb application iTel mobile dialer developed by Reve Systems, the global pioneer in VOIP
In another instance of Indian tax authorities adopting a hard-nosed stance to prevent abuse of tax avoidance treaties, the revenue department recently opposed a proposal of a Cyprus-based company to increase its stake in an Indian telecom services company from 40 per cent to nearly 74 per cent.
International long distance company Data Access on Tuesday said its investment requirement for 2003-04 is pegged at $50 million, which will be partly funded by internal accruals and balance through debt, equity or a combination of both.
The department of telecom has issued letters of intent to BT for national and international long distance services for offering managed services to corporate customers having sites in India.
RComm has reportedly acquired an African firm for $500 million to offer telecom access services in Uganda.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has failed to get security clerance from security agencies for its monitoring equipment installed in the International Long Distance Network, a glitch that may further delay the PSU's ILD entry.
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Ethiopian Olympic gold medallist and national hero Haile Gebreselassie pledged on Wednesday to join the fight against rebellious forces in his country, after the prime minister said he had gone to direct the war from the front lines.
Reliance Communication Inc (USA), owned by Reliance Group, has acquired licence for setting up telecom network in US and UK, a move which will bring down the cost of international long distance calls substantially.
"It feels like a missed chance because I felt the performances were really good and the focus and the hunger was good every single day," said England midfielder Jordan Henderson.
Bharti Airtel on Monday announced a 39 per cent reduction in International long distance tariffs (ISD) to the United States and Canada.
In a bid to promote competition in resale of bandwidth, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in its recommendations submitted to Department of Telecom has favoured not fixing any ceiling on the number of players in the segment.
The rift between state-owned telecom services provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and the telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India over reducing access deficit charge is likely to benefit consumers.
'In terms of incentives, if you think about it, hybrids are a 20-year-old technology.'
Move will usher in competition in the sector with entry of new players.
Reliance Infocomm, the largest private telecom service provider in the country, has deployed Veraz networks' I-Gate 4000 PRO media gateways, supporting 60,000 ports for international long-distance VoIP traffic.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd is opting for new business models including Internet Protocol based Virtual Private Network, Microprotocol Label Switching services.
Telecom company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd has filed a lawsuit against the central government at Bombay High Court, seeking a compensation of Rs 2,560.72 crore (Rs 25.6 billion) for premature termination of its international long distance monopoly.
