Open loop pre-paid cards come with a two-factor authentication. One for ATMs and PoS transactions, and the other for online transactions
Government on Monday indicated the one-by-six scheme for assessing income tax will be looked into to include wireless in local loop-based mobile phones.
They are expected to announce special incentives on tariffs and value additions for cellular customers to prevent them from moving away to WLL.
The latest offering by Reliance Infocomm to popularise its Reliance IndiaMobile wireless in local loop service has met with unexpected success in Kolkata, helping the company to emerge as the largest operator in the post-paid segment.
Its legal opinion on the judgment makes it clear that the mobility of WLL operators has to be restricted to the local calling area or the short distance charging area.
Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain), the third largest telecom operator in West Asia and a leading operator in Africa, has initiated talks with several Indian telecom service providers to buy stakes.
Etisalat, which is mulling an Indian foray, has since started discussions with several telecom companies including the Videocon Group's Datacom Solutions and Essar-controlled Loop Telecom for equity. Ravi Sharma, CEO of Datacom confirmed that Etilasat was one of the companies to which the company was talking but declined to offer details. Loop Telecom declined to comment.
New telecom operators such as Swan, Unitech, Datacom and Loop, and Reliance Communications have asked regulator Trai to reduce the termination charges, while existing GSM players, led by Bharti, want the 30 paise per minute charge to continue.
The government on Tuesday started allocating GSM spectrum to new telecom players, commencing with the Tamil Nadu circle including Chennai, in a move that would infuse more competition in the mobile telephony space.Five new players -- Videocon-promoted Datacom, Idea Cellular, realty major Unitech, Swan Telecom and Loop Telecom -- have been given start-up 4.4 MHz GSM spectrum in Tamil Nadu circle.
Facebook has over 125 million users in India -- its second largest userbase after the US.
The indigenously made Agni V missile was test-fired from off the Odisha coast.
"In terms of local taxes, in terms of local small business productivity, local large business competitiveness, their educational outcomes, their entrepreneurial work, that's what matters," the Microsoft CEO said.
While most others have not been able to replicate the WeChat model successfully, experts expect Jio to be able to score on its 300 million plus new mobile phone users.
The Sensex ended below 28,000 for the second straight day at 27,869.
The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal has wrapped up hearings on the government policy allowing fixed-line telephone firms to offer cheaper limited mobility services and will rule later on the issue.
If you are looking for a true wireless stereo experience at a budget price, Ashish Narsale says you can certainly try the pTron Bassbuds Urban.
Communications and IT Minister Arun Shourie on Thursday said Government would not get into an industry crossfire on wireless in local loop issue.\n\n
Ending a month-long stalemate over interconnectivity, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Thursday directed Bharti to allow its network for the calls originating from Tata Teleservices' wireless in loop-based limited mobile services.
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