Telecom operator Vodafone has been the top gainer of customers through mobile number portability facility while Reliance Communications is the biggest loser.
Small cells improve coverage in areas where traffic is high.
The telecom majors should focus on improving service quality with a strong partner, and not on one-shot stake sales.
The new telecom players in the country, which had received licences in January 2008 and were subsequently allocated spectrum, are ready to roll out services in the next three to four months.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Monday slashed termination charges by 33 per cent.
The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
India's negotiating posture at the multilateral negotiations should be aligned with a significantly transformed development strategy domestically.' 'The positions the country takes at the negotiations will then carry credibility, says Shyam Saran, former foreign secretary and India's chief negotiator on Climate Change 2007-2010.
The government on Monday expressed willingness to set up a mechanism to resolve the stand-off with Left parties over the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, Communist Party of India leader A B Bardhan said.
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SSTL is the second operator after Vodafone that has approached FIPB for raising FDI limit.
The international community must focus not only on recipient states but on supplier states as well, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said.
'The digital age has forced diplomats to be less formal and more accessible, reaching out to ordinary people both within and outside their countries, combining statecraft with streetcraft,' says former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.
Four companies have submitted applications for starting direct-to-home services in the country, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Spectrum trading will happen in 9 circles.
Teja is among the 12 personalities from the Telugu film industry summoned by the SIT.
'For the first couple of years, it is about building the league.' 'We are positive that the quality of matches will attract eyeballs.'
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Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa.
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The researchers built small, battery-free devices with antennas that can detect, harness and reflect a TV signal, which then is picked up by other similar devices.
The telecom industry is moving towards a five-plus one model.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Shyel Trehan, an alumna of the 2000 batch of the National Law School, was one of the organisers who managed this near impossible achievement.
It's time the government accepts that Digital India is too distant.
The BJP could win only 16 out of 57 seats where Shah campaigned.
Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) on Friday announced the sale of 51 per cent stake in its telecom tower business to Canada-based Brookfield Infrastructure Group, for an upfront cash payment of Rs 11,000 crore.
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The marketplace was simply not conducive to the extension and evolution of broadband networks, particularly for less dense rural markets, so connectivity and services suffered.
India must change approach and have better access to networks to fulfil its digitisation dream.
India needs to be alert on how the Doklam standoff plays into the factional infighting in China's Communist Party, says Ambassador Shyam Saran, the former foreign secretary.
'The telecom companies are our lifeline now, despite having nearly collapsed under debt because of ill-advised policies.' 'Perhaps our obvious dependence on telecom services will spark well-conceived policies for this sector,' says Shyam Ponappa.
'Our strategy should be to 'hold the line' in the north on the Sino-Indian land frontier, but maintain and, if possible, enlarge India's current edge in the maritime south.'
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
A basic problem is that the cost of spectrum and licences relative to earnings is too high.
Girish Karnad lived several lives not only on the stage but also as a scholar, theatre personality, an actor and director in a career spanning over five decades.
World's second largest mobile operator Vodafone Plc of UK on Tuesday sought FIPB approval to invest Rs 10,141 crore (Rs 101.41 billion) in raising its stake in the Indian arm to 100 per cent.
A crown of thorns awaits the next telecom minister at Sanchar Bhawan as the new incumbent will have to address a host of tricky issues like industry infighting, tariffs and improving financial health of the Rs 2.3 lakh crore industry.
Railway Budget is the first indicator of possibly better days
Telecom companies that bought spectrum in the 2G auction of November last year would lose around Rs 4,000 crore
The DoT estimates that it will receive Rs 29,524 cr in revenue from the telecom industry in FY18, which is 38% less than the Budget revenue target of Rs 47,300 cr for FY18
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