News for 'Tata Teleservices'

Policy gives Reliance 3G edge

Qualcomm offers new tech

CDMA players see slower growth

MTNL and BSNL lose PCO subscribers

The monopoly of state-owned service providers Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd in the public call office business is fast eroding.

Banks says, Mistry's write-down claims exaggerated

Group firms working on sound footing

'OneIndia' tariff rollout by Jan 26

Virgin Mobile cuts STD, local rates

TTSL-Virgin customers can now call any number, mobile or landline, across networks at only 50 paise per minute after the initial three minutes of the day. The first three minutes of a STD call each day would cost Rs 1.50 paise per minute while for rest of the day the long distance tariff would drop to just 50 paise per minute for maximum up to 30 minutes.

Pvt players set up more PCOs than MTNL, BSNL

WLL firms swear by licence compliance

Cell operators rush to verify users

According to the data compiled by Apex Advisory Council for Telecom in India, as on January 19, 2007, Reliance Telecom follows TTSL with 84.78 per cent verification and Bharti Airtel in third position with 75.26 per cent.

Zip eyes 5-fold increase in payphones network

Bharti asked to provide interconnectivity to TTSL

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.

Basic players approach Mahajan on interconnect

Maximum billing disputes against these mobile operators

Customers of Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices and BSNL in some circles have reported maximum discrepancies in their phone bills, according to a latest report by telecom regulator TRAI.

Chandra's Midas touch helps Tata group profit to rise 35%

On the other hand, the group's two traditional cash cows, TCS and Tata Motors' subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover, are slowing as other businesses pick up pace

Fixed-phone firms fare better

Global markets will continue to impact

Now, use two SIM cards in the same phone!

Tata Teleservices along with Samsung recently launched a dual phone called Samsung Duo that supports a CDMA and a GSM SIM connection. Spice, too, has introduced its own rendition with the Spice D88 model that supports both GSM & CDMA connections.

GAIL to cut bandwidth rates for media

State-run GAIL (India) Ltd, which has laid a vast network of fibre optic cables along the gas pipeline grid it operates, will sell bandwidth to newspapers, news agencies and TV channels at a 70 per cent discount.

Vascon plans second software park in Pune

Cell ahead of fixed-line users in urban areas

Fixed wireless phone? Pay more for calls

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 firms face Rs 400 cr fine

The Telecom Commission is considering imposing fines of Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) on seven telecom service providers for delay in commissioning of services. A note for this purpose was put up for consideration last month.

Reliance Info, BSNL file new tariffs

Mauritius is MTNL's new hunting ground

Cell firms to cut tariffs to checkmate WLL

TTSL to review cellular, limited mobility tariffs

Delhi airports go Wi-Fi

Tata Teleservices on Friday announced the launch of its Wi-Fi service at both domestic and international airports in Delhi enabling air travellers to use high-speed Internet.

Doubts envelop lifetime validity plans

The euphoria over the lifetime validity offered by all cellular operators may be short lived as the telecom regulator TRAI

Tata Sons' FY14 profit falls 18% on higher costs, other expense

Provisioning for bad investments, finance costs shoot up in FY14.

Stop Push2Talk, Hutch told

Self-assessment of dues by Airtel, VIL, Tatas Rs 82,300 crore short of DoT's AGR math

AGR dues calculated by the government for 16 entities add up to Rs 1.69 lakh crore, while telcos' self-assessment place their dues at a mere Rs 37,176 crore.

'WLL usage will cost more'

The wireless in local loop services will cost more as a result of the latest order by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to enhance the rates of basic telephones from April one.

The great spectrum chase

Reliance has most basic subscribers

Reliance Infocomm led the tally of the basic subscribers with 58.8 lakh (5.88 million) till December 2003, while the all-India subscriber base rose to 81.13 lakh (8.113 million) in December from 75.63 lakh (7.563 million) in November last year.

With 100% FDI, will Airtel now become a foreign entity?

The approval comes few days before the company has to clear statutory liabilities of up to nearly Rs 35,586 crore, of which Rs 21,682 crore is licence fee and another Rs 13,904.01 crore is spectrum dues.

SC to hear next week telecom cos' plea for new payment schedule

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde took note of the submissions by a battery of senior lawyers including A M Singhvi and C A Sundaram and said it will list the fresh pleas "sometime in next week" before the same bench which had heard the earlier petition in the high-stake matter.

Reliance Jio in tower leasing pact with Viom

The company has similar pact with Bharti Infratel.

SC gives Voda, Airtel, Tata Tele 10 years to pay AGR dues

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted 10-year time to telecom firms like Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices for paying the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR)-related dues to the department of telecommunications with certain conditions.

The man who is caught in the crossfire between Tata and Mistry

R Venkataramanan, the managing trustee of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust who is responsible for all Tata-run trusts, prefers to keep a low profile but has emerged as a power centre in the group - with more clout than many established CEOs, says Dev Chatterjee.