Telecom Egypt, which already owns a 45 per cent in Vodafone Egypt, approached UK-based Vodafone about buying the remaining stake.
Tata Communications said it has signed a partnership agreement with TE Data SAE for expanding its global VPN services to Egypt. TE Data SAE is a subsidiary of Telecom Egypt and is a leading P-based data communications carrier. Both the companies have interconnected their respective infrastructures, thus setting up multiple, network-to-network interconnection (NNI) points that would connect Tata Communications' European & Indian network hubs with TE Data's facilities in Egypt.
Airtel says to avail alternative routes to keep services on.
Tata group company VSNL has signed an MoU with leading global telecom firms to construct a new submarine cable linking India, the Middle East and Western Europe.
Tata group company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd today said it is constructing a $250-million (about Rs 988 crore) worth cable system for linking Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt.
Modi said this 'special invitation' from President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for a state visit is a reflection of the vigour and vitality of the partnership between the democracies.
From the US, Modi will travel to Egypt at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
The prime minister, who is visiting the US at the invitation of President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, will join them for the state banquet along with a number of dignitaries on Thursday.
Stepping up defence cooperation, India and the US are poised to unveil a roadmap for industries in the sector to partner closely in co-production, co-development and maintaining supply change during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US beginning June 21.
Fresh buying by domestic institutional investors and better-than-expected June quarter results from some blue-chip companies boosted investor sentiment
Reliance Telecom and Bharti Airtel have entered the second round of qualifying process for a GSM-based mobile license in Qatar that the Gulf country plans to award by October this year.
Amid reports of security concerns over Egypt's Orascom acquiring indirect stake in Hutch-Essar, Pakistan telecom regulator Shahzada Alam Malik wondered on Friday how a mobile operator working in his country could be a threat to India.
Mobile services provider Vodafone on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with software products major Apple to sell iPhone in India, besides nine other markets. iPhone is a mobile phone that allows its user to make calls by simply tapping a name or number in the address book. It lets the customer to select and listen to voice mail messages in whatever order the consumer wants.
Alcatel-Lucent has bagged the contract to build undersea cable linking Mumbai and France.
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Facebook owns WhatsApp and Microsoft owns Skype, the two services that are at the centre of the current "net neutrality battle".
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'Criticism that Amnesty is interested in those in favour of independence for Kashmir is unfounded.'
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