The minister said revenue receipts for 2014-15 will be generated from auction of spectrum in 800MHz, 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands and from annual spectrum usage charges.
It seems the Congress party's act of bravado in opposing the ordinance on Nripendra Misra witnessed in the Lok Sabha on Friday may prove to be just that: an act. Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal reports.
Local and national SMS tariff has also been reduced by 75%
Bharti Airtel called the prices exorbitant while Vodafone Idea wants the auctions take place in 2020. The auctions need to happen when the infrastructure is ready for the roll out, be it in terms of fiberisation levels, or optimisation of equipment and software etc. Spending a hefty amount on a technology (airwaves) that at present offers limited returns is not going to be a priority for the incumbent telcos.
Cellular operators on Tuesday said they were ready to implement the new tariff structure including contentious interconnection user charge from May 1.
Cellular operators on Thursday sought the help of the Telecom Regulator against the WLL players whom they allege are misleading the public into believing that WLL(M) was identical and even more advanced than mobile services.\n\n\n\n
Basic telecom operators on Saturday welcomed Trai's decision to review Inter-connect Usage Charge regime announced in January this year and hoped that calling-party-pays regime would be reversed.
Telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Wednesday said that the inter-connect usage charge regime would come into effect from May 1, with free incoming calls for all cellular subscribers.
Reliance Communications lost the largest number of users.
It said that fixing reserve price of 800 MHz band at low levels benefits a certain set of operators.
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A day after nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray backed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was arrested on charges of sedition, Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray on Wednesday came out in his support and opposed the sedition law.
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To stop the menace of pesky messages, telecom regulator Trai on Monday said only 100 SMSes in a day per SIM card will be allowed at concessional rates. For every SMS beyond the cap of 100 SMSes, a charge of minimum 50 paise will be applicable.
The Trai recently issued a consultation paper to seek public views to strengthen regulations to check pesky calls and SMSes.
The 2G judgment and Trai spectrum pricing have led to a policy that makes sense for only one survivor.
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Several factors have held India back. One is DoT policy somersaults and lack of clarity on whether to or not to ban Chinese gear makers.
The total mobile subscriber base in the country grew marginally to 952.91 million in April from 951.34 million in March with net addition of 1.85 million users, according to data released by sectoral regulator Trai on Wednesday.
Trai data show the company has no subscribers in Uttar Pradesh East & West and Bihar
Prepaid mobile customers in India has never had it so good. Vodafone, Idea, MTS & Aircel has confirmed that from Friday there will be only three types of vouchers for mobile recharge. Others too will have to follow soon.
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the parties should appear before the Constitution bench and formulate issues to be taken up for the hearing.
Delhi looked on course for an outright victory after pacer Parvinder Awana's four-wicket burst forced Tamil Nadu to enforce follow-on in their Group B Ranji Trophy match in New Delhi on Monday.
The auctions were supposed to be held in the October-December quarter but the industry is yet to get a confirmation on the date
Led by Bharti Airtel, telecom operators added 4.73 million new mobile phone users in the month of June 2012, taking the telephone subscriber base in the country to 965.52 million, telecom regulator Trai on Friday said.
Several hours after a devastating fire broke out in the S-11 coach of Tamil Nadu Express in the wee hours of Monday in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, authorities are yet to confirm an exact death toll. While they have the records of those passengers traveling with reservations, they don't know how many people were traveling in the coach without reservations.
The commission has disagreed with another key proposal -- that of allowing operators a deferred payment scheme after the auction.
Dismissing the view that the Supreme Court's judgement cancelling 122 2G licences was an indictment, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that the government will move forward in the issue after regulator TRAI make its recommendations.
