Should new 2G licensees be bailed out?

Mahesh UppalDirector, Com First (India) It sounds perverse to sympathise with companies who wish to surrender the mobile licences they received in early 2008. The over 100 licences were awarded at......

5G spectrum auction may turn out to be a short affair

Telcos participating in the upcoming auctions at the end of July say they expect only a fourth of the value of spectrum on offer to be sold. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The government has......

Post-VRS, a leaner BSNL is all set for 4G services

The company, which has a subscriber base of 120 million, also plans to raise funds via a bonds issue. The company’s impending 4G launch is also expected in the second half of the current......

Telecom sector might be back in trouble

As the government finalised decisions on the base fee for spectrum auction and eased the merger and acquisition rules, it had begun to seem the troubles of the telecom sector were finally starting......

SMAT: Abhishek flattens Bengal; Sanju shines for Kerala

IMAGE: Abhishek Sharma raced to his century off just 32 balls, striking 11 sixes and seven fours against Bengal. Photograph: Screengrab/X India U-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre continued his blazing......

Amritraj, Mankad, Uppal get wild cards

Promising talents Harsh Mankad, Vishal Uppal and Prakash Amritraj havebeen given wild cards for the $25,000 Indian Oil Servo ATP Challenger, beginning in Bangalore on Monday."Harsh has performed......

What former captain Amritraj has to say about the Bhupathi-Paes row

'All Mahesh needed to do was send an e-mail to Leander that he was not being considered in final four and mark a copy to AITA' 'The youngsters are again caught in quagmire of Leander-Mahesh saga'......

Indians get tough doubles draw

The wild card duo of Vishal Uppal and Ashuthosh Singh, the sole Indian entry in the doubles, face a tough task in the first round as they are pitted against the higher-ranked Tomas Behrend......

All-India mixed doubles tennis final

Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza, and Vishal Uppal and Rushmi Chakravarthy scored contrasting victories in the mixed-doubles tennis semi-finals, to set up another all-Indian final at the......