Mobile services were partially restored in the Valley which has been rocked by violence since July 8.
India's Sunil Mittal has been adjudged Asia's Businessman of the Year by prestigious US magazine Fortune for steering his telecom business in the world's fastest growing wireless market.
A note prepared for Communications Minister A Raja by the DoT officials cites the October 18 meeting and offers various options available before the ministry given that it does not have enough spectrum to meet the needs of the 46 companies who have made 575 applications for spectrum in 22 telecom circles across the country.
Mobile operators awaiting for spectrum availability from the defence ministry to start 3G mobile services may be disappointed to know that armed forces are far from vacating any radio waves in the near future
It is not the urban centres alone that are powering India's phenomenal growth in mobile telephony. Data on rural telephony, compiled by the telecom regulator, shows people in villages are subscribing to mobile services in large numbers
Amid reports of a possible delay in release of spectrum by the defence forces, DoT is going ahead with regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendations on auctioning the airwaves with a reserve base price.
A day after Vodafone announced its $11.1 billion acquisition of Hutchison's equity holding in Hutch-Essar, India's fourth largest mobile service provider, it received an unsolicited advice from the Egyptian CEO of Orascom, Naguib Sawiris.
The Asia-Pacific Mobile Alliance plans to promote voice, video and data via members' GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA networks.
the government has relaxed security norms to allow provision of mobile phone services up to 500 meters of India's international borders.
3G mobile services, to be launched in India on August 22, is set to have serious competition. The reason is simple: if you are looking for high quality video streaming of movies and want to play multiplayer on-line games, it's not 3G services alone you need to look at.
The technology is in place and operators are waiting for the green signal.
The Ruias, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group, Hindujas and Vodafone are all believed to have put in their bids.
Reliance Communications on Thursday applied to the department of telecommuications for radio frequencies in the 1800 MHz band for operating mobile networks in 14 circles all over the country.
The Initial Public Offer of mobile service provider Spice Communications today got subscribed over three times on its second day of offer with robust demand from Foreign Institutional Investors.
The Ruias of Essar have informed merchant bankers that they have 'veto powers' to prevent any buyer of Hutchison Whampoa's 67 per cent stake in Hutchison-Essar from using its own brand name.
The total income of the group increased 46.38 per cent to Rs 6,386.73 crore (Rs 63.87 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, from Rs 4,363.03 crore (Rs 43.63 billion) for the corresponding quarter a year ago, the company said in a statement. The standalone net profit of Bharti Airtel jumped 82.26 per cent to Rs 1,619.15 crore (Rs 16.19 billion) for the September quarter, from Rs 888.35 crore (Rs 8.88 billion) for the corresponding quarter last year.
Reliance Jio had proposed that besides satellite connectivity, In-Flight Connectivity can be provided using cellular network as well.
It is more efficient than 2G spectrum but is still not available for use. The introduction of 3G services can only help in improving the use of ICT for commerce and will therefore help the economy grow faster. The argument that 2G is more important than 3G since only the richer strata in urban areas will use 3G services is irrelevant since spectrum is not even an issue in rural areas, whether it is 2G or 3G.
These towers will be offered in the second phase of a scheme, launched in July this year, to provide subsidy to companies who want to build towers in various clusters and run mobile services in rural areas.
The race for acquiring India's third largest mobile services provider Hutch, has hotted up with Reliance Communications backed by an US equity funder
Domestic airlines have set up call centres/ helpline numbers for its passengers for latest updates on flight delays due to fog in Delhi and the northern region.
Initially it will procure only e-rickshaws and e-autos for leasing to operators
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pulled up Cellular Operators Association of India
These phones are SIM-enabled, allowing consumers to move from one CDMA service to another, a flexibility hitherto available only on GSM handsets.
Top brass of Qualcom, developer of CDMA technology, will be visiting India next week and may hold discussions with the company on royalty obligations.\n
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board will take up on March 20, the proposal of UK mobile giant Vodafone to acquire 52 per cent direct stake in Hutchison-Essar from Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom based on an enterprise value of $18.8 billion.
Price of put option to be assessed for future sale.
The new platform allows subscribers to be on instant messaging even if they are overseas and roaming in one of the member-operator's service.
Hutchison Telecom International Limited, which recently sold its 67 per cent control in mobile service provider Hutchison Essar to Vodafone, has filed a caveat in the Bombay high court requesting that it be made a party to any suit by the Ruias.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is understood to have taken a decision to recommend auction of spectrum for the launch of next generation (3G) mobile services.
Pakistani troops opened fire with automatic weapons and Rocket Projectile Grenades.
Bharti Global, the offshore investment arm of Bharti, has been awarded comprehensive licences to operate 3G as well as 2G mobile services in Guernsey, an island located in the English Channel in Europe.
Mobile service provider Spice Communications has raised Rs 520 crore (Rs 5.20 billion) through its initial public offer, for which the issue price has been fixed at Rs 46 a share.
Bharti Airtel has awarded Swedish telecom vendor Ericsson a $1 billion (about Rs 4500 crore or Rs 45 billion) contract extending over three years.
The race for India's fourth largest mobile phone company Hutch Essar Ltd intensified on Wednesday with the arrival of Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin in India.
The Madras high court allowed cell phone operators across the country to provide scores of the ongoing India-Pakistan one-day international cricket series through SMS.
The competition among mobile service providers in lucrative Mumbai market may hot up with the Aditya Birla Group's Idea getting the licence for the circle, where it could launch the new service by mid-2007.
Naguib Sawiris, CEO of Orascom, which is open to acquire Hutch-Essar, said during his India visit that "they (Essar) felt bad because they thought they were not consulted before (the Egyptian firm) came on board.
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