Mobile phone service providers alone jointly reported gross revenue of Rs 55,164.18 crore (RS 551.64 billion).
Department of Telecom had sought the legal opinion of the matter from the government's counsel.
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.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the state-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd's move to levy Rs 95 lakh as interconnectivity charges on the 'Walky' service provided by private player Tata Indicom.
The interconnection charge has been reduced.
According to the quality of service rules, not more than 2 per cent of total calls in a telecom circle on a network should automatically get disconnected.
Tata Teleservices Ltd plans to make a total investment of Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) over a five-year period ending in 2007, a top executive of the company said on Monday.
Mirroring the growth in cellular services, the basic telecom including the WLL (mobile) services, has touched 31.82 lakh customers, with Reliance Infocomm leading the tally with 16.7 lakh at the end of June this year.
Nasdaq-listed wireless and broadband equipment major UTStarcom has announced its agreement with Tata Teleservices for supplying 56,000 lines of AN-200 platform to the largest private basic service operator in India.
Spectrum auction ends, brings Rs 1.09 tln to govt kitty.
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.
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.
On Friday, shares of Tata Motors rose by 2.68 per cent and Tata Steel went up by 1.85 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The total outstanding dues against Bharti Airtel is Rs 11,235.50 crore.
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.
Tata Indicom, the umbrella brand of Tata group's telecom services, is all set to roll out its Wireless-Fidelity or Wi-Fi services in India, even as it has launched the service at five Mumbai-based Barista coffee outlets.\n\n
Continuing the tariff war in mobile telephony, Tata Teleservices on Friday announced the lowest entry cost of just Rs 999 for its WLL mobile phones, while offering lower call charges.\n\n\n\n
Mistry's strategy appears to be the opposite of the group's stance in the heady days of 2007
Telcos may hike mobile rates to recover spectrum cost: Moody's
Service was launched in Mumbai in July and it will be expanded across the country in a phased manner
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