Cyber cafes will be opened at 50 railway stations during the current financial year by RailTel, a company under the Railway Ministry, which has made considerable progress in creating nationwide state-of-the-art telecom infrastructure.
Bharti Teletech, India's largest fixed line phone manufacturer and flagship of the AirTel Group, on Friday announced its entry into digital set top boxes used for the direct-to-home services with an initial investment of $2 million.
FC Basel won the Swiss Super League for an unprecedented sixth season in a row on Sunday.
The adviser then tells them when to avoid, and when to seek light for the first two days of their trip and promises to accelerate jet-lag recovery by approximately three hours.
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have communicated to the telecom department that they will not pay AGR dues of Rs 88,624 crore, the deadline for which ended on Thursday, and will wait for the outcome of modification petition listed for hearing before the Supreme Court next week, according to official sources. Reliance Jio on Thursday paid Rs 195 crore to the telecom department to clear all adjusted gross revenue dues accounted till January 31, 2020, according to an official source.
With these launches, the service is now live and available to users at 15 stations across the country.
Complying with a directive from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Bharti Televentures, which operates AirTel mobile services, has refunded Rs 32.73 crore (Rs 327.3 million) it levied from subscribers for migrating to revised tariff plans.
As news of the highly anticipated overseas citizenship scheme sunk in, the country's mission has been fielding frantic enquiry calls from people of Indian origin regarding its formalities.\n\n
In a major setback to Bharti Group which offers telecom services under AirTel brand, the Supreme Court has turned down its plea seeking refund of Rs 135 crore (Rs 1.35 billion) for surrendering five basic licences.
Stepping up its offensive, Israeli forces on Wednesday hit about 200 targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip killing at least 17 people, triggering a retaliation from the Palestinian group which fired a barrage of rockets deep into the Jewish state in the bloodiest conflict since 2012.
About 200 Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were thrown off a homeward flight on Wednesday after several rowdy fans were involved in a fracas with the cabin crew.
Alert: The US Higher Education Fair, organised by the United States Educational Foundation in India.
Bharti Group offering mobile services under AirTel brand has become the first private telecom conglomerate to complete nationwide network in all 23 circles at an investment of Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) till now.
Set up in partnership with Compal Electronics, the facility in Greater Noida will have an initial capacity of 60,000 units a month. This will be ramped up to 2,00,000 by the end of December.
Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner
Arsenal launched five youth soccer schools in Israel in the club's latest attempt to spread its net around the globe.
An American teen has been indicted on charges of joining the Islamic State, the terrorist organisation that has captured a large part of Syria and Iraq and has threatened regional peace.
Real Madrid midfielder Gareth Bale damaged a calf muscle in his left leg during Tuesday's 4-0 Champions League Group A victory at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, tests confirmed on Thursday.
Alert: 'Get Inspired. And Unbox Your Brand,' a Continuing Education Programme workshop, organised by the Ad Club Bombay.
A Pakistan-born woman, who spent some time in Tel Aviv recently, sees a future for herself in Israel.
World leaders voiced solidarity with the United Kingdom after the deadly attack near the Houses of Parliament.
'When the national anthem of India was sung and joined by all present with the PM in front, it was the best moment of the whole night.'
Eyeing a share in the growing value-added services market in India's telecom sector, US-based communications company Telenity will set up an R&D centre in New Delhi with an initial investment of Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million).\n\n
GailTel, the telecom arm of state-owned Gas Authority of India announced on Thursday an investment of Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.5 billion) over thr next five years to expand its telecom infrastructure, combining it with its proposed city gas pipeline.
Initiating a fresh round of price war, Bharti, offering telecom services under the AirTel brand, on Thursday reduced long distance mobile tariffs by upto Rs 1.75 per minute for ISD and 35 paise for STD calls.
Close on the heels of striking 3 major outsourcing deals with Ericsson, IBM and Nokia totalling over $1400 million, Bharti Tele Ventures on Thursday awarded another $50 million contract to Siemens to build and manage AirTel networks in 3 circles.
Indian paints major Asian Paints has submitted a preliminary bid to acquire up to half of Israeli company, Tambour.
The External Affairs Ministry has set up control rooms in Delhi besides Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives, Singapore and Malaysia to provide assistance to Indians in the tidal wave-hit areas.
Splitting the market with its new 'segmentation' strategy, AirTel on Tuesday launched an exclusive prepaid card for the youth priced at Rs 249 and two post-paid plans for women and senior citizens with monthly rental of Rs 150 each.
The Dutch side pipped Maccabi Tel Aviv for a place in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup because of a better head-to-head record.
Manchester United were given a troublesome tie against Club Bruges in the draw for the Champions League playoff round on Friday, although it could have been worse as they avoided Lazio, CSKA Moscow or Monaco.
Viswanathan Anand ensured a second place finish after he was held to a draw by Hungarian Judit Polgar at the MTel Masters chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand and Ruslan Ponomariov played the third King v King ending in the M-Tel Masters Chess tournament on Friday.
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