News for 'unified-licences'

STD, ILD firms seek cut in revenue share

IUC fee may delay Reliance Info break-even

Vodafone withdraw plea against DoT from court

Vodafone had contended in its plea that DoT instead of signing and executing the ULs had at the last moment informed them that their request for deletion of 'restrictive' clauses in licence pertaining to roaming cannot be accepted.

Reliance Jio to merge telecom units

Reliance Jio Infocomm has moved the Bombay High Court seeking approval for amalgamating its long distance services arm Infotel with itself.

Telcos shy away from new spectrum holding norms

Under the UASL norms, spectrum is linked to licences, and a particular band of radio wave is restricted to be used in a particular technology

Telcos up in arms over free spectrum to Railways

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication.

Vodafone Group may sell stake in Bharti to comply with rules

Vodafone has to sell its entire stake in Airtel following new norms issued by government.

Why Vodafone needs to sell Airtel pie

In India, there are 22 services area, or circles, for 2G telecom services and both the companies operate in all the circles.

Reliance Jio accuses COAI of promoting 'vested interests'

Once launched, RJio services will cover over 18,000 towns and over 200,000 villages across all the 22 service areas of the country

Interconnect port: RJio plans to take older telcos to court

Trai calls both Jio and incumbents for a meeting to discuss the issue

Reliance Jio opposes proposal to change spectrum usage rate

The uniform SUC, if implemented as per recommendations made by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, will provide relief for mobile operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, but will increase rates for broadband wireless access spectrum holders like RJIL.

No undue advantage given to Reliance Jio: DoT

DoT and the company have not done anything that breached the guidelines mentioned in the notice inviting applications for the auction of the BWA spectrum in 2010, it stated in a reply to CAG's draft audit report.

Ex TRAI chief says Manmohan Singh warned him of harm on 2G issue

Ex TRAI chief says Manmohan Singh warned him of harm on 2G issue

Favourable policies brighten telecom prospects in 2013

After a two year run-in with controversies, telecom sector now looks stable and seems back on its feet with initial investment proposal of over Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion) received in 2013.

DoT readies final M&A policy draft

Raises cap of market share for merged entity to 50%, spectrum trading allowed, with riders.

High & mighty of India Inc faced the music in 2014

The year gone by saw the high and mighty of the corporate world face the music in the Delhi High Court which held that the telecom majors are amenable to CAG audit and Mukesh Ambani's RIL struggling hard to get rid of an FIR lodged on gas pricing by the 49-day-old AAP regime.