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Sanjay November 11th, 2013 2:19 PM 76 COMMENTS

Mobile Voice and Data Tariffs May Go Up Every Year, says Marten Pieters – Vodafone India CEO & MD

Country's second largest mobile service operator in terms of subscriber base, Vodafone India expects Voice calls and Data services rates to go up every year, because with lower tariff, operators may not be sustainable any longer in the telecom industry. In an interview to Press Trust of India, Vodafone India's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Marten Pieters said "We have lower tariffs for 18 years against inflation of 8-9... Read More

Sanjay December 9th, 2010 4:43 PM 14 COMMENTS

India Telecom 2010 To Begin Tomorrow With Focus on “Broadband For All”

Government of India's Telecom Event “India Telecom 2010”, will begin tomorrow at New Delhi. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is organizing the event this year with the theme “Broadband for All” in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) India Telecom 2010 aims at promoting the opportunities in the Telecom sector for boosting country’s economic growth and attracting further FDI. The event will focus on the... Read More

Sanjay April 9th, 2010 6:43 PM 18 COMMENTS

DOT Withdraws UAS License Issued to ByCell for Mobile Services

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the cancellation of UAS (Unified Access Service) License of Russian-owned, Swiss-registered Telecom operator ByCell Telecommunications Pvt Ltd to start telecom operations (Mobile Services) in 5 Telecom circles named Assam, Orissa, Bihar-Jharkhand, North East and West Bengal, on grounds of security concerns. After the Indian home ministry's concerns about ByCell’s shareholding structure, its source of funding and the lack of clarity about the company... Read More

TT Desk January 2nd, 2010 6:35 PM 20 COMMENTS

The Year of the Telecom Industry: 2009

The year 2009 was not all that bad for the Indian telecom industry, even though the industry had its share of troubles also. What we believe one of the major achievements for the Indian telecom industry was it added 500 million subscribers in September, at least a year in advance. The industry was expecting user numbers to cross 500 million the end of 2010. The number of telephone subscribers in... Read More

P K Tarun November 23rd, 2009 12:28 PM 4 COMMENTS

India Telecom User Base Rises To 525 Million

The number of telephone subscribers in India has increased to 525.65 million as on October 31, 2009, compared with 509.03 million posted in September-2009. The subscriber growth registered a 3.26 per cent, which helped in which helped in improving overall tele-density in India to 44.87. Wireless subscriber base increased from 471.73 million in September 2009 to 488.40 million at the end of October 2009 at a monthly growth rate of... Read More

Sanjay November 17th, 2009 12:17 PM 90 COMMENTS

Mobile Network Quality Is Most Important More Than The Price

In an independent survey on the GSM and CDMA mobile services in India, the "Mobile Network Quality" emerged as the most important consideration for India's GSM and CDMA Mobile service users when it comes to selecting a Service Provider. According to the Nielsen survey the Mobile service users in India don’t really know which Service Provider has the best Network in their circle, all they know or to be more... Read More

Sanjay October 31st, 2009 6:39 PM 11 COMMENTS

India Officially Scaled the 500 Million Telecom Subscriber Base

India Officially Scaled the 500 Million Telecom Subscriber Base.Thiru A. Raja, Telecom Minister has congratulated the industry in joining hands with Government in crossing the 500 million connection mark well before the timeline set by the Government of India. Delivering the Keynote Address at the Curtain Raiser Ceremony of ‘India Telecom 2009’ here today, Thiru A. Raja said, “About three years back we envisioned to achieve 500 million connections by... Read More