Ria Lakshman

About the author: An astute writer with a track record in writing and publishing content for various industries, Ria brings on board her wealth of experience in journalism and love for technology to TelecomTalk. When not writing or reading, she spends a copious amount of time daydreaming and finding obscure Japanese folklore on the internet.

May 11th, 2015 10:14 PM 14 COMMENTS

RCom plans to sell its stake to reduce debts

Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) is following Bharti Airtel’s footstep to reduce its debts, by selling a stake in its telecom towers unit. The company has invited proposals from bankers, revealed RCom in a filing to BSE. “The company has invited certain investment banks to make proposals for running a process to monetize the valuable tower and fibre assets held in its subsidiary, Reliance Infratel Ltd within the current financial year,”... Read More

May 11th, 2015 10:03 PM 7 COMMENTS

Global: Vietnam plans to introduce 4G in the country

Vietnam is planning to introduce 4G mobile services in the country, starting with major cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, according to a report published in a daily in Vietnam. The Government has already approved the plan for the purpose and will begin issuing licenses next year. A few telecom companies have received licenses to pilot 4G services for quite a while. They include the major... Read More

May 11th, 2015 6:59 PM 4 COMMENTS

Reliance and Airtel flout norms, DoT remains silent: CAG

Reliance Communications Limited (RCL) and Airtel are found to be flouting Department of Telecommunications (DoT) guidelines, yet DoT or TERM failed to take necessary actions against them, says The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). According to the report tabled in Parliament, Reliance Communications did not demonstrate its lawful interception and monitoring (LIM) capabilities of its network prior to launching mobile GSM services in Delhi NCR in February 2009.... Read More

May 11th, 2015 6:52 PM 17 COMMENTS

Government may soon clear the pending dues of MTNL and BSNL

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology may soon clear the pending dues of MTNL endured after surrendering 4G or Broadband Wireless Access (BWA), said Arvind Sawant, MP, Shiv Sena, South Mumbai. The decision is said to have taken after a meeting among the Minister of Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad, Rahul Shewale and Sawant, on issues of liabilities of MTNL. According to reports, the meeting have occurred after a series of... Read More

May 11th, 2015 6:05 PM 1 COMMENTS

Stakeholders can specify if they do not want TRAI to display email IDs on website

A day before the deadline for counter comments to expire, TRAI ordered all stakeholders to mention ‘Do not display my ID’ in the subject line of mail, in case they do not wish to publicize their email ID. This is after the regulator drew criticism for displaying email IDs of over one million stakeholders who responded to its net neutrality and OTT regulatory framework consultation paper. The regulator has asked... Read More

May 11th, 2015 12:40 PM 2 COMMENTS

Global: Dubai turns smarter with free Wi-Fi service available across multiple locations

The telecom operator Du and Smart Dubai Executive Committee plans to roll out free Wi-Fi services across multiple locations in Dubai, in an initiative to provide nationwide free Wi-Fi. The project, launched with an intention to boost e-governance services, already went live in more than 200 locations across Dubai. The target is to roll out Wi-Fi in nearly 300 locations by the end of this year. Few of the locations... Read More

May 11th, 2015 12:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telecom service providers show an increase of 9.5 percent gross revenue in Oct-Dec 2014 quarter

According to the recent report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the gross revenue of telecom service providers has surged to Rs. 63, 955 crore, which amounts to a 9.5 percent growth during the period of October-December 2014. The combined gross revenue was Rs. 58, 383 crore during the same period in 2013. The Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) for telecom operators has also increased, by 10.15 percent... Read More

May 10th, 2015 5:22 AM 0 COMMENTS

DoT favored Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices on Spectrum Usage Charges, reports CAG

CAG seems to hunt down the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) with more reasons. The latest blame is the undue advantage it provided for four major telecom operators – Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices, Shyam Telelink and HFCL Infotel – by disregarding the recommendations of TRAI on spectrum usage charges (SUC). The four operators were paying SUC based on their allocated spectrum for varied technologies instead of paying for a combined spectrum... Read More

May 9th, 2015 5:38 PM 1 COMMENTS

DoT under CAG’s ire for not collecting fine from operators who flouted radiation norms

Following the blame for allowing Airtel to gain an undue gain of Rs. 499 crore, Controller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up another fault on Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for failing to impose penalty on telecom operators for violating mobile tower radiation rules. DoT failed to undertake any act against the operators who violated the rules. CAG notified this failure in a report submitted at Parliament. CAG primarily points... Read More

May 9th, 2015 4:00 PM 7 COMMENTS

Net neutrality: Telecom Operators cannot throttle, de-grade or block internet, says TRAI Chief

Telecom operators should not block, degrade or throttle the internet, said Rahul Khullar, the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India at an event organized by O.P. Jindal University. The Chairman, who will resign from his post by the middle of the month was speaking at a debate on ‘net neutrality and the future of digital India’. He also said that the intension of organization is not to ‘police’... Read More

May 9th, 2015 11:33 AM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel gulped an undue benefit of Rs. 499 crore in Chennai-Tamil Nadu merger, reports CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India rapped the Telecom Ministry for providing Bharti Airtel an undue benefit of Rs. 499 crore by allowing them to merge Chennai circle with Tamil Nadu during 2005, in a hasty manner. The prescribed order was issued in September 2005. According to the order, UAS licence for Chennai SA was extended from November 2014 to September 2021. This extension was sanctioned in a... Read More

May 1st, 2015 11:06 PM 24 COMMENTS

DoT grants two months extension for rolling out full MNP in the country

After all the conundrums of rolling out full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) throughout the country, Department of Telecommunications has extended the deadline for its implementation for another two months. The earlier deadline was 3rd May 2015. The deadline is extended on the grounds that the operators would require another two months to complete the final detailed testing of hardware and software necessary for rolling out full MNP. This final testing... Read More

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