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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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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