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Ericsson said it has signed a Business Support Systems (BSS) transformation contract with Bhutan Telecom, Bhutan’s largest telecom service provider. Under the terms of the agreement, Bhutan Telecom’s complete billing systems will be transformed into a convergent environment supporting mobile, fixed line and DSL broadband subscribers. As a result, Bhutan … Read More
Bharti Airtel Monday entered into an agreement with American Tower Corporation for the sale of around 1,350 of its communications towers in Tanzania. Under the agreement, American Tower may acquire up to 100 additional sites currently in development for an additional consideration. Airtel will be the anchor tenant on the … Read More
BSNL, the state-run telecom service provider, is planning to invest Rs 2,000 crore for the upgradation and expansion of its network. Under the expansion, the PSU will add 21,000 BTS, including 13,000 BTS for 3G services. The Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that around 660 telephone exchanges have already … Read More
Anupam Shrivastava has been confirmed as the Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL, the state-run telecom service provider, for the balance period of his tenure after the expiry of the first year this week. Shrivastava was officially appointed as the new CMD last year after the Appointments Committee of the … Read More
Aadhaar enabled e-KYC process for customer acquisition will allow Indian telecom operators and banks to save Rs 10,000 crores over the next five years, according to a study by development consulting firm MicroSave. Apart from substantial cost savings for banks and financial institutions, Aadhaar enabled e-KYC is significantly more efficient … Read More
Airtel, the country’s largest telco by subscribers, is all set to pip Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Reliance Jio in terms of overall spectrum holdings once it completes the Videocon spectrum trading deal. Bharti Airtel had on Thursday inked pact with Videocon Telecom to buy the latter’s 4G bandwidth in the … Read More
Cisco will invest a $100 million including $40 million to fund early-stage and growth-stage companies in the country and train 250,000 students in India by 2020. “Digitization goes beyond connectivity. The impact of digitization is far-reaching, helping countries maintain global competitiveness, foster innovation and create jobs. Education and Internet are … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest telecom operator, will acquire Videocon Telecom’s spectrum in six circles–Bihar, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, UP (East), UP (West) and Gujarat– for Rs 4,428 crore, through a bandwidth trading deal, the company said in a notice to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The move comes a day after … Read More
Idea Cellular said that it has terminated its agreement with Videocon Telecommunication regarding ‘Transfer of Right to Use 1800 MHz Spectrum’ in two service areas. The decision was taken mutually by both the telecom operators. The telco, in a statement, said that no joint intimation of this Transfer Agreement for … Read More
FusionNet Web Services, which launched high-speed broadband services in October last year in NCR region, said that it has deployed Juniper’s multi-service gigabit passive optical network (GPON) infrastructure, which it said will be connected to about 150,000 homes and business by the end of this year. The new Internet service … Read More
‘Zero Base’ mobile sites, besides being much aesthetically pleasing can also be used as a wi-fi hotspot, street light with camera and the radio units be installed inside the pole or underneath State-run BSNL plans to install 50 ‘zero base’ mobile towers, which are aesthetically pleasing, compact and multi-functional. In … Read More
Reliance Jio will reportedly spend over Rs 1000 crores on commercial launch, which is likely sometime next month, Exchange4media reported Tuesday citing industry sources. The launch however will happen in phases with initial focus on metro or high ARPU cities. Till date, the telco is providing services to over 1.5 … Read More
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