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The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on telecom, headed by Finance Minister, may is likely to meet on June 20 to decide on the 2G reserve price and policy for auctioning spectrum. All issues related to 2G issued have to finalized this month and spectrum auction to be completed before … Read More
The associations representing telecom operators and tower companies have jointly opposed Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India’s (TEMA) suggestion of levying a one-time tax on telecom towers for using diesel. The apex bodies Cellular Operators Association of India, Association of United Service Providers of India and Towers and Infrastructure Providers … Read More
The Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI), the industry body of new telecom operators, has opposed the one-time charge for spectrum already held by existing licensees for the remaining period, stating it will favour incumbent GSM operators. The Department of Telecommunications had proposed that once the price of spectrum is fixed … Read More
In a competitive market price is very important to customers to choose a service. Similarly in Indian mobile market there is always some kind of subtle tariff war. Recent addition of tariff war is lead by Airtel who once hiked the tariff and everyone followed them blindly. But this time … Read More
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) decision, which met on Tuesday, to sell up to 13.75 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, is “incrementally positive” for the sector, according to a note by Barclays Research. “We believe that this should be able to satisfy the current demand of the … Read More
The Empowered Group of Ministers has decided to auction a minimum 10 MHZ megahertz of 2G spectrum but was did not arrive at a conclusive decision on spectrum pricing and auction. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was to submit its recommendations on the impact spectrum pricing to the … Read More
The heads of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have jointly written a letter to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee seeking his intervention to prevent spectrum refarming, which apart from resulting in an increase in call rates, would cost them over Rs 1 lakh crore. The CEOs, in the letter … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s proposal on spectrum refarming will have a substantial cost to the industry, including an increase in tariff that would inconvenience to consumers in coming days, with no benefit to stakeholders. According to the study, the implementation of current refarming recommendations will require replacement of … Read More
The telecom operators bodies are leaving no stone unturned ahead of the empowered Group of Ministers (eGoM), which is slated to meet on today to decide on allocation of 2G spectrum and pricing. On its part, Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI) has shot a letter to the Finance Minister … Read More
DOT, after a fortnight’s delay, is all set to finalise an agency to conduct the e-auction of spectrum in 22 telecom service areas which will be held latest by July 10. As per a Supreme Court order the DoT was supposed to complete the auction before August 31, 2012. Once … Read More
Tata Docomo today announced an exclusive partnership with Snapdeal.com, India’s largest e-commerce portal, to launch ‘Deal Zone’. With this, Tata Docomo GSM subscribers can subscribe and get SMS alerts on a wide range of products and services such as restaurants, spas, electronic goods, fashion accessories, personal care products and lot … Read More
Tata Docomo today announced an exciting Samsung and Micromax handset bundled offer with cheapest local call, Unlimited Own-Net free calls and free mobile Internet data usage for its new CDMA prepaid mobile customers in Karnataka circle. This offer is available on 13 new Samsung and Micromax handsets. Customer has to simply … Read More
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