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Vikas Pakhe November 6th, 2014 4:05 AM 6 COMMENTS

Delhi: Idea Cellular against extension of licenses for Airtel and Vodafone

Idea Cellular has opposed the extension of licenses for Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in the Delhi circle. Earlier, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone had asked DoT an extension in license for 6 more months after November citing the delay in spectrum allocation which has led to a delay in re-configuring the network in the new spectrum. "Any delay in spectrum allocation beyond 30.11.2014, would result in delay in the launch of... Read More

Vikas Pakhe October 29th, 2014 9:55 PM 3 COMMENTS

DoT to ensure un-disrupted services in the event of Cyclone Nilofar

Cyclone Nilofar, categorised as "severe" by weather forecasters, is expected to hit the western state of Gujarat during the "next 24-48 hours". Department of Telecom (DoT) has warned various operators about the services in the targeted areas viz districts of Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagarh and Porbandar and advised them to share infrastructure through intra-circle roaming arrangements for 15 days. DoT also advised operators to set up call center in Gujarat with... Read More

Vikas Pakhe October 26th, 2014 5:47 PM 22 COMMENTS

Will customers end up paying for the spectrum auction in terms of higher tariffs?

We may soon see a price increase in our regular cellular tariffs, warned the telecom operators across India. The spectrum auction and the price reserved for the same will be a huge amount and covering the current debts with the new debts will be a head scratcher for the operators! "This increasing debt load will place increasing margin pressures on operators due to higher interest expenses," said Rajan S Mathews, director general at the Cellular... Read More

Vikas Pakhe October 24th, 2014 4:41 PM 2 COMMENTS

A new digital cable TV federation to replace MSO Alliance, a good move?

Leading national and state level cable operators have merged to form an union federation, All India Digital Cable Federation (AIDCF). Leading cable operators who had users more than a lakh were invited at this meeting where they introduced this Federation. With the formation of AIDCF, the Multi-System Operators (MSO) Alliance comprising the five national MSOs has been dissolved. VD Wadhwa, CEO of Siti Cable was unanimously elected as the president of AIDCF. All MSOs who have a... Read More

Vikas Pakhe October 20th, 2014 7:11 AM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL Introduces STV 18, Starts Offering Cheaper outgoing calls to Nepal

BSNL has introduced a new Special Tariff Voucher (STV) of Rs. 18 allowing outgoing calls to Nepal at Rs. 6.50 per minute. Earlier BSNL charged its users Rs. 10 per minute for an outgoing call to Nepal. At these rates, BSNL is earning just 50 Paise per call as rest of the amount is spent in paying taxes, termination charges etc. Meanwhile both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone charge their users Rs.... Read More