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The mobile number portability project is one of the most ambitious and long-awaited moves in the telecom sector in India. But as the scheduled kick-off date of September 20 draws nearer, the Indian Government has yet again thrown a spanner into the cogs and postponed the implementation date by...

NEW DELHI: Paving the way for unleashing of next generation mobile telephony, the government today fixed reserve price of Rs 4040 crore for auction of 3G spectrum, a move that would help it garner at least Rs 32,320 crore. A consensus between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Telecom...

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) With phone operators expected to run out of 10-digit mobile numbers soon, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is now considering an 11-digit numbering system. 'With so many telecom service providers and a growing customer base, the need for new numbers and their...

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Cheap Chinese handsets that do not have an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit identity code - will be phased out from the Indian market by April 13, industry operators said. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has directed telephone...

SOURCE Pune, India – October 1, 2008 – Sterlite Technologies Limited, a leading global provider of wire and cable solutions for the telecom and power industries, today announced that it has received a contract from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India to supply fiber optic cables with the...

Is there any promo for using Unlimited GPRS/Mobile_to_pc_connect on BSNL West Bengal Telecom Circle? If yes how much it cost?

Finally good news for us..BSNL takes the lead from private players. SOURCE - Times of India

Update On Internet Connectivity And International Voice Calls in UAE This statement is a follow on to the degradation of the international voice call service on Tuesday, 30 January due to the cuts on submarine cables of FLAG Europe-Asia and SEA-ME-WE4, that occurred at...

After its 2002 departure from the mobile services venture that was then called Birla-AT&T-Tata, though is now Idea Cellular, US telecom major, AT&T, is back-with-a-bang on the Indian telecom circuit. On the last day for the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to receive applications for...

The frenzy over telecom licences came to an end on Monday with the tally touching the 500-mark as a number of biggies including AT&T, Hindujas, DLF, Sterlite and Videocon jumped into the fray to tap the world's fastest growing cellular market. The figure may go beyond 500 as the Department...

Bill Gates can no longer be referred to as “the richest man on the planet.” That title now belongs to Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim who is now worth an estimated $67.8 billion (Gates’ fortune is estimated at around by $59.2 billion). The new ranking comes via a recent surge in the share...

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British telecom giant Vodafone has bagged the 67% Hutch Telecom International (HTIL) stake in Hutch-Essar at an enterprise value of $19.3 billion (approx Rs 86,000 crore) which comes to $794 per share. Earlier, Vodafone emerged as the top bidder for majority stake in India's fourth largest...

-----"Net to break speed barrier: IT minister Dayanidhi Maran with President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on Thursday. (AFP) New Delhi, Dec. 14: Those who find Internet speed of 256 kbps a trifle slow have reason to cheer. The government is planning to soon provide unlimited Internet...

Once the intermediaries between telecom and media companies, mobile aggregators are now an industry by themselves Namitha Jagadeesh in Businessworld I wonder why the cost of "value added services" is between 6 and 30 rupees, while for calls it's only 80 paise??? These companies are...

I guess this is what we have been waiting for. Now the private operators have a fair chance to compete in the telecom industry. I think BSNL & MTNL have to do something more when this new policy is out.. Source