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DoT accepts BSNL’s BWA spectrum surrender offer
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has given signal to the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to surrender some Broadband Wireless Access spectrum. The purpose of this whole exercise is to allow BSNL to streamline the financial situation to overcome its losses. The telecom secretary, R Chandrashekhar, said that DoT has agreed in principle” agreed to [...]
Continue reading...Trai to initiate process on exit policy for telcos
9. January 2012
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In a respite to new telecom service providers, who are operating in the highly competitive market dominated by incumbent GSM players, sectoral regulator Trai said it will come out with a paper seeking views on exit policy for such players. “I expect to issue preconsultation paper on exit policy by the end of the month,” [...]
Continue reading...NDTV Convergence revamps NDTVProfit. Com
9. January 2012
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NDTV Convergence has relaunched its financial and business portalNDTVProfit.com, as a one-stop destination for live market data, research and expert insight and business news. The new website is focused at the growing community of investors in the country, many of them first-timers, and provides financial tools, easy and intuitive access to detailed and relevant data, [...]
Continue reading...Bharti Airtel & Rcom face penalty
9. January 2012
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Reliance communications and Bharti Airtel are in the firing line of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for failing to comply with the guidelines related to verification for registering new subscribers. Both the telcos did not adhere to verifications related requirements like photo on CAF, address proof and ID proof. There are 198 such cases against Bharti Airtel. [...]
Continue reading...Now, wait for new telecom policy
9. January 2012
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The government will now announce the new National Telecom Policy by June 2012 delaying it further by another six months. Earlier the telecom minister Kapil Sibal had said that it would be approved by the end of 2011 after taking the opinions of the various stakeholders. This was announced by the government. The new draft [...]
Continue reading...Vodafone to discontinue inactive numbers
9. January 2012
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Vodafone India has announced that it will discontinue inactive numbers for prepaid customers. The numbers which will be considered not-in-use means no voice calls (incoming or outgoing), SMS & Data on such numbers for any continuous period of 60 days. Vodafone took this decision after DoT’’s strict guideline for allocation of new number series based [...]
Continue reading...Govt is committed to telecom sector growth : PM
9. January 2012
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the government is committed to the growth of the telecom sector in the country and focused on the concerns of the industry. Speaking at the inauguration of India Telecom 2011 in New Delhi, he said that there is an urgent need for the indigenous research and development and manufacturing in [...]
Continue reading...Gujrat tops MNP requests
9. January 2012
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As per the new figure released by Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) about 231.66 lakh subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number by the end of October 2011. Out of these requests around 11.71 lakh pertains to Haryana wherein MNP was implemented from 25th Nov. 2010. In rest of [...]
Continue reading...TRAI wants more info on exit policy
9. January 2012
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has demanded fromDepartment of Telecommunications (DoT) the categories of license holders intending to surrender their licences and spectrum and for whom the later want an exit policy in place. The proposed exit policy would provide an escape route for the operators who want to withdraw from the highly competitive [...]
Continue reading...India now has 906. 93mn subscribers
9. January 2012
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According to latest figures released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) the number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 906.93 million at the end of September, 2011 from 899.78 Million at the end of August 2011, registering a growth rate of 0.79%. The share of urban subscribers has marginally increased to 6.31% from 66.27% [...]
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9. January 2012
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