NEW DELHI: Micromax, Lava, Karbonn, Spice, Maxx , Olive and Zen have got a new caller tune-waka waka eh ehae...this time for Africa. After giving multinational majors such as Nokia a run for its money in India, and cornering one-fifth of the handset market...
The Telegraph | April 22, 2011
Guwahati, April 22: Reliance Communications today announced the launch of its 3G services in 24 locations in the Northeast, making them the first operator to do so.
The company today launched 3G services in Guwahati and Shillong, which will be...
Reuters | April 20, 2011 |Â Devidutta Tripathy
(Reuters) - Three executives of India's Reliance ADA Group have appealed to the Delhi High Court seeking bail in a telecoms graft case after their bail applications were rejected by a lower court, a lawyer for the group...
Wall Street Journal | April 20, 2011 |Â R. JAI KRISHNA And RUMMAN AHMED
NEW DELHI – A special court, citing "incriminating evidence," Wednesday denied bail to five senior telecom industry executives as India's top federal investigative agency continued with its efforts to unravel one of...
Silicon India News | April 21, 2011 |
Bangalore: Samsung Electronics announced the launch of its ultra-premium and ultra-slim Notebook Series 9 in the Indian market. With a weight of only 1.31kg measuring a mere 16.3mm in depth and with a screen size of 13...
Economic Times | April 20, 2011
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Ministry has received replies from all the operators who were issued show cause notices for not meeting the eligibility criteria for licences and will soon decide on action against errants, a top official said today.
"The...
The Hindustan Times | April 20, 2011
In a bid to clean its stables, Norway-based telecom major, Telenor, which has a joint venture with Unitech Wireless, the 2G spectrum scam-tainted Uninor, has asked Sanjay Chandra to step down as chairman of the Uninor board. Unitech...
Economic Times | April 18, 2011
NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti airtel today said it has partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited number of photos.
Powered by Zoomin.com, the 'Airtel Photo Service' enables users to import photo albums from...
The Hindu | April 18, 2011
In yet another instance of a decision taken by the NDA regime coming under scrutiny, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has begun an inquiry into issuance of ILD licence to Data Access in 2002 which was later cancelled after...
Google Maps is one of the few things that is universally loved by internet users. Find a person who doesn't like Google Maps and I can guarantee you they're either insane, a moron, or both. That said, the ubiquitous cartography service isn't without its little quirks.
Hindustan Times | April 14, 2011 | Abhishek Sharan
Former telecom minister A Raja allegedly wrongly granted an in-principle approval for the use of dual technology to a telecom licencee, a day before the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced the policy. This was disclosed by...
Hindustan Times | April 14, 2011 | Bhadra Sinha
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has taken a U-turn from its earlier stand on the 2G spectrum allocation policy and has decided to take a fresh look at Tata telecom’s claim regarding seniority in spectrum allocation....
Business Line | April 14, 2011
NEW DELHI, APRIL 14:
Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati, CBI Director A.P. Singh and Law Secretary D.R. Meena are expected to appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee tomorrow to give evidence in the probe into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The PAC,...
The Hindu | April 14, 2011
Tax benefits for telecom infrastructure providers suggested
Proposes setting up of 2 semiconductor fabrication units
NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday issued important recommendations related to manufacturing, infrastructure and green telecom to promote structured growth of...
The Hindu Business Line | April 13, 2011 | Thomas K. Thomas & Adith Charlie
NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI, APRIL 13:
After riding with the Tatas for three years, the Richard Branson-promoted Virgin Group has exited from the joint venture company, Virgin Mobile India.
Virgin's partner in the...
Reuters | April 12, 2011 |Â Bharghavi Nagaraju
(Reuters) - India's top three technology firms are likely to post strong quarterly profit and indicate robust revenue growth for the year ending March 2012 as overseas clients boost technology spending in an improving global economy.
However, salary increases...
Wall Street Journal | April 11, 2011 | Kenan Machado
Mumbai--Singapore Telecommunications has increased its stake in India's Bharti Airtel through the purchase of 2.83 million shares for 934 million rupees.
In a filing to the Singapore Stock Exchange, SingTel said a wholly owned uni --...
Business Standard | April 11, 2011 | Priyanka Joshi
LG Mobile phones is set to expand its smartphone market as it plans to start manufacturing them from its Pune unit.
The unit, with its present production capacity of eight million handsets, mainly entry level and features...
Hindustan Times | April 12, 2011 | Manoj Gairola
It’s really back to the future. The roots of the New Telecom Policy that communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal announced on Monday lie as far back as 2003, when the NDA was in power. The...
Pacnet | April 7, 2011 | Press Release
Plans Underway for a New US$120 Million High-Speed Network Directly Connecting Chennai to Los Angeles
NEW DELHI, INDIA–(Marketwire – April 7, 2011) - Pacnet today announced that it has signed agreements with Bharti Airtel Limited to deliver a new...
Economic Times | April 8, 2011 | Deepali Gupta
MUMBAI: Vodafone's $5-billion deal to buy out Essar in India's third-largest mobile phone company may run into trouble with the local partner seeking $600-700 million more for its 33% holding.
Essar group, known for its strong-arm negotiation...
The Hindu | April 7, 2011 | Sandeep Joshi
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued licence termination notices to three telecom operators — Aircel, Etisalat DB and Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) — for delays in roll out of services in circles allotted to them.
“We...
Economic Times | April 7, 2011
NEW DELHI: Stepping up the pace of its inquiry into the 2G telecom scam , the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has summoned cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar and principal secretary to the Prime Minister T K A Nair...
