No takers for 3G spectrum during March 2015 auction
There are no takers for 3G spectrum in the 2,100 MHz band in key telecom circles across the country going by the demand during...
Spectrum auction day 4: bid value crosses Rs 86,000 crore
The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Saturday announced that telecom operators have submitted bids worth Rs 86,000 crore during the spectrum auction that reached...
Telecom spectrum auction day 3: bids reach Rs 77,000 crore
Provisional bids value at India’s telecom spectrum auction reached Rs 77,000 crore with seventeenth rounds on Friday.
On Friday, eight telecom operators -- Reliance Communications,...
Telecom spectrum auction day 2: bids reach Rs 65,000 crore
Indian telecom operators – Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio, etc – were active on the day two of the spectrum...
Spectrum auction day 1: bid touches Rs 60,000 crore
Spectrum auction on day one has attracted bids worth around Rs 60,000 in six rounds of bidding.
The government has received bids in all bands....
Telefonica-Ooredoo, China Mobile-Airtel deals new hurdles for network vendors
The deals between Telefonica and Ooredoo, and China Mobile and Bharti Airtel will put extra pressure on telecom network vendors such as Ericsson, Nokia...
Spectrum auction: Why Sunil Mittal and Kumar Birla are worried
Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, does not miss a chance to warn about the possible increase in telecom tariffs – ahead of all...
Mobile World Congress 2015: Live innovation begins
Mobile World Congress 2015 (MWC 2015) will kick off on 2 March officially in Barcelona with the hope that innovation will take the telecom...
Budget 2015: How telecom will boom
Budget 2015 presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley focuses on creating disposable income to majority Indians and hence telecom services revenue will grow.
Rajan S...
TRAI wants 35% cut in roaming rate, will telecoms listen?
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today sought response from Indian telecom operators for its draft proposal to cut roaming call rates by 35...
Net neutrality wins: telecoms warn legal battle, content firms cheer
The US telecom regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – chaired by Tom Wheeler -- on Thursday voted 3-2 in favor of net neutrality...
Railway Budget 2015 boosts IT and telecoms biz
Railway Budget 2015 – announced by Railway minister Suresh Prabhu -- offers more hopes to Indian IT and telecom industry.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted...
Spectrum auction: Will Indian telecoms learn new lessons?
The 2015 Spectrum auction for airwaves will be a competition among six financially sound telecoms, DoT’s pre-qualified bidder list points out.
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VimpelCom CEO Jo Lunder: to spend 20% revenue on Capex
VimpelCom CEO Jo Lunder today said the telecom operator would target to spend 20 percent of its revenue on Capex (capital investment) in 2015.
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NTT Docomo to launch LTE-Advanced with 225Mbps data speed on March 27
Japanese telecom service provider NTT Docomo will launch its LTE-Advanced with 225Mbps data-transmission speed on March 27.
The launch of LTE-Advanced will be supported by Advanced...
ZTE launches ZXCTN 6000 V3.00 series with 450% capacity increase
Telecom network vendor ZTE on Wednesday launched ZXCTN 6000 V3.00 series, including the ZXCTN 6120S, 6150 & 6180 to boost 10GE internet protocol radio...