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Airtel 4G

Nokia Networks inks $200 mn 4G deal with Airtel in 6 circles

Nokia Networks has signed a $200 million 4G LTE deal with Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel to supply FD-LTE network in 6 circles. A...
TELECOM TOWER in India rural area

Telecom Commission prices 3G spectrum at Rs 3,700 crore, to auction 5 MHz

Telecom Commission (TC) has approved a base price of Rs 3,700 crore for each MHz of 2,100 MHz spectrum, which is used for 3G services, with...
Deutsche Telekom acquires GTS for $729 million to strengthen enterprise focus

Deutsche Telekom to raise telecom Capex in Germany to $27 bn

Deutsche Telekom CEO Timotheus Hoettges said the telecom company plans to increase spending (Capex) on networks in Germany to $27 billion 23.5 billion euros...
telecom manufacturing

Telecom manufacturing moving to Vietnam, Indian mobile industry warns

New Delhi, Jan 18 The Indian cellular industry has expressed concern that manufacturing is moving out of the country to Vietnam and says the government...
5G network

British telecom regulator seeks views on 5G spectrum bands

British telecom regulator Ofcom has sought mobile industry’s views on the use of 5G spectrum bands -- spectrum above 6 GHz -- in the...
BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava

BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava: to focus on turning around into a profitable biz

Anupam Shrivastava, who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of the state-run BSNL from January 15, said the focus would...
Johan Wibergh of Ericsson resigned

Vodafone appoints Ericsson biz head Johan Wibergh as CTO

Vodafone has appointed Ericsson Networks business head Johan Wibergh as its next CTO. He will report to Vodafone Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao and will...
Broadband user

How net neutrality regulation to negatively impact Cisco

Net neutrality guidelines, which are expected to be unveiled next month in the U.S. are set to negatively impact wireline broadband vendors such as Cisco,...
Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular achieves 150 million telecom subscribers in India

Indian telecom service provider Idea Cellular has achieved 150 million mobile subscribers across the country. According to COAI GSM subscriber release for December 2014, the...
Tata Docomo

TTSL stake sale: Tatas get RBI nod to buy back Docomo equity at Rs...

Tata group has received approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to buy back Docomo's 26.5 percent stake in Tata Teleservices (TTSL) at a pre-determined price of...
Sandip Das of Reliace Jio

Reliance Jio MD Sandip Das to step down

Reliance Jio Managing Director Sandip Das has decided to step down and will become a mentor to the Jio Division of Reliance Retail that...
Mukesh ambani

Mukesh Ambani to use retail arm to drive Reliance Jio 4G

Mumbai, Jan 13 Set to launch its pan-India 4G datacom services under Jio brand soon, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has assigned its retail arm...
Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

Kerala district gets first 100 Mbps rural broadband network from NOFN    

Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today commissioned India's first 100 Mbps rural broadband network (NOFN) in Idukki district of Kerala. The investment in...
LTE Tower in India

Spectrum auction for 2G, 3G airwaves to start from Feb 25

The next round of spectrum auction in 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 megahertz (MHz) will start from Feb 25, it was announced here Saturday. The...
COAI director general Rajan Mathews on spectrum

Reserve prices for 900 MHz spectrum too high: COAI

The reserve prices proposed by the government for 900 MHz band in the upcoming telecom airwave auction are too high, the Cellular Operators' Association...
Middle East phone user

T-Mobile and Verizon grew in Q4, who lost subscribers?

American wireless operators T-Mobile US and Verizon have gained subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2014, after unleashing a tariff war. Does the latest statistics...

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