Posted on 15 February 2012. Tags: 2G Scam, 2G Spectrum Auction, 2G Spectrum Licenses, Airtel, carriers, Loop Telecom, policy, Supreme Court of India, Uninor, Vodafone
Uninor, in its response, has stated that only Private Respondents (whose licenses have been quashed by the SC judgement) and fresh applicants (well funded entities with no link to incumbent operators) should be eligible to take part in the auction of spectrum that has become available after the SC cancelled 122 2G licenses.
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Posted on 15 February 2012. Tags: 2G Spectrum Case, 2G Spectrum Licenses, BlackBerry interception, Blackberry Messenger, carriers, Dr J S Sarma, FDI in Telecom Tower Sector, Indian Security Agencies, New TRAI Chairman, policy, Research in motion, Supreme Court of India, Tejas Patel, telecom regulatory authority of india, Telecom Tower Sector, TRAI, Uninor
The Indian government has set up a committee to select the new chairman for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
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Posted on 14 February 2012. Tags: ADAG, Anil Ambani, carriers, enterprise, Reliance Communications, Reliance GlobalCom, Tejas Patel, Video Conferencing Services
The company Tuesday announced the launch of end-to-end managed video conferencing services for enterprises across the globe.
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Posted on 13 February 2012. Tags: Airtel, Bharti Airtel, carrier, carriers, Tejas Patel
Bharti Airtel Monday announced the launch of India’s first online self care services for its prepaid mobile customers across the country.
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Posted on 10 February 2012. Tags: Anil Ambani, carrier, carriers, Reliance Communications, Reliance Communications Q3 Results, Tejas Patel
Anil Ambani led Reliance Communications Friday reported 61% fall in its net profit at $37.69 million for Q3 of the FY2012 against $97.27 million in the same quarter of the previous financial year.
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Posted on 10 February 2012. Tags: Analjit Singh, carrier, carriers, Tejas Patel, Vodafone, Vodafone India
United Kingdom-based telecom major Vodafone Friday announced that Analjit Singh will be appointed as non-executive Chairman of its India operations.
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Posted on 09 February 2012. Tags: 2G licenses, 2G Scam, 2G Spectrum Scam, Batelco, carrier, carriers, Etisalat, India Telecom, S-Tel, Sistema, Supreme Court of India, Tejas Patel, Telenor, Uninor, Unitech
The decision by The Supreme Court of India to cancel 122 2G spectrum licenses has impacted foreign players who have considerable stake in those Indian telcos impacted by the decision.
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Posted on 09 February 2012. Tags: 2G licenses, 2G Scam, 2G Spectrum Scam, carrier, carriers, India Telecom, Supreme Court of India, Tejas Patel, Vodafone, Vodafone Q3 Results, Vodafone Results
United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group, the world’s second largest mobile phone operator, reported that revenues from its India operations grew 6.3% year-over-year from $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31.
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Posted on 08 February 2012. Tags: Airtel, Airtel Q3 Results, Bharti Airtel, carrier, carriers, India Telecom, Results, Tejas Patel
Bharti Airtel reported a 22% decline in its consolidated net profit to $206.6 million in Q3 (October-December) of the FY12 due to 3G roll-out costs and higher interest costs.
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Posted on 07 February 2012. Tags: Cellular Operators Association of India, COAI, Dr J S Sarma, Mobile Call Tariffs, policy, Rajan S. Mathews, tariff forbearance, Tejas Patel, telecom regulatory authority of india, TRAI
TRAI Chairman Dr J S Sarma stated that some of the recent developments have indicated there is perhaps a need to review the policy of forbearance in telecom tariffs.
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