Nairobi: Bharti Airtel said on Sunday it would roll out 3G services in Rwanda in the next quarter and reiterated plans to invest $100 million in the central African country. Airtel launched its mobile services in Rwanda in March, and presently runs a 2G network. It said then that IBM and Ericsson would help build and manage its network. "Although Kigali is currently operating on a 2G network, the company...
01:57 AM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone operator, on Thursday cut prices of its third-generation (3G) mobile data services by about 70 percent under some plans, a company statement showed, in a move to boost usage of the premium services in the country. Bharti and its rivals in the country started 3G services last year after spending a total more than $12 billion to buy airwaves in an auction....
07:22 PM, May 17, 2012
Hong Kong: China Mobile, the world's biggest telecom carrier by subscribers, said on Wednesday it is negotiating with Apple Inc to carry the popular iPhone in China. China Mobile is the only Chinese operator that does not officially carry the iPhone because its homegrown 3G technology is not supported by the chips used in current iPhone models. Analysts have said next-generation iPhones will likely use a Qualcomm Inc chip that...
12:39 PM, May 16, 2012
New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed a base price for auction of 2G spectrum that is higher than the 3G auction price set in 2010, reports CNBC-TV18 quoting sources. For the 900 mega hertz band, the telecom regulator has proposed a base price at Rs 7000 crore, which is twice the base price set for a 3G spectrum. For 700 megahertz band, it has been...
05:44 PM, Apr 23, 2012
When buying a tablet most people look for a built in 3G feature, however, since there is a great price difference between the WiFi-only version and the 3G version, approximately Rs 7,000 in the case of top of the line tablets, one needs to question the rationale of buying the 3G model. Price difference Sony S tablet, for example, costs Rs 29,999 when you get a 3G version, but only...
02:24 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Kolkata: Communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said that 3G services have not been a success in the country so far. "3G has not delivered so far. The operators have paid huge money to get the bandwidth but they are not able to build the required infrastructure due to illiquidity," Sibal said at the launch of Airtel's 4G LTE services. 3G, or third generation services, which were launched...
03:51 AM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications plans to start auction of 2G spectrum by December 20 and allocate spectrum to players in March next year. "We will need time at least till December 20 to start auction of spectrum. There are various processes before it and will have to stick to strict deadline to meet this date," a senior Telecom Ministry official told. The official added that to start the...
08:29 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: After their 3G roaming agreements being termed as "illegal" by DoT, telecom firms may be in for another shock now with the government deciding against allowing spectrum sharing in this segment. Spectrum sharing was expected to be part of the National Telecom Policy-2011 and the operators were looking forward to it, but the government's decision not to allow this may impact their business plans, sources in the know...
06:08 PM, Jan 30, 2012
New Delhi: Seeking clarity on pricing of spectrum and allocation, CEOs of five top telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular will be meeting Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday. The high level government-industry interaction would take place for the second time within less than two months. The industry leaders, including Sunil Bharti Mittal, Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on...
08:17 AM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The telecom ministry on Tuesday questioned the jurisdiction of telecom tribunal TDSAT on entertaining the petitions of five telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, challenging the government's directive to stop 3G roaming agreements. Additional Solicitor General A S Chandiok appearing for the Department of Telecom (DoT) told the tribunal that it has no jurisdiction to entertain the petitions which are altering the terms of telecom licence. Terming...
12:56 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom Ministry on Friday issued notices to three leading telecom firms - Bharti airtel, Vodafone and Idea - asking them to stop their 3G roaming agreements with immediate effect as the pacts are illegal and has sought their response within 24 hours. "DoT today issued notices to three operators who are having 3G roaming arrangements among themselves without having 3G spectrum in that circles. The Department has also...
06:49 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on operators for violating licence norms, the Telecom Ministry has asked service providers to discontinue their 3G roaming agreements and is also contemplating imposing penalty on them. The decision comes after the unanimous view of telecom regulator TRAI, Law Ministry and DoT that such roaming agreement was in violation of the telecom licences. Leading operators like Bharti, Vodafone and Idea had entered into agreement with...
12:52 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: Vodafone India has launched a new 3G phone - Vodafone Smart, which runs Android 2.2.1 operating system. Weighing 104g, the phone has a 2.8-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen and a 2 mega pixel camera. Powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon S1 processor, the phone has 130 MB of storage space. Its memory can be expoandable up to 32 GB. Reportedly, users will get a 2GB memory card free when buying the...
11:31 AM, Dec 13, 2011
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reassured the telecom industry of the Government's full commitment for the growth of the sector which has been facing the heat following the 2G spectrum allocation scandal and has also been seeking early resolution of a dispute over 3G roaming. The Prime Minister assured the telecom companies that he would look into their concerns and formulate forward-looking policies to sustain the sector's...
11:30 AM, Dec 07, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal will soon meet telecom industry leaders to work out an amicable resolution to the dispute between the government and service providers over a 3G roaming pact. "I will meet with the industry players soon to discuss the 3G roaming issue, industry players have sought time and I am hopeful to resolve the issue," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of the Skoch summit on...
01:25 PM, Nov 29, 2011
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