New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and seven telecom firms including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone on a plea for cancellation of 2G spectrum beyond 2x4.5 MHz for metros and 2x4.4 MHz for other circles, allocated to the firms without additional fees. A bench of Justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhyay granted them four weeks times to file their replies on the petition, which pleaded...
05:44 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel is likely to launch 4G services, starting with Kolkata on March 20, which would give the company a lead over rivals in offering the next- generation telecom services in the country, according to industry sources. The country's largest private telecom company had earlier appointed Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for building and operating its 4G network in the Maharashtra circle using TD-LTE, one of the 4G technology....
10:32 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Barcelona: Indian mobile phone users will have to pay more if the service providers are charged for spectrum, which was earlier given free to the operators, Chairman of the country's largest telecom company Bharti Airtel Sunil Mittal has said. "We have been offering services with lower tariffs when we have not been charged for spectrum. Going ahead, if it (spectrum) will be charged, we will also have to charge the...
05:12 PM, Mar 02, 2012
Bangalore: Bharti Airtel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtel M Commerce Services Ltd (AMSL), today announced the pan-Indian launch of its mobile wallet service - airtel money. Available across 300 key cities in India, 'airtel money' is a fast, simple and secure service that allows its users to load cash on their mobile devices and spend it to pay utility bills and recharges, shop at 7,000-plus merchant outlets and transact online,...
04:45 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian market ended February series on a weak note. The Nifty swung as a pendulum between negative and positive territories before closing with a 20-point cut. Today was a tough session that saw the Nifty lose its stronghold over the 5,500 mark. The NSE benchmark lost 22 points or 0.4 per cent to end at 5,483. The Sensex too closed in the red at 18,078.5, down 66 points...
09:06 AM, Feb 23, 2012
New Delhi: If a user watches TV on his mobile phone for 20 minutes every day for a month, he will consume only 1.2 GB. If you have a mobile phone that supports a web browser, GPRS and WiFi connectivity, you can watch more than 100 TV channels live on your mobile phone and it is not going to be a costly affair as most mobile users think it is....
05:37 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday announced the new telecom policy (NTP) allowing operators to hold higher spectrum, pay uniform license fee across services besides permitting liberal merger and acquisition, with a view to provide quality services at affordable prices. Announcing a part of policy, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told a press conference that "the prescribed limit on spectrum assigned to a service provider will be 2x8 MHz (paired spectrum)...
08:40 PM, Feb 15, 2012
New Delhi: Telecom leader Bharti Airtel launched India's first online self care service which will enable pre-paid customers to get itemised bills, manage their account and subscribe to value added services. "Airtel prepaid mobile customers can visit the new self care website to receive and activate customised offers on 'my airtel, my offer' (MAMO), view tariff and top up options, request for the itemised bill and more," Bharti Airtel said...
11:10 AM, Feb 14, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Ltd disappointed investors with its eighth straight quarter of falling profit as the world's No 5 mobile carrier by users was buffeted by fierce competition from rivals in its home market. Bharti, controlled by billionaire Sunil Mittal, on Wednesday reported net profit for the three months to December fell 22 per cent from a year earlier to 10.11 billion rupees despite a 17 per cent rise...
10:53 AM, Feb 09, 2012
New Delhi: In what comes as another shock for the telecom industry, the government is set to recommend that older players like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea be charged for excess spectrum that they hold. CNN-IBN has accessed a draft Cabinet note that is set to recommend the same. Sources say that the draft is expected to be finalised within a week and a decision on this is likely in...
06:24 PM, Feb 08, 2012
Mumbai: Bharti Airtel gained around 7 per cent at Rs 386 on likely allocation of spectrum on Thursday. However, The Supreme Court (SC) has cancelled 122 licenses issued after January 2008. TRAI will make fresh recommendations on grant of licenses. Also, all spectrum issues post Jan 2008 to be cancelled. The government will take decision on licenses 1 month post TRAI recommendation, reports CNBC-TV18. Around 9 licenses of Idea have...
11:42 AM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The number of mobile phone subscribers in India rose to 893.84 million in December with Idea Cellular alone signing 2.39 million new subscribers, official data showed Monday. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the wireless user base grew 1.07 per cent with an addition of 9.47 million subscribers, from 884.37 million in November. With this, the total number of telephone subscribers, including land line holders,...
01:37 PM, Jan 31, 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: For the second time in as many months, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday met chiefs of leading operators, including Sunil Bharti Mittal, Anil Ambani and Vodafone's Marten Pieters, to discuss various contentious issues such as spectrum pricing, allocation and one-time fee. "All the operators conveyed their views on various issues which are also a part of regulator TRAI's recommendations on 'Spectrum Pricing and Framework'. The minister will...
06:24 PM, Jan 24, 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: 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...
08:04 PM, Jan 23, 2012
Mumbai: The Sensex on Thursday rose 192.27 points, to close at 16,643.74, supported by index heavyweights ICICI Bank, L&T and Reliance; while the Nifty closed above an important psychological 5,000 mark - for the first time since December 7, 2011, aided by positive global cues. The Nifty moved up 62.6 points, to end at 5,018.40. Banks, metals, oil & gas, power and auto stocks led Thursday's rally. Looking at the...
09:28 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: Top Indian mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel said on Wednesday it will challenge in court a 10.67 billion rupee tax demand from the country's income tax department over payments to international telecoms operators. "Bharti Airtel is fully compliant on all applicable income tax provisions," the company said in a statement. "This demand notice, pertaining to applicability of withholding tax on payments made to international operators, is not justified...
01:29 AM, Jan 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has slapped a Rs 1,067-crore demand notice on telecom giant Bharti Airtel for non-payment of TDS dues in the last four financial years in connection with its overseas operations, even as the company said it was fully compliant with all the provisions. The department has asked the company to pay a total tax of Rs 1,067.24 crore under sections 201 (consequences of failure to...
07:10 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Mumbai: Mobile handset maker Nokia has emerged as the most trusted brand in India, ahead of homegrown Tata which is at number 2, while social activist Anna Hazare is placed above master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, according to a recent survey. The survey, 'The Brand Trust Report, India Study 2012' released in Mumbai on Monday, placed the South Korean consumer durable firm LG in the third position. Korean consumer electronics and...
11:38 PM, Jan 16, 2012
