
This week on The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha brings the funny side to BJP leader LK Advani's Rath Yatra, the BlackBerry outage and the new Telecom policy. ...

11:27 AM, Oct 16, 2011

Mumbai: India will let cellular carriers share airwaves and allow for consolidation in a crowded industry that has been battered by ferocious competition and a multi-billion-dollar scandal, under new proposals announced on Monday. The draft policy will "facilitate consolidation in the converged telecom service sector while ensuring sufficient competition," Telecoms Minister Kapil Sibal said as he announced several new initiatives for the sector in a draft of the policy. Many...

08:47 AM, Oct 11, 2011

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday unveiled a draft of the new telecom policy that will focus on transparency. ...

08:37 AM, Oct 11, 2011

New Delhi: Announcing the draft National Telecom Policy (NTP), Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that there will be one nation-one licence policy across the country, which means removal of roaming charges. As per the draft NTP unveiled by the Government on Monday, spectrum allocation will also be de-linked from licences and radiowaves would be made available at market-determined prices. Announcing that revenue generation for the Government will have...

05:20 PM, Oct 10, 2011

New Delhi: Speaking on the new telecom policy on Monday, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said that there will be one nation-one licence policy across the country, which means removal of roaming charges. Draft National Telecom Policy 2011 aims for 'one nation-one licence'; targets full MNP and free roaming. Sibal also said that he wants India to become a hub for telecommunication. "Draft NTP targets broadband on demand," Sibal said. The...

03:55 PM, Oct 10, 2011

Bharti Airtel accounts for more than 23 per cent of mobile users in India. ...

01:04 PM, Nov 20, 2009

Reliance, BSNL and MTNL are shaking up the market by charging Re 1 or nothing for calls beyond one's local area. ...

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