Telenor's India unit said on Saturday it would close down its mobile phone services in Mumbai zone immediately after a court ordered that carriers whose permits were revoked and did not win fresh rights to airwaves must stop services. ...
12:23 AM, Feb 17, 2013
The list of URLs to be blocked also includes news reports from Firstpost, Outlook, Times of India, Rediff, Indian Express and Economic Times. ...
10:06 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Telecom operator Uninor said it is not "impacted" by today's Supreme Court's order which said telecom companies which were unsuccessful in availing fresh 2G spectrum and those which did not participate in the auction process will cease to operate "forthwith". ...
05:29 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the telecom firms whose licences were cancelled and didn't participate in fresh auction for 2G spectrum will cease to operate forthwith. Sistema and Tata Tele were among those who did not bid in the auction. ...
11:14 AM, Feb 15, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a decision to revoke the operating licences of several mobile phone companies after police said the sale of the licences was tainted by corruption. ...
02:40 AM, Feb 15, 2013
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed curative petitions of several telecom firms for re-examination of its verdict cancelling 122 2G spectrum licences allocated during tenure of former telecom minister A Raja. ...
07:34 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Unsuccessful bidders and telecom companies which opted out of participating in the first round of fresh auction for 2G spectrum following cancellation of their licences by last year's order would not be allowed to continue their service, the Supreme Court said on February 11. ...
01:39 PM, Feb 12, 2013
An asteroid due to whizz past the Earth this week could take out vital telecommunications satellites, scientists warn. They are sure there is no chance of the 45.7 metre wide space rock hitting the planet. ...
10:54 AM, Feb 12, 2013
It is the last hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee looking into the 2G scam on Tuesday. CBI director Ranjit Sinha and Telecom Secretary R Chandrashekhar are scheduled to appear before the committee and are likely to be quizzed over the latest 2G twist revealed by CNN-IBN. ...
07:49 AM, Feb 12, 2013
A Delhi court on Monday will take cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the CBI against Airtel, Vodafone and others for alleged irregularities in allocation of additional 2G spectrum to them during the NDA regime. ...
06:53 AM, Feb 11, 2013
Bharti Airtel said its board will consider on Friday appointing Manoj Kohli as the company's managing director, extending a management restructuring exercise aimed at reviving growth at the world's No 4 cellular carrier by customers. ...
12:39 AM, Jan 31, 2013
The H.265 format, or codec, would require just half the amount of data needed by its predecessor, H.264. ...
06:34 AM, Jan 28, 2013
Supreme Court allowed on Monday mobile phone carriers, whose permits were due to be revoked this week as per an earlier court order, to continue services until it hears the case next on February 4, a lawyer on the case said. ...
12:17 AM, Jan 15, 2013
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed telecom operators whose licences were cancelled by its February 2, 2012 order to continue their services till February 4, 2013. An apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan passed the order on a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) application seeking that the existing licence holders be allowed to continue operations till the auction scheduled for March 2013 was completed. ...
03:46 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Regulator TRAI has decided to continue with the existing tariff regime for the time being that allows operators to decide on charges for telecom services. "TRAI sought views of stakeholders on the need to review the existing regime of tariff forbearance. Taking into account the feedback received from stakeholders, the Authority has decided to continue with the existing tariff regime for the time being," TRAI said in its annual report....
04:32 PM, Jan 13, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the CBI and BSNL on a PIL alleging misuse of public office by former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran. The petition alleges that Maran had set up a BSNL exchange in Chennai and routed the lines to Sun TV offices. ...
11:49 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Department of Telecommunications in its demand notice has asked telecom majors Airtel and Vodafone to pay around Rs 3,800 crore as one-time spectrum fee during this month. According to sources, DoT has given Airtel the option of paying Rs 1,758.07 crore this month as first installment from the total amount of Rs 5,201.24 crore levied on the company as one-time spectrum charge for additional and excess spectrum it holds. ...
10:48 PM, Jan 10, 2013
British telecommunications carrier Vodafone Group Plc said on Saturday it has received a reminder from Indian tax authorities on disputed tax dues over its 2007 acquisition of Indian mobile assets. ...
02:22 AM, Jan 06, 2013
An Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom on January 3 deliberated upon several issues regarding spectrum auction due this fiscal, but did not reach a final decision and would meet again on January 7. "EGoM deliberated on 1800/900 MHz spectrum but it could not discuss CDMA (800 MHz). Auction does not seem possible by January 18 but will take place during this fiscal," a top source said. ...
03:22 PM, Jan 03, 2013
The Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom is scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss modalities about the spectrum sale due this fiscal. The EGoM, headed by Finance P Chidambaram, will discuss the auction plan prepared by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) after Cabinet approved the sale of unsold GSM spectrum in 1800 Mhz band and in the premium 900 Mhz spectrum band. ...
10:15 AM, Jan 03, 2013
