India will allow wireless broadband airwave holders to provide voice services if they pay an additional $ 306 million, a senior government official said on Monday, a move likely to boost billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd. Reliance Industries, controlled by India's richest man, is the only company with nationwide fourth-generation (4G) broadband airwaves. The company re-entered the fiercely competitive sector by buying airwaves in a 2010 auction and has...
03:41 PM, Feb 18, 2013
India is aggressively pursuing tax claims against multinational firms operating in the country as the government seeks to rein in its budget deficit, taking particular aim at IT and back-office functions, tax officials say. It has targeted several multinational companies in recent years for tax audits on transfer-pricing, but over the past 12 months has widened the scope of the investigations, officials added. ...
09:28 AM, Feb 18, 2013
Private telecom services provider Vodafone India launched 'post-to-pre talk time transfer' service, that enables its post-paid customer to instantly transfer talk-time (balance) to a pre-paid Vodafone customer. ...
05:23 PM, Feb 11, 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
Alleging delay in allocation of airwaves, Vodafone India has asked government to "immediately allot spectrum" for 14 circles secured in the November 2012 auction for which it has already made required payments. ...
03:52 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Leading telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, have increased rates of special tariff vouchers and reduced free minutes usage, barely a month after hiking the price of 2G data plans. ...
02:30 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Aircel has confirmed that it will launch BlackBerry 10 in India when the smartphones are available in India, which should be a few weeks after the global launch scheduled for January 30. ...
12:07 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
Mobile operator Vodafone apologised on Friday after some customers using Research in Motion's Blackberry handset lost emails in Europe, Middle East and Africa. ...
03:21 PM, Jan 13, 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
The government is likely to approach Parliament in February to water down retrospective tax rules that damaged investor confidence, two finance ministry officials said on Monday, in a move that may help settle UK-based Vodafone Group Plc's long-runnning $2 billion tax dispute. ...
04:59 PM, Jan 07, 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
Former Department of Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three companies - Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone India Ltd and Hutchison Max & Sterling Cellular - have been charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the allocation of additional spectrum case during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime. ...
03:30 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Vodafone India has sought extension of its licence period for Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata circles, which are coming up for renewal in November 2014. ...
04:08 PM, Dec 20, 2012
GSM mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, lost over 9 million subscribers in November, bringing down the user base to 663.78 million, industry body COAI said today. ...
04:34 PM, Dec 18, 2012
TDSAT directed Aircel to pay SMS termination fee of 5 paise per message to Vodafone till the dispute is finally resolved by the tribunal. ...
11:07 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The second day of auction for 2G spectrum started at 9 AM on Wednesday, on the back of demand for spectrum in the Bihar telecom circle. A Department of Telecommunications official replied in the affirmative when asked if the auction resumed on time on Wednesday morning. "Yes. Eighth round is in progress," the official said. The government is auctioning eight blocks of spectrum having 1.25 megahertz airwaves frequencies...
10:44 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: There has been a lukewarm response to 2G spectrum auction which opened on Monday in New Delhi with sources saying that there have been no bids in the top five to six circles. The first two rounds of re-auction of 2G spectrum have ended and no company has come forward to bid for key and lucrative circles like Delhi and Mumbai. There have been no bids for Rajasthan...
02:46 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Additional spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz was allotted during the late Telecom Minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure to cellular operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea without due coordination with Defence agencies, CBI has claimed in a probe report. In its report to the Law Ministry, CBI also claimed that Mahajan, who was the Telecom Minister during the BJP-led NDA rule, had apparently told "half truth" to Defence Minister George Fernandes that...
04:57 PM, Nov 08, 2012
Mumbai: Norway's Telenor has applied to take part in the 2G spectrum auction, opting to stay in the country despite being stripped of its permits after a scandal-tainted previous sale. Telenor joins India's top three operators by revenue in eyeing the 2G radio waves, though Russian conglomerate Sistema's Indian affiliate Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd, which also lost its permits obtained in 2008, said it would not be participating. The auction...
12:46 PM, Oct 20, 2012
