Tata Communications, a leading telecom and Internet services provider, launched its advanced Ethernet services to help its customers experience high-speed, secure and cost-effective bandwidth on Tuesday. Ethernet is a widely installed local area network (LAN) technology.
 
"Tata ...

The former global telecom giant, Nortel, which is selling its various businesses to liquidate itself as part of bankruptcy protection, is selling its CDMA and Long Term Evolution Access businesses this Friday.
 
But RIM on Monday said that it has been blocked from bidding for Nortel's ...

The erstwhile global telecom giant, Nortel, has sold off its business for $475 million to its business rival, Avaya Inc. This decision was taken as it had declared that it would liquidate itself last month.
 
The Toronto-based telecom company said on Monday that it was selling its Enterprise ...

The government said that the proposed merger of the two state-run telecom operators - Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) – has been shelved.
 
"Since the enabling conditions for the suggested options are not appropriate enough to lead to a ...

Spectrum Crunch Restricts 3G Services
The Communications and IT Minister, A. Raja, said on Monday that only three telecom operators can roll out third generation (3G) services in Delhi due to spectrum crunch,.
 
"Delhi has only 15 Mhz of spectrum available making it possible only for ...

The Essar Group of India is exploring the possibilities for entering into a partnership with the UAE-based Dhabi group for a telecom venture in Africa.
 
Dhabi Group chairman, Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan and Essar Group chief executive, Prashant Ruia, signed an agreement in Abu ...

The nationalized telecom operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL),  has incurred a dip in its profit by 21% in 2008-09, with revenues falling to Rs.11,505 crore last fiscal from Rs.14,499 crore the previous year.
 
The number of BSNL's landline connections, too, fell in the last six ...

The government has ordered the five leading players in telecom sector to undergo a special audit as the government suspects the misreporting of the revenues by these companies.
 
The telecom operators that are under the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) scanner are Bharti Airtel, ...

Tata Docomo, a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and NTT Docomo of Japan, completed the rollout of its GSM operations in South India with the formal launch in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
 
Andhra Pradesh is the sixth circle where Tata Docomo has launched its GSM telephony operations. ...

The GSM-based mobile subscriber base in India grew by 8.89 million in June, when compared to the 8.3 million added in May, an industry body said in New Delhi on Monday in a statement.
 
According to the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the apex body of GSM mobile operators, ...

The Delhi High Court Friday annulled a Department of Telecom (DOT) notification that had fixed Sep 25, 2007, as the cut-off date for granting telecom licenses.


The court also told the DoT to consider Chennai-based S-Tel’s application to start operations in 16 circles. 


Justice ...

The Economic Survey 2008-09 released in parliament on Thursday has demanded to put an end to the debate surrounding the allocating of radio frequency by advocating an auction process that is open and transparent.

It said that the capital gains from traded spectrum should be taxed under the ...

India will continue its robust telecom story with the sector's revenue to be more than $30 billion by 2013, according to a global information technology research and advisory firm. 
"Total mobile services revenue in India is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ...

The telecom industry group, GSM Association, expects continued growth of mobile industry despite recession. The continued growth would provide stimulus for global economy. Robert Conway, CEO of the association that has worldwide representation of 750 mobile operators, also predicted good growth in ...

British telecom (BT) has cancelled pay hikes and most of the bonuses after two profit warnings. The warnings have come from BT’s unit that provides network services to MNCs.

Even the Chief Executive of the Global Services unit, Hanif Lalani, would go without bonuses after he asked not to ...

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL)-owned MTS India has tied up with IBM for developing green data centres in India. Under the IT service agreement, IBM will design and build green centres in Chennai and Gurgaon. The installation of green centres will help SSTL to achieve 20 percent of energy ...

Tata Teleservices, the fifth-largest mobile company in India, has come up with plans to invest in the GSM Sector. Tata, presently a CDMA player, recently came up with its pan-India, multi-billion investment plan in the GSM sector. Experts say that as the GSM forms around 75% market share in Indian ...

Telecom and networking services provider, Nortel Networks opened a new Global Network Operations Centre (GNOC) in Bangalore. While informing about the setting up of the new centre, the company said the Bangalore facility will provide management and support services for communications networks of ...

The whole owned subsidiary of Loop Mobile (formerly BPL Mobile), Loop Telecom has launched its cellular services in Tamil Nadu and Orissa circles. The company has also planned to soft-launch its mobile services in a total of five regions before the end of June 2009. The company has already won the ...

Here is good news for the mobile phone users of the country. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has notified the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in some parts of the country by September 20, 2009. With help of number portability, the mobile phone users can retain the same number even ...

India-based Unitech Wireless has awarded its GSM network rollout contract to Chinese firm Huawei and France-based Alcatel-Lucent. As per reports, out of the total contract of $ 400 million, Huawei has bagged $ 225 million. Apart from Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson and ZTE were also in the race ...

Department of Telecom (DoT) has come up with a new formula for the spectrum allocation policy. The proposed formula involves imposition of a one-time fee on existing players that have more than 6.2 Mhz of spectrum. The committee is toying with the idea of basing the fee on 3G auction price on ...

Tata Teleservices Ltd has introduced its all new Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) service on Monday (April 20). The new GPS service from Tata Teleservices will enable the subscribers to locate intended destinations and track vehicles and consignments from origin to destination in real ...

Telecom major Aircel on Thursday (9th April) launched its GSM services in Mumbai. With this Aircel is the seventh telecom operator in Mumbai's cut-throat competitive market. Aircel is jointly owned by Malaysia's Maxis Communications and Apollo Group. After the launch the company said in a message ...

Ericsson India formally launched ‘Ericsson Tower Tube’, in Hyderabad. It is a radio base station site concept developed by the company itself. Speaking on the occasion Mr P. Balaji, Vice-President (Marketing & Strategy), Ericsson India said that, the new tower tube developed by ...

Telecom major Aircel today launched its services in Delhi. Launching of services in Delhi is part of a bigger plan under which, Malaysia-based Maxis Group will invest $5 billion to roll out services in the 10 telecom circles in India including Delhi, where it is not present right now. The ...

On Tuesday (18th March), American Tower Corporation (ATC) said that, it would acquire Indian firm XCEL Telecom Private Ltd. XCEL Telecom is a telecom infrastructure firm that owns and operates around 1,700 wireless communications tower sites in India.
 
American Tower Mauritius, a subsidiary ...

To check the increasing tyranny of direct-to-home (DTH) operator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has introduces quality of service guidelines. The new guidelines include no charges for repair and maintenance during warranty period and a prior notice of 15 days before an operator can ...

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is setting up the 3G telecom infrastructure in Chennai and is scheduled to offer the service by June 2009. BSNL is in the process of installing the 600 base transmitting stations (BTS) for the 3G service. The 3G service will be offered in the major cities first ...

Chennai-based telecom operator Aircel has planned to invest an amount of Rs 1100 crore by 2010 to establish base stations in Karnataka. The telecom company has launched its GSM service in Bangalore on February 23, 2009. According to chief operating officer of Aircel, Gurdeep Singh, the company has ...