EGoM brings down base spectrum price
24 July 2012 1:34 AM GMTIn a relief to telecom operators in the country, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is believed to have suggested setting a 20 per cent lower...
Court removes 200 cap on personal SMSes
14 July 2012 1:42 AM GMTThe Delhi High Court Friday set aside an order of the telecom sector regulator capping SMSes at 200 per day per person for personal communications.The...
TRAI to present spectrum price impact analysis
12 July 2012 12:42 AM GMTTelecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India [TRAI] on Thursday will make a detailed presentation to the empowered group of minister [EGoM]...
Global IT spend to reach $3.6 trillion in 2012
10 July 2012 1:35 AM GMTGlobal IT spending is expected to grow by 3 per cent to $3.6 trillion in 2012 on the back of growth in segments like cloud computing, telecom and...
Mobile handset revenues drop 5 per cent
10 July 2012 1:34 AM GMTThe Indian mobile handset market saw a drop of five per cent in revenues during 2011-12 to Rs 31,215 crore from Rs 33,031 crore a year ago, according...
Sibal waives community radio license fee
9 July 2012 2:25 PM GMTThe incisive letter that the National Advisory Council (NAC) member Aruna Roy wrote to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi on 6 July has had desired...
Chidambaram as EGoM head cheers BJP up
7 July 2012 3:24 AM GMTAfter the agriculture minister Sharad Pawar declined to head the Empowered Group of Ministers [EGoM] on the allocation of telecom spectrum, the...
Do mobile towers mean death?
6 July 2012 1:09 PM GMTBy Ankur PaliwalSudhir Kasliwal has been living in a Jaipur colony with his family since the 1970s. A jeweller by profession, his life was going...
Govt may miss 31 Aug spectrum deadline
6 July 2012 12:37 AM GMTAn inter-ministerial panel set up to supervise auction of spectrum for telecom services is learnt to have said it is not possible to meet the Supreme...
TDSAT gives split verdict on 3G roaming
4 July 2012 12:05 AM GMTTelecom tribunal Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal [TDSAT] on Tuesday gave a split verdict on validity of mobile phone operators...
EGoM to decide on spectrum levy
4 July 2012 12:03 AM GMTWith the finance ministry and Planning Commission voicing strong opposition, the Cabinet on Tuesday referred to a ministerial panel the proposal to...
Govt plans telecom levy, Pawar quits EGoM
3 July 2012 2:54 AM GMTThe union cabinet is likely to discuss the contentious issue of one-time spectrum charge on Tuedsay that Department of Telecom has proposed to levy on...
