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August 31, 2016 Qualcomm Meets IT, Telecom Ministers for Satellite Project
Electronics chip major Qualcomm Monday met IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha to discuss its satellite connectivity project and production of chips, used in devices like mobile phones. “They really intend to expand their footprint. They have great experience in the field of chip design. They are very excited about expansion […]
NEWS August 24, 2016 Government Unveils Twitter Sewa for Telecom, Postal Sector Complaints
Government Unveils Twitter Sewa for Telecom, Postal Sector Complaints The government on Tuesday launched a Twitter Sewa service for addressing the complaints and concerns of the common man and other stake-holders in the telecom and postal sectors. The initiative was launched by Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge) Manoj Sinha. The Twitter Sewa handle […]
NEWS May 15, 2016 call Drops: Videocon Telecom Says Efforts on to solve trouble
mobile operator Videocon Telecom Wednesday welcomed ideally suited court‘s choice to strike down the Trai regulation making it mandatory for telecom groups to compensate subscribers for name drops, butintroduced that efforts of operators to resolve the hassle will maintain. “From operators’ point of view, it (SC verdict) is a great judgement and operators may be […]
ALL DEALS April 18, 2016 Telecom Ministry to Approach Cabinet to Reduce Spectrum Usage Charges
Telecom Ministry is expected to approach the Cabinet for its nod to reduce spectrum usage charges from existing 5 percent to 3 percent of the revenue earned by companies from telecom services. “The Telecom Commission has agreed to charge SUC (spectrum usage charges) at 3 percent level of adjusted gross revenue on spectrum that will […]
ALL DEALS April 18, 2016 BSNL Says Gearing Up to Launch 4G Services in 14 Telecom Circles
State-owned BSNL is gearing up to launch 4G services in 14 telecom circles where it has 20MHz liberalised broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. The company, which has already soft launched 4G services in Chandigarh, is exploring two methods – revenue sharing model and capex model – for the 4G rollout. The company has 20MHz liberalised […]
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March 9, 2016 China Criticises US Restrictions on Telecom Giant ZTE
China on Tuesday criticised a move by Washington to slap restrictions on one of the country’s biggest telecommunications equipment companies, ZTE, for violating US trade sanctions on Iran. The US Commerce Department said ZTE Corp. and related companies set up a scheme to circumvent sanctions and “illicitly export” controlled items to Iran, violating US laws. […]
