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2G Bidding Fiasco Takes Ugly Turn As Vodafone Alleges Favoritism
The soon to be auctioned 2G Spectrum has come under heavy criticism for apparently favoring a particular set of companies. As per the revised norms, Vodafone India feels the spectrum auction...
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Another Victim Of Mobile Telephony License, Sistema Shyam Decides To Call It...
Sistema Shyam who owns & operates mobile service company MTS, is shutting down operations in 10 operating circles. Citing uncertainties resulting from the Supreme Court’s decision to cancel...
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Government Denies Extension To 2G License Of Airtel & Vodafone
Vodafone & Airtel both face an uncertain future thanks to India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) rejecting their requests for interim extension of 2G licenses. What’s going to hurt these...
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Vodafone India Has Started Cutting Its 2G Data Charges By 80% In Select Regions
In what seems to be a bid to get more users to adopt its mobile Internet services, Vodafone India has announced that it has started slashing 2G data charges by 80% in select regions. The previous...
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Idea Rolls Out Free Facebook Messenger Service For Prepaid Users
In a bid to expand its user base even further, Idea Cellular has launched free Facebook Messenger service for all its prepaid subscribers. The partnership will let users send messages, share pictures,...
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Tata Docomo to slash 2G, 3G Internet rates by 90% from 1 July
Tata Docomo has joined other prominent Indian telecom operators in slashing mobile data rates. It has announced that it will be slashing 2G and 3G data (only certain packs) transmission rates by 90% ....
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Airtel Requests DoT For Allocation Of Numbers To Test 4G Telephony
India’s leading mobile service provider Bharti Airtel appears to have approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to allocate 10 digit mobile numbers. Airtel has asked DoT to release about 25...
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Vodafone To Award NSN 2G And 3G Network Upgradation Contract Worth $ 200 Million
Vodafone India is likely to soon award a huge contract worth US$ 200 Million (Rs. 1340 Crores). The most likely company to bag this will be Finland’s Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN). The massive...
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COAI Offers A Compromise Formula To Safeguard GSM Companies
The telecom sector is currently on the verge of substantial flux. While some of the companies have already participated in the next generation 4G telephony standards and secured licenses, many of the...
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DoT’s Bargain With The Defense Ministry Could Allow 3 More Telecom Players To...
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is currently in discussion with India’s Defense Ministry that could have a substantial impact on the future of 3rd Generation (3G) high speed mobile...
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Vodafone Abolishes Roaming Data Tariffs And Offers 80% Reduction Across India
Vodafone, a prominent telecom player in India has taken bold steps to ‘Democratize’ Internet. In an promotional effort to appease customers during the holiday season, Vodafone has allowed all its...
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Data Services Helped Aircel Arrest Losses And Now It Starts Testing 4G
Aircel, one of the telecom service providers in India, is quietly testing Long-Term Evolution (4th Generation) services as it has had a great experience by offering data centric plans to its...
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The Days Of Low Tariff Are Numbered: Vodafone India MD
Mobile Customers may have to soon bear the burden of rising tariffs. Additionally, the rates may not go up in segments or patches, but customers may have to shell out higher amounts each year,...
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Idea Cellular Follows Trend And Slashes Data Rates By 90%
It appears experimenting with Data Tariffs has become the trend with Mobile Companies. More so, telecom companies appear to be favoring the incentivized route of cutting tariffs. After Vodafone,...
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Indian Mobile Networks Are Struggling To Serve Burgeoning Mobile Video...
Finally, we seem to have an official study which points to the inefficiencies of the 3G infrastructure being deployed in the country. SkyFire, a mobile video optimization company which is owned by...
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Uninor Rises Again With Renewed Vigor And A New Unified License
Estranged telecom service provider Uninor has risen from near oblivion and appears to have buckled up for long-term sustained business in India. Mobile operator Telewings, an entity promoted by...
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Bharti Airtel Sticks To 4G Rollout Roadmap And Launches Voice Service
Bharti Airtel appears to be committed to elevating its services to the next evolutionary pedestal of mobile communications. After successfully pioneering the era of 4th Generation (4G) in India, the...
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TRAI Warms-Up To The Idea of Uniform Spectrum Usage Charge, Paving Way For...
Indian telecom companies have been getting a very favorable environment in the country for the past year. The same is expected to continue in this year too, with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...
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Why Is India Wary Of 2G Spectrum Re-Auctions?
The Indian government has pushed ahead the dates of the 2G Spectrum Auctions. The process will now begin from 3rd February. The re-auctioning of the 403.2 MHz of spectrum in the 1800MHz band and 46 MHz...
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RIL’s Surprise Entry To Intensify Bidding For 2G
The bidding for the relatively ancient, but nonetheless essential 2nd Generation (2G) standard of mobile communications, has suddenly become a hotly contested commodity owing to surprise entry by...
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