The department of telecommunications, or DoT, has asked the Union finance ministry to allow the winning bidders in the forthcoming auction of spectrum for third generation, or 3G, phone services to treat their winning bid amounts as expenses over the 20-year tenure of the licence. Read the rest of this entry »
Looking at the pace with which the Indian mobile market is growing in terms of subscribers, DoT has run out of numbers that begin with ‘9? and soon enough will have numbers that begin with the digit ‘8?. Read the rest of this entry »
Suggesting delinking of spectrum from telecom licences, the Economic Survey for the year 2008-09 has suggested auctioning radio frequencies for the forthcoming 3G mobile services. Read the rest of this entry »
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued draft regulations for introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Move over credit cards, India is now preparing to use the mobile contactless payment method. Citibank has announced the launch of Citi Tap and Pay pilot service in Bangalore as an effort to make the mode of payment more convenient. Read the rest of this entry »
India boasts some 430 million mobile phone users and that number is still growing despite the global slowdown. Read the rest of this entry »
India’s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., or BSNL, said Tuesday it has shortlisted L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. and Huawei Technologies Co. for parts of an estimated $6 billion contract to supply telecom equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
Strange for India to enforce the ban of cloned handsets from China, considering the country itself isn’t exactly that prosperous to make sure everyone can afford a decent, basic branded handset from more reputable manufacturers. Read the rest of this entry »
Ovum latest Mobile forecasts to 2014 predict slower revenue growth for operators in the short term as the recession impacts. However, connections continue to grow. The result will be downward pressure on Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), leading to an increasing need for network efficiency. Read the rest of this entry »
Nokia’s tagline of ‘connecting people’ certainly seems to have struck a chord with the Indian consumer. For a second year running, the handset maker has topped the prestigious, ‘Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands (MTB) Survey’. Read the rest of this entry »
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