Telecom companies threaten to raise tariffs to make up for call drop fineMobile phone operators have warned that they will be forced to increase voice and data tariffs if they have to compensate their subscribers...
Telcos say call drop penalty to cost Rs 54,000 croreThe telecom industry has cited a potential loss of Rs 54,000 crore a year as it sought urgent intervention from the telecom minister.
Telecom companies need to follow Trai order on compensation: Ravi Shankar Prasad“Trai has come out with regulation which has become mandatory and effective as per the Trai Act. Government has no role in it,” Prasad told...
CDMA and GSM lobby groups ask DoT to speedily notify the ‘graded penalty regime’The two groups are opposed to each other on most issues, but agree on the matter of more rational penalties, which have hurt most operators.
Trai proposal on e-GSM 'not healthy': Auspi“The proposal to revisit the e-GSM band issue is not healthy since the government is yet to take decision on the matter,” Auspi's secy-gen ...
Budget 2014: Auspi seeks rationalisation of taxes for telecom sectorAn industry body that represents CDMA and dual-technology telecom operators has sought rationalization of multiple levies on the sector in ...
Auspi seeks retrospective effect for graded penalty schemeCDMA lobby says serious breaches of radiation norm violations were not even 2% of Rs 700 cr fine imposed on operators.
Trai's bias might end the road for CDMA operators: AuspiSistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd (SSTL), a unit of Russia's Sistema JSFC, also reiterated its unhappiness over the proposals of the Trai.
Kapil Sibal asks officials to apply mind while imposing penaltiesAt a meeting with Sibal, operators raised the issue of the Department of Telecom levying the maximum penalty of Rs 50 crore for even minor ...
'Telecom sector facing penalties of around Rs 6500 cr'The telecom sector is facing penalties of around Rs 6,500 crore on various counts, according to industry body AUSPI.
AUSPI seeks rejection of COAI plea on Tata TeleservicesAlleging distortion of facts by COAI, AUSPI asked DoT to reject the rival association's plea to take back spectrum from Tata Teleservices i...
Payment of onetime spectrum fee to be made a pre-condition for M&As of telcosEven if an entirely new operator, such as AT&T, were to acquire an Indian telco, the joint entity would have to pay the market value of the...
Government cuts CDMA spectrum base price by 50% to attract biddersWith today's reduction in price, existing CDMA players will have to pay one-time spectrum fee on the revised base price.
- Tata Indicom crosses 20 million subscribers mark
With Bharti Airtel announcing its feat of 50 million subscribers on Monday, mobile operator Tata Indicom said its subscriber base has cross...
- Tata Tele says 99.7% subscribers verified
Tata Teleservices (TTSL) has taken exception to the statement made by some officials at the Department of Telecom, saying the operator had ...
- DoT rings fine for unverified customer
It proposes Rs 1 K penalty for each unverified subscriber as telcos still offer services to such customers.
- AUSPI for lower revenue share license fee
The CDMA-based cellular operators, including Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications, on Wednesday demanded reduction in revenue shar...