Trai ups min wired broadband speeds to 2 Mbps; suggests license fee exemption to expand connectivityIn a 298-page-recommendation unveiled Tuesday to promote broadband connectivity, Trai also suggested a pilot Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) ...
31 Aug, 2021, 10.40 PM IST
TRAI asks DBT, if license fee waiver needed to push fixed-line broadband adoptionThe telecom regulator has asked industry stakeholders whether a direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme or any other form of indirect incentiv...
19 May, 2021, 08.58 PM IST
India considers license fee cut for household broadband serviceIndia is considering a proposal to reduce the license fee for fixed-line broadband services to households.
22 Jun, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
Why a simple BSNL-MTNL merger is not the solutionDoes merging solve the issue of competitiveness? GoI needs to ponder over this if it plans to stay in the biz.
26 Oct, 2019, 09.04 AM IST
Trai begins review of interconnection level for fixed line networksA large number of PoIs are currently required by fixed-line operators to handle a fraction of the telephony traffic, resulting in inefficie...
30 May, 2019, 09.11 PM IST
Now, Airtel offers three months free data to fixed-line customersAirtel has 3.51 lakh fixed-line subscribers, a majority of them commercial enterprises, who can potentially upgrade to the high-speed cover...
21 Dec, 2016, 08.07 PM IST
Vodafone sues Telecom Italia for 1 billion euros in competition claimThe lawsuit comes as Telecom Italia is moving ahead with a plan to spin off its fixed-line copper network, which rivals say gives it a comp...
04 Aug, 2013, 04.17 PM IST
- Fixed line user base down 12 lakh/year
Despite countless efforts and new offers by state-owned BSNL to ramp up wireline penetration in India, fixedlines in India have hit a new l...
14 Oct, 2008, 12.02 AM IST
- One in two Chinese people uses mobile phone: Report
Almost one in two Chinese people now has a mobile phone, while the number of fixed-line subscribers has fallen.
26 Jun, 2008, 02.22 PM IST
- China's mobile phone accounts rise to 592 million
China's fast-growing number of mobile phone accounts has risen more than 8 per cent since the start of the year to 592 million, while deman...
26 Jun, 2008, 10.29 AM IST
- China's mobile phone users hit 574 mn by March
Mobile phone subscribers in China has risen to more than 574 million by the end of March, as more fixed-line users switched to mobile servi...
26 Apr, 2008, 03.18 PM IST
- Number of cell phone users in China hit 574 million by the end of March
Chinese state media says the country has 574 million cell phone users, equal to about 44 percent of its population.
26 Apr, 2008, 01.23 PM IST
- Fixed-line telephony to be exempted from licence fee
BSNL will be the largest beneficiary of this move as it will save up to Rs 1,200 crore annually. Sizzling handsets
26 Apr, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- China set to allow more competition in mobile phone market
A pledge by China's regulators to let fixed-line phone operators enter the faster-growing mobile market could lead to much greater competit...
19 Nov, 2007, 02.14 PM IST
- BSNL throws a line to win its customers back
Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), the largest fixedline service provider, is writing letters to its former landline customers to resume their co...
01 Nov, 2006, 02.13 AM IST
- Bharti to offer 3-in-1 services across 90 cities
After dominating the mobile telephone market, Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 3-in-1 services - phone, Internet and cable TV - across 90...
24 Jun, 2006, 04.12 AM IST
- Bharti to offer 3-in-1 services across 90 cities
After dominating the Indian mobile telephone market, Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 3-in-1 services -- phone, internet and cable TV -- ...
23 Jun, 2006, 01.10 PM IST