Nokia eyes deals from cable companies for high-speed broadband servicesRajan Gupta, president of Hathway’s broadband business said the cable company will soon start broadband services based on Nokia’s technolog...
17 Aug, 2016, 09.12 AM IST
ZTE eyes 20% revenue growth on back of telecom companies network initiativesZTE is eyeing 20% revenue growth this year as it gets ready to meet an expected rise in demand from mobile phone operators’ rush to moderni...
08 Apr, 2016, 12.56 PM IST
DEN Networks rallies as RBI hikes FII investment limitTracking the development, the stock rallied 7.55 per cent to hit a high of Rs 124.60. Yet the stock is down 32 per cent from its 52-week hi...
27 Oct, 2015, 03.48 PM IST
Broadband: Department of Telecommunications seeks time from PMO to complete nation-wide projectDoT has approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for a nine-month extension of the national broadband project rollout deadline to Decem...
05 Jan, 2015, 04.06 AM IST
Competition Commission of India rejects complaint against United Telecoms and BBNLThe complaint filed by Telecommunication Users Group of India, had alleged that United Telecoms had quoted rates below the cost for the bro...
17 Sep, 2014, 06.51 PM IST
Telecom secretary rejects demand for GPON review for net connectivity in rural areasBacking the telecom department’s decision to use GPON, Garg said that alternate technologies such as WDM-PON are not yet available commerci...
22 Aug, 2014, 04.14 AM IST
- UTL wants BBNL's entire broadband gear supply order
UTL looks to be on a collision course with BBNL over the latter’s purchase of devices known as GPON systems for the Rs21,000-crore national...
26 Mar, 2014, 09.13 AM IST
United Telecom pips rivals ITI, Tejas, Sterlite, L&T with Rs 998 crore bid for BBNL contractUnited Telecom (UTL) has pipped rivals ITI, Tejas Networks, Sterlite Technologies and L&T to emerge the lowest (L1) bidder.
20 Feb, 2014, 04.56 AM IST
BSNL, PowerGrid, RailTel get cracking on optic fibre projectThe comments by the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) came in response to a query by Rajya Sabha MP and former owner of BPL Mobile.
07 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Government to float Rs 1,100 crore broadband equipment tender this weekGovt is expected to float tender this week for procuring key equipment for national broadband network, estimated to cost around Rs 1,092 cr.
04 Aug, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
BBNL to invite bids from GPON suppliers for broadband penetration projectBBNL will "strictly" stick to India's preferential market access (PMA) policy for buying security-sensitive electronics equipment.
31 Jul, 2013, 05.38 AM IST
DoT may keep Alphion Corp out of national broadband ventureThe Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical wing of DoT, has dismissed Alphion India’s claim of being a “domestic manufacturer”.
12 Jul, 2013, 04.12 PM IST
DoT likely to bar Alphion India from supplying GPON systemsThe move is seen as the first sign of India's insistence on domestic sourcing of security sensitive telecom products for government contrac...
11 Jul, 2013, 04.19 AM IST
Local electronics units pin big hopes on National Optic Fibre Network, project to bring broadband to 2.5 lakh villagesIt is one of the most expensive and ambitious projects in India's technology history connecting 2,50,000 gram panchayats with a fibre optic...
18 Feb, 2013, 11.22 AM IST
- Government shuts out top global network vendors from Rs 21,000 crore fibre optic venture
Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei and ZTE are missing from the DoT certified list of vendors eligible to supply GPON,
19 Jan, 2013, 04.57 PM IST
C-DoT asks DoT to bar Huawei, ZTE from optic fibre biddingThe research body says India must keep Huawei and ZTE out of sensitive govt projects in the aftermath of a recent US congressional report.
08 Nov, 2012, 05.22 AM IST
- ITI posts highest ever turnover of Rs 4,732.43 cr for FY'10
State-run telecom company ITI on Friday said its turnover jumped more than two-fold to Rs 4,732.43 crore in 2009-10.
02 Apr, 2010, 02.49 PM IST