Research and Analysis Wing wants background check of telcos setting up ILD facilityAt present, an ILD company is required to get approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) if foreign stake in the firm is a...
26 May, 2014, 08.09 PM IST
- Negative growth in fixed line phone business: Survey
The fixed line telephone business in India in 2009-10 saw a negative growth with revenues dropping by 23.3 per cent to Rs 18,900 crore from...
29 Jul, 2010, 01.21 PM IST
- Idea plugs in to global long-distance circuit
Idea Cellular has forayed into international long distance (ILD) business, and is currently negotiating inter-connect agreements with inter...
25 Mar, 2009, 01.10 AM IST
Regulatory dilemma over VoIPVoIP will raise competition in NLD and ILD services and will bring in much lower prices for consumers.
04 Mar, 2009, 03.19 AM IST
- BSNL to bid for MTNL's ILD tender
State-run BSNL will bid for the outgoing international call routing tender of MTNL.
14 Sep, 2008, 10.50 AM IST
- BSNL to launch International Calling Cards
Country's largest telecom operator BSNL will launch prepaid international calling card aimed at Indian expatriate community as well as Indi...
29 Jun, 2008, 11.35 AM IST
- ISD rates may fall; MTNL seeks new bids for traffic carriage
International call rates may head towards south as the state-run MTNL on Monday invited fresh tender from Indian ILD operators seeking lowe...
15 Oct, 2007, 07.16 PM IST
- Telecom panel approves Rs 50 cr fine on Airtel
Telecom Engineering Centre had approached the Telecom Commission stating that Airtel had violated a total of four clauses in its ILD licenc...
15 Oct, 2007, 08.05 AM IST
- MTNL to launch VoIP service in Nepal
UTL has been permitted by the Nepalese Government to start Voice over Internet Protocol services there, which will offer cheaper overseas c...
05 Aug, 2007, 04.40 PM IST
- T Malaysia, Spice to launch co-branded calling cards
Spice Telecom and Telekom Malaysia (TM) will soon launch co-branded international calling cards in India.
02 Apr, 2007, 02.21 AM IST
- Trai issues consultation paper on ADC review
Telecom regulator, Trai on Wednesday set in motion a process for another round of tariff reduction with the issue of a consultation process...
31 Jan, 2007, 05.30 PM IST
- Call rates to US, UK will get dirt cheap
International call rates to the US and UK will soon nosedive to Rs 1.25 per minute.
01 Dec, 2006, 12.44 AM IST
- Agencies want lid on ILD calls
Carriers are told to ban all foreign calls without caller identification. Trai opposes the move.
08 Nov, 2006, 12.57 AM IST
- Telcos won't ring in cable benefits soon
At a time when the department of telecommunications (DoT) is encouraging sharing of infrastructure, PSU telcos BSNL and MTNL are readying t...
13 Sep, 2006, 01.42 AM IST
- Almost a dozen STD operators, still we have no choice at all
The mad rush for NLD and ILD telephony licences goes on. And it isn’t courtesy, the charm of a dirt-cheap entry fee of Rs 2.5-crore for eac...
01 Aug, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Telcos in redial mode, bet on global calling cards again
After launching calling cards with a big bang in ‘04, telcos almost fell silent as mobile tariffs tumbled and users preferred making direct...
24 Jul, 2006, 12.33 AM IST
Govt to open up overseas telephonyNEXT financial year, the prices of international calls will go down drastically as the Department of Telecommunications has accepted all th...
15 Nov, 2001, 09.30 PM IST