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Telecom industry urges TRAI to revise mergers and acquisitions policyAccording to companies, consolidation will lead to efficiencies of scale and allow operators to reduce costs and ease decisions for potenti...
International Telecom Union meet: GSMA hopes for four new spectrum bands in next 10 years for a 'Digital India'The government has indicated it will auction super-efficient 4G spectrum in the 700 MHz band but has yet to finalise a timetable.
GSMA urges India to encourage FDI in telecomTelecom sector attracted FDI of more than Rs 8,000 cr in the quarter to July while the cumulative FDI inflow since 2000 has been Rs 80,608....
High spectrum usage fee hurting investments by large India telcos, says GSMA'A telco that passes more traffic through a given amount of spectrum due to a better network and delivers more economic benefit to the coun...
Adequate supply of spectrum must before auction: GSMA“We think that allocating spectrum on a market discovered price is the best ways of allotting bandwidth,” said Sandeep Karanwal.
Telecom industry demands cut in USOF levyGSMA India called for "urgent government attention” and felt that USOF levy should be reduced since country’s levies on telcos are among wo...
GSMA expects 250 million broadband connections in India by 2017According to GSMA Intelligence, a research wing of the group, India's 3G and 4G broadband connections stood at 88 million by the quarter en...
GSMA cautions government, wants auction in 2100 MHz band tooThe GSM lobby group said that 3G airwaves would allow fallback option to service operators and that it would help them to cater to rising d...
London-based lobby group GSMA wants new government to scrap retrospective taxation“Retrospective taxation exists nowhere in the world and we are extremely happy to hear about government’s ambition in this regard,” GSMA sa...
Encourage mobile operators for rural network rollouts: GSMA's Sandeep KaranwalKaranwal feels that the mobile industry needs to be motivated to rollout network services in far-flung rural areas and to leverage alternat...
GSMA: Spectrum availability, sustainable pricing to drive 4GThe industry body believes that the further growth would be driven by the increased penetration of affordable smartphones.
India's mobile economy to contribute $400 billion to GDP by 2020Mobile economy in India, will contribute around $ 400 billion to the country's GDP and create 4.1 million jobs by 2020.