PM Narendra Modi to launch 5G testbed on May 17The 5G testbed has been developed as a multi-institute collaborative project by a total of eight institutes, led by IIT Madras. The other i...
16 May, 2022, 06.32 PM IST
Prime Minister Wani: Centre targets two million Wi-Fi hotspots by the end of 2021Once the service is live, anyone can register as a public data operator aggregator (PDOA) by filling in a one-page form on the central regi...
22 Dec, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
Jio warns Centre that delay in auctions will lead to fall in network quality, blames rivals for stifling competitionJio has laid a scathing attack on its rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea – without naming them - and alleged that they have created hur...
30 Sep, 2020, 07.07 AM IST
AGR issue: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad meets PM; DoT takes back orderKumar Mangalam Birla, who is also the chairman of telecom company Vodafone Idea, met with the telecom minister and discussed the consequenc...
15 Feb, 2020, 07.27 AM IST
Govt lets 5G waves roll, asks cos to submit bids for trial in 10 daysTelecom operators must apply afresh within the next 10 days for 5G spectrum trials and airwaves will be allotted upon approval of their app...
01 Jan, 2020, 12.40 PM IST
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao lauds PM Modi for ease of businessVodafone Group’s CEO Vittorio Colao complimented Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his progressive economic policies, saying they will bring ...
25 Jan, 2018, 05.40 PM IST
RCom in advanced spectrum sharing, trading talks with Jio, says Anil AmbaniRCom, India’s fourth-largest telco, is the only operator in India to hold 5 MHz or more of the 800 – 850 Mhz band spectrum, across the coun...
30 Sep, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
Visa shelves mobile payment venture in India as telecom companies refuse to share their networkVisa, one of the largest payment companies in the world, has junked its mobile payment venture in India as telecom companies refused to sha...
21 Sep, 2015, 06.11 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi reiterates concern on the issue of call drops, slams telcosJaitley said it was increasingly becoming difficult to make calls through mobile phones, forcing users like himself to use the land line in...
10 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Top telco chiefs including Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani, etc., meet PM & 7 others on industry woes
The initiative to get the heads of all mobile phone companies together on a common platform was led by Reliance-ADA chairman Anil Ambani.
01 Dec, 2011, 05.34 AM IST
- Telcos meet PM Manmohan Singh, seven others on industry woes
PM may spell out govt's response to some of the industry's concerns and outline plans for the beleaguered sector during his Dec 7 address a...
30 Nov, 2011, 11.00 PM IST
- Telco chiefs meet PM, FM, Sibal on 3G, spectrum pricing
Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani and Vittorio Colao, among others, also met Finance Minister and Kapil Sibal to put their point of view, sources s...
30 Nov, 2011, 08.19 PM IST
- BSNL drops plan to set employee output target fearing union wrath
State-owned BSNL has dismissed a proposal mooted by sections of its management to define daily output targets of the 2.5 lakh-plus Group C&...
13 Oct, 2010, 02.28 AM IST
- Pitroda asked to resolve BSNL’s $10-bn tender issue
PMO has asked the Sam Pitroda-led committee to resolve all outstanding issues associated with the PSU's 93 million lines GSM tender worth $...
06 Feb, 2010, 12.15 AM IST
- Govt doubles 3G auction base price
Telcos are readying to lobby hard with the govt to reduce base price to Rs 3,540 per player. Blog: iPhone 3GS is an upgrade, not a new mode...
20 Jun, 2009, 07.11 AM IST
- Raja rules out auction of spectrum
The communications ministry has put the last nail in the coffin of the ongoing uncertainty over the allocation methodology for 2G spectrum....
16 Nov, 2007, 08.44 AM IST
- Hold On: Existing telcos can have foreign chiefs
The current stipulations in telecom FDI norms, disallowing a foreigner to be appointed CEO/CTO of a company and making it mandatory for tel...
12 Jun, 2006, 12.36 AM IST