As tenancies fall, tower cos eye new infra opportunitiesThe telcom market has shrunk to a limited three plus-one-operator format with three private players and one major state-run telco.
14 Oct, 2019, 08.05 AM IST
Telcom operators resist tower firms’ bid to increase rentalsMarket leader Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel and American Tower Company are the 3 main tower cos that own nearly 85% of total telecom towers...
27 Mar, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
Google to sign up telcom operators to provide internet to remote parts of the countryAlphabet, is in talks with local telcos to kickstart its Google Loon project, after Sundar Pichai managed to secure support for project fro...
07 Mar, 2016, 06.39 AM IST
Call drops: Telcom operators performance worsens in July-September quarterThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has shared the performance data for July-September quarter of 2015 and compared it with pr...
17 Feb, 2016, 07.50 PM IST
Telcom operators: De-seal towers to reduce call dropsLeading operators today sought intervention of DoT and TRAI on the issue pertaining to sealing of mobile towers by three Municipal Corporat...
13 Sep, 2015, 12.13 PM IST
Telcom operators request DoT for standard audit process on call dropsMobile phone operators have objected to the Department of Telecom's move seeking information on call drops that are "not relevant" for the ...
31 Jul, 2015, 08.08 PM IST
Airtel blames lack of mobile towers for call dropsVittal said in Delhi's Lutyens area alone Airtel needed 217 sites, but the company has only 117 sites.
06 Jul, 2015, 05.35 AM IST
Videocon to invest Rs 340 crore in expansion of internet servicesVideocon Telecom today said it will invest over Rs 340 crore in a year to expand internet services in 6-7 circles starting with Haryana, Gu...
07 Jan, 2015, 09.11 PM IST
Microsoft to tie up with telco to sell its applications, gamesThe idea is to allow customers to buy applications and games of their choice from Microsoft through their telecom operators.
06 May, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
Telcom operators seek sops for meeting green targets to power cellular towersTelecom operators have told the govt that they will not be able to achieve the 2015 target for using renewable energy.
20 Mar, 2013, 05.01 AM IST
- Telcom operators oppose one-time charge for extra spectrum
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have contested any move of the telecom ministry to levy one-time charge on it, saying there is no such policy as...
22 Dec, 2011, 09.31 PM IST
- Kapil Sibal to meet telcom operators to resolve 3G roaming dispute
DoT had said in an internal note that the roaming agreement among telecos would lead to loss of revenue for the government.
29 Nov, 2011, 12.04 PM IST
- SBI to finance Telecom cos opting for 3G spectrum
Public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) said it has set aside Rs 20,000 crore for financing some of the Telecom companies that have ...
22 May, 2010, 09.27 PM IST
- Raja-telcos to meet on Tuesday; Industry issues, CBI probe may figure
Issues ranging from the CBI probe to 3G auction may figure in a series of meetings telecom minister A Raja will hold with the chief executi...
02 Nov, 2009, 05.58 PM IST
- RCOM, Airtel clash over free call offer
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications (RCOM) are engaged in a war of words over RCOM’s offer of free calls worth Rs 10 per day for thre...
28 Jan, 2009, 03.30 AM IST
- Telenor scraps rights issue to fund Unitech deal
Tenenor ASA, Norway's largest telcoms operator said it had scraped its proposed 12 billion-Krone ($1.8 billion) rights offer to fund its ac...
27 Jan, 2009, 03.22 PM IST
- Telcos get notice for operations in 'no service zone'
Department of Telecom has issued show cause notices to four mobile operators whose services have been found to be operational in 'no servic...
07 Aug, 2007, 03.00 PM IST