Telcos no longer need to keep USOF in loop on rural penetration-related activities: TraiThe USOF is an independent body within the telecom department (DoT) that subsidises telecom infrastructure rollouts in rural India.
07 Sep, 2018, 07.49 PM IST
Economic Survey 2011-12: National Telecom Policy to be in place by JuneThe draft of the National Telecom Policy was recently approved by the apex decision-making body of the Department of Telecom (DoT).
15 Mar, 2012, 02.47 PM IST
- Govt looking into USOF complaints against Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications
Government is looking into complaints over alleged misuse of the Universal Service Obligation Fund by private telecom firms.
23 Nov, 2011, 04.40 PM IST
- 98.5% of inhabited Indian villages have public telephones: TRAI
New data released by telecom regulator Trai shows that 98.5 per cent of the inhabited villages in the country had village public telephone ...
01 Aug, 2011, 04.50 PM IST
- IDBI Bank rolls out mobile banking from Nagpur
The bank's mobile banking bus had commenced its 'vikas yatra' from IDBI Tower in Mumbai.
16 May, 2011, 04.13 PM IST
- Mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy: Minister
Govt is considering use of solar energy to tide over power deficiency impeding installation of mobile phone towers in tribal and hilly area...
04 Mar, 2011, 03.24 PM IST
- Economic Survey: Telecom revolution yet to reach over 62,000 villages
India may have achieved a teledensity of over 65 per cent, but as many as 62,443 villages are still to get a taste of telecom revolution th...
25 Feb, 2011, 02.58 PM IST
- Every village to have public telephone service by 2009-end
BSNL has started installing public telephones in the remaining 50,000 villages following a go-ahead from DoT.
13 Sep, 2008, 12.36 AM IST
- BSNL extends telephone svc near Sino-India border at Nathu La
The state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has provided telephone connectivity to sparsely populated Gnathang village of East Sikkim, located...
02 Sep, 2008, 05.33 PM IST
- DoT, BSNL to ink pact for rural telephony
The department of telecom (DoT) is set to sign an agreement with state-owned BSNL for providing village telephones to the newly-identified ...
30 Aug, 2008, 12.27 AM IST
- DoT to dial 50k villages
DoT is set to sign an agreement with state-owned BSNL for providing telephones to the newly-identified 50,000 villages according to census ...
27 Aug, 2008, 12.30 AM IST
- Mobile operators zoom in on villages to add numbers
With over 200 million mobile phone subscribers across India, mainly in the cities, the operators are now targeting the villages for wireles...
20 Oct, 2007, 12.05 AM IST
- Nokia project to provide market info to farmers
Under the projects, introduced in select villages of the country, the company would provide information like rates of various crops in whol...
05 Oct, 2007, 05.00 PM IST
- Telephone connections touch 176.5 mn
The total number of telephone connections in the country has increased to 176.5 million with the addition of more than six million new user...
15 Nov, 2006, 08.15 PM IST
- Govt to provide rural mobile service
The government is planning to give subsidy support and share infrastructure with private telecom operators to provide mobile services in ru...
02 Aug, 2006, 09.00 PM IST
- Mobile service providers go rural
Although a huge market in the urban segment remains tapped, most cellular operators have turned towards rural India to broaden their base a...
29 Jul, 2006, 02.27 AM IST
- Non-viable telecom works to get sops
NEW DELHI: In order to compensate for non-viable telecom operations such as installation of telephones in villages and remote areas, the go...
06 Apr, 2002, 06.20 AM IST