Telecom Minister, Mr. Kapil Sibal yesterday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh & Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the issue of freezing of loans by banks & other financial institutions to telecom companies. “Yes we have met,” Sibal told reporters without giving the details of his meeting with the Prime Minister and Mr. Mukherjee. Ever […]
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Forget 2G Spectrum Scam, WiMAX Scam is here
The people of India have still not recovered from the 2G spectrum scam, and there is another scam to rock them. This time it is WiMAX Spectrum scam. An internal committee has found no. of irregularities in the tendering process for the award of WiMAX spectrum to four franchisees by BSNL to provide broadband services […]
Department of Telecom to issue Notices to 9 Telecom Companies
Telecom department has made its mind to issue showcause notice to 9 telecom operators ahead of canceling their licenses for not meeting services rollout obligations. DoT has already issued notices to Etisalat DB Telecom seeking cancellation of its licenses in Delhi and Mumbai circles. “In those cases, where there have been rollout delays beyond 52 […]
India Adds 14.7 million new subscribers, this February
India’s GSM subscriber base grew by 2.72 percent in February with the addition of 14.7 million mobile phone users, of which 3.56 million were added by Vodafone alone. The total number of GSM subscribers in the country crossed 555 million as against 540.37 million in January, according to the data released by Cellular Operators Association […]
UID may soon double up as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) & Mobile Number
Now, your unique identity number (UID) may soon double up as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address – a numerical label assigned to a device participating in a computer network. The Internet will run out of IP addresses – the current system, Internet Protocol version 4, was designed for a maximum of 4.3 billion addresses […]
Around 4 Million people opt for MNP by the end of February
The facility of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Service is available in the country from 20th Jan.2011. As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of February 2011 about 38.33 lakh subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number. Out of these requests around 3.20 lakh […]