Performance Indicators Report for January-March 2005 quarter – Update on growth trends and quality of service
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released “The Indian Telecom Services...
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Category: Specials
Rural Hope – Operators show growing interest in village telephony
Even as the access deficit charge (ADC) regime is being re-evaluated by the Telecom Regulatory...
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Sparks Fly Over Spectrum – TRAI recommendations trigger controversy, as expected
As was expected, the telecom industry has reacted vehemently to the recently released...
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Flat Growth in ARPUs – But increasing margins keep bottomlines up
Mobile phone and consumer electronics goods manufacturer BenQ is to acquire Siemens’ entire...
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Inter-service area connectivity: Full Circle – DoT approves inter-service-area connectivity
In its effort to spur growth in the mobile segment, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has...
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BPL: Buy and Sell – BPL formulates two-stage plan to set its house in order
During the last few months, the BPL Mobile Group has been in the news often. The latest reason is...
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Spectrum Management – TRAI defines allocation and pricing criteria
The much-awaited recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on...
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T.V. Ramachandran, Director-General, Cellular Operators Association of India
TRAI’s recommendations on spectrum have confirmed the GSM industry’s fears that the...
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S.C. Khanna, Secretary-General, AUSPI
The TRAI recommendations are in favour of GSM operators as they favour them to straightaway enter...
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Bharti Airtel: A Good Innings – Bharti’s Q4 revenues take it to the $2 billion club
It has been a good run for Bharti Tele Ventures, the largest private telecom service provider in...
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Rate Reduction – Cut in domestic bandwidth prices aims to boost broadband demand
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has announced a cut in domestic bandwidth...
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Orders Overturned – TDSAT sets aside TRAI directives
Over the last one month, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has had a run-in with...
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Router Row – VSNL accuses TRAI of discriminatory treatment
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) April 8 order to colocate clients’...
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QoS: Still Short – Operators improve performance, but fail to meet QoS benchmarks
Based on the information provided by basic and cellular operators on the performance of their...
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Pay More for Roaming – TRAI imposes ADC levy on roaming calls
The access deficit charge (ADC) issue seems to be at the centre of controversy once again. This...
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ITI Revival – Corpus of funds proposed
Bangalore-based ITI Limited can expect a new lease of life. The UPA government has decided to...
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BSNL: Bigger and Better – BSNL aims for greater growth and expansion
For a company that has the seventh argest telecom network in the world, Bharat Sanchar Nigam...
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A Fresh Look at IUC – TRAI consultation paper reviews interconnection usage charge regime
In keeping with its intention to periodically review the interconnection usage charge (IUC)...
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PIR: Telecom Service Trends – TRAI quarterly report on performance indicators shows growth all around
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recently released its quarterly report on the...
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Global GSM Market – Growth in subscribers and other key trends
The total number of GSM users worldwide has increased to 1.268 billion, according to the Global...
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