The government unveiled a draft of its new telecom policy here Monday that focuses on free roaming, transparent allocation of airwaves, strategies to increase rural reach, higher broadband speeds and more funding options for operators. Continue Reading »

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced that it has started the pilot for its 100 Mbps plans in Pune, and hopes to enroll about 100 customers in the next three months. Continue Reading »

Taking a leaf from telecom giant Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone also increased tariffs on their pre-paid plans in select regions while Bharti expanded its new tariffs to other circles, officials familiar with the development said Thursday. Idea has increased its tariff from 1 paisa per second to 1.2 paisa per second for calls made from Idea to other networks including both local and STD calls in the Delhi region under the per second billing scheme. Continue Reading »

Led by Anil Ambani controlled Reliance Communication, telecom stocks soared Monday from expectations that these companies would hike tariffs after Bharti Airtel raised call rates by 20 percent over the weekend. Bharti Airtel's move has given a break to the cut-throat competition among telecom operators who were so far offering dirt cheap tariffs. Continue Reading »

India's GSM subscriber base grew by 1.45 percent in June with the addition of 8.58 million mobile phone users, of whom Bharti Airtel alone signed up over 2.12 million customers, data shows. Continue Reading »

Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone have now come together and decided to share their networks. The deal will include inter-cirle and intra-circle roaming arrangements to deliver seamless 3G experience for their customers. Continue Reading »

The number of mobile phone subscribers in India rose to 840.28 million in May with Reliance Communications alone adding 2.5 million subscribers, official data showed Thursday. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the wireless user base grew 1.61 percent with an addition of 13.35 million subscribers, from 826 million in April. Continue Reading »

Bringing a major relief to the consumers, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Monday issued directives to telecom operators to charge customers only if a confirmation is received from them for any value added service. Continue Reading »

The PlayBook is officially available in India, and L.A. Noire is coming to the PC. Nokia dominated the news cycle with the official launch of the N9, the first Meego phone, while Symbian Anna is coming to four other smartphones too. You can gaze at blurricam shots of the first Nokia Windows phone. Read on to find out more in our compilation of the news this week. Continue Reading »

Revenues of the Indian telecom equipment industry plunged 2.52 percent at Rs.117,039 crore during the 2010-11 fiscal ended March 31 against Rs.120,069 crore during the previous year, a survey released Wednesday by a telecom industry journal said. The survey covered over 500 telecom equipment companies in India, spanning carrier equipment, enterprise communication equipment and user device manufacturers. Continue Reading »