Category: telecom

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd was named the best wholesale carrier at the 2007 telecoms world awards, Middle East. The award category was open to wholesale telecom providers in wireline, fixed wireless, mobile or converged markets and finalists included Belgacom International Carrier Services, BT Global Services, France Telecom and Tiscall International….

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has applied to launch nationwide mobile telecom services on the CDMA platform, the telecoms minister said in a statement in Parliament on Monday. Putting at rest the controversy over issuance of new telecom licenses on 575 applications, the government on Monday said in the Lok…

Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has announced that the company will significantly improve intra-region signaling connectivity in Asia with the integration of two additional signalling transfer points in Mumbai and New Delhi to its global SS7/C7 network. The new STPs will enable Asian mobile operators to locally connect and utilize the…

Reliance Communications and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a highly connected, personalized TV experience to consumers in India though Reliance’s IPTV service, which will be powered by the award-winning microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform. The announcement was made by Anil D Ambani, Chairman, Reliance…

Telecom regulator TRAI said it has no plans to review the telecom guidelines, including the one allowing operators to use dual technology, and expects the dispute between GSM players and the government on this issue to be resolved soon. On the spectrum issue development, IT Minister A.Raja, ruled out the…

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has granted three companies – RelianceCommunications, HFCL and Shyam Telelink – the right to use GSM technology in their existing licence areas, where they currently offer mobile services using CDMA technology. HFCL and Shyam Tele are hardly serious players and are beyond the scope of…

The much awaited IPTV from Bharti Airtel will finally go live in Delhi and NCR. The company will position it as a premium service which is likely to be priced on the higher side. The Government of India can’t do things without creating controversy. After IT & Telecom Ministry ruled…

American Tower eyes Indian acquisition – US-based American Tower International Inc., a unit of one of the biggest wireless tower operators in the US, is exploring acquisition options in Indian tower companies. It was earlier reported that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular would pool all their towers together…