NewsRack: sandman1965/Telecom/Spectrum

JPC meet next week; all eyes on JD-U - Rediff: News

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Congress support to Janata Dal-United in Bihar Assembly on Wednesday lends a new dimension to the much-delayed meeting of the JPC on 2G scam to be held next week to discuss adoption of the controversial draft report that gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

Bharti Airtel to invest $125 mn in Gabon - New Kerala: Business India

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Libreville (Gabon), June 19 : India's Bharti Airtel will invest $125 million more in Gabon to develop the communications network in the central African country.

Bharti Airtel to invest 125 mn in Gabon - Hindustan Times: Business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Bharti Airtel to invest 125 mn in Gabon

Bharti Airtel to invest $125 mn in Gabon - DNA: Money

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

India's Bharti Airtel will invest $125 million more in Gabon to develop the communications network in the central African country.

BSNL, MTNL may get relief on one-time spectrum fee - Rediff: Business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

To revive the two state-run telecom operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the government is likely to waive the one-time fee these telcos need to pay for retaining additional spectrum.

After 3G, Vodafone slashes 2G data rates 80% - DNA: Money

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Users to pay 2p/10 kb of data, as opposed to 10p/10 kb earlier.

Vodafone slashes 2G data charges by 80% - TOI: India Business

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In an attempt to push mobile internet usage among its subscribers, Vodafone India said it has cut its 2G data charges by 80% in three circles and the reduced rates will be gradually rolled out nationally.

Just 6mm thick, Huawei's Ascend P6 even gives you a makeover - The Guardian -- World Latest

Juliette Garside — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Smartphone's 'instant facial beauty support' capitalises on growing trend for 'selfies' and will retail below price for latest Apple iPhone The world's thinnest smartphone, with a touch screen so sensitive it responds to gloved hands, has been unveiled by rising Chinese manufacturer Huawei in the latest challenge to the iPhone. The Ascend P6 is just over 6mm thick, comes in white, black and baby pink, and in language usually associated with skin creams rather than computer technology, its maker claims the camera's "instant facial beauty support" software reduces wrinkles and blends skin tone. The phone capitalises on the growing popularity of the self portrait or "selfie", examples of which now litter the internet, with celebrities from Justin Bieber to Rihanna as likely to photograph themselves as their friends and family. While smartphone front facing cameras – those on the same side as the screen - have tended to be low resolution, the Ascend P6 has 5 megapixels, compared to 1.2 for ...

Vodafone cuts net tariff by 80 for some users - Hindustan Times: Business

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Vodafone cuts net tariff by 80 for some users

Vodafone slashes data prices by 80% - Rediff: Business

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

In a significant move, Vodafone India on Tuesday said it has reduced data charges by up to 80 per cent in three circles and the new cheaper rates will be rolled out nationally in a phased manner.

Vodafone India chops data charges by 80 percent - New Kerala: Business India

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

New Delhi, June 18 : To make browsing more affordable for its users, Vodafone India slashed data charges by 80 percent in three circles of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh from Tuesday.

Vodafone India slashes data charges by 80 per cent - CNN-IBN: Business

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

To make browsing more affordable for its users, Vodafone India slashed data charges by 80 per cent in three circles of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh West and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh from Tuesday.

Huawei unveils 'slimmest' smartphone - BBC: World

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Huawei unveils the Ascend P6 which, at 6.18mm (0.24in) thick, it says makes it the world's slimmest smartphone.

EGoM likely to meet on 26th June to discuss spectrum auction - Doordarshan

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

A high-powered ministerial panel is likely to meet on 26th June to decide on the third round of spectrum auction and pricing of airwaves.

IMAGES: Samsung plans faster Galaxy S4 smartphone - Rediff: Business

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

The new phone will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed.

COAI calls for 100% FDI in telecom, seeks 'clear road map' on sector - TOI: India Business

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

At a time when the telecom department's relation with the industry is at an all-time low, the industry has approached the government to provide a 'clear road map' and regulatory and policy certainty to improve the sector's health.

Hit by criticism, Samsung group set to unveil twice-as-good Galaxy S4 smartphone - Indian Express: Infotech

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Samsung group says a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone will be twice as good.

Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone - CNN-IBN Top Stories

IBNLive.com editor@ibnlive.com — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Samsung plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed.

Aircel finds the going tough after its debt burden soars, makes desperate moves for survival - TOI: India Business

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

For all its recent parleys on radical options to get back on track - relief on debt repayments, sale of some assets, sale of everything - Aircel is back to square one, where everyone who has something to do with it does not want to do anything more with it than they absolutely have to.

Telecom scam fallout: Higher tariff, dented image - New Kerala: Business India

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

By Aparajita Gupta, New Delhi, June 16 : The so-called 2G scam, where suspected government corruption in the award of telecom spectrum led to the cancellation of 122 service licences across the country by the Supreme Court, is one of the reasons for recent tariff hikes, apart from denting the global image of India's flourishing mobile phone industry, experts maintain.

Click the right buttons - Hindustan Times: Views

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

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Cabinet reshuffle: Young leaders to be given important portfolios - CNN-IBN: Politics

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Union Minister Ajay Maken on Saturday resigned ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle next week. Maken said that he wants to work for the party. Maken submitted his resignation as Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and has expressed his desire to work for the party, said sources.

Union Cabinet reshuffle-expansion likely next week - DNA: India

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also the general secretary of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, could be divested of the responsibilities of the states.

Project Loon: Google plans balloon network to extend internet reach - The Guardian -- Front Page

Conal Urquhart — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

Google says balloons could be an option for connecting rural, remote and underserved areas to internet Mobile phone users could receive signals from balloons floating in the stratosphere if a project launched by Google this week succeeds. Google launched 30 test balloons in New Zealand to test the possibility of having a global network of balloons floating 12 miles above Earth provide internet access and mobile phone signals. Mike Cassidy, head of the project dubbed Project Loon , said in a blogpost : "We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides internet access to the earth below. "It's very early days, but we've built a system that uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today's 3G networks or faster. As a result, we hope balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote and ...

Telenor allowed to raise stake in Indian joint venture - New Kerala: Sports India

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:30:00 GMT

New Delhi, June 14 : The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) Friday approved a proposal by the Norwegian telecom operator, Telenor, to raise its stake in its Indian joint venture from 49 percent to 74 percent, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said here.