New Delhi | 1 hour ago
Cellular operators 'shocked' at TRAI's recommendations
New Delhi, May 14 - The Cellular Operators Association of India - Monday said it was shocked and aghast at the regulator's move to largely stick on to its proposals on spectrum auction while referring back to the department of telecom -.The DoT had asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - to review the recommendations it gave on the spectrum auction, in response to which TRAI retained its ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Telcom firms meet Sibal again lobbying against TRAI proposals
New Delhi, May 8 - Communications Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday assured telecom service providers that the government will look into their grievances against the sector regulator's recommendations on spectrum auction.For the second time in one week, the GSM operators met the minister to press the government not to accept the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendations on reserve price a ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Telenor's India unit posts $806mn quarterly loss
New Delhi, May 8 - Norway-based Telenor's India unit Tuesday reported an operating loss of 4.68 billion Norwegian kroner - burdened by a huge impairment charge on its Indian operations owing to the prevailing uncertainty in the country's telecom sector.The firm also said it would be difficult to continue business in India if the telecom regulator's proposals on spectrum auction were accepted by th ... read more

New Delhi | 11 days ago
Over 41 mn mobile users want to change operators
New Delhi, May 3 - Over 41 million mobile subscribers have submitted requests till the end of March to port their number to a different network through mobile number portability - with 4.76 million requests made in the month alone, official data showed.By the end of March 2012, about 41.88 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile num ... read more

New Delhi | 11 days ago
India's mobile subscriber base reaches 919.17 million in March
New Delhi, May 3 - The number of mobile phone subscribers in India rose to 919.17 million in March with Bharti Airtel alone signing 2.5 million of the 8 million new subscribers, official data showed Thursday.According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India -, the wireless user base grew 0.88 percent with an addition of 8 million subscribers, from 911.17 million in February. With this, the t ... read more

New Delhi | 12 days ago
Telecom honchos to meet Sibal
New Delhi, May 2 - Chiefs of top telecom firms, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, will meet Wednesday evening Communications Minister Kapil Sibal to discuss their concerns following the TRAI's recommendations on spectrum auction.The meeting will take place at Sibal's residence. It will have Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director, Bharti Airtel, Vittorio Colao, chief executive, Vod ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
2G: Process for selection of auctioneer approved
New Delhi, May 1 - In a rush to meet the August 31 deadline set by the Supreme Court for auctioning 2G spectrum, an empowered group of ministers - Tuesday approved the process to select an auctioneer and said that bids from stakeholders should be invited soon, a senior Department of Telecom - official said.EGoM has approved initiation for the process of selection of auctioneer, DoT Secretary R. Ch ... read more

New Delhi | 13 days ago
Uninor to file interim application in Supreme Court
New Delhi, May 1 - Uninor will file an interim application in the Supreme Court to bring to the apex court's attention its plea against the recommendations of the telecom regulator on spectrum auction.Today -, we sought the Hon'ble Supreme Court's permission to file an interim application... The court has allowed us to file an application and stated that it is open to hearing our arguments, the co ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
Spectrum shift to put additional Rs.10,000 crore cost on Vodafone
New Delhi, April 30 - Vodafone India Monday said the telecom regulator's proposal to replace its 900MHz with an 1800MHz network will cost an additional Rs.10,000 crore to the firm which will be passed on to consumers.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - has recommended refarming -- redistribution of airwaves in the 900 MHz largely held by incumbents and substituting it with frequencies in t ... read more

New Delhi | 14 days ago
TRAI launches consumer portal, to track complaints
New Delhi, April 30 - The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India - Monday launched a portal to help subscribers lodge service complaints and track their redressal.Called the Telecom Consumers Complaint Monitoring System -, the portal -- www.tccms.gov.in -- would help consumers locate various contact details, including consumer care and general information numbers of the complaint centre and appella ... read more