Telecom Regulatory Authority of India wants local players to get 3G permissions
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has said that they are asking the government to limit the spectrum availability for 3G services to existing players only.
This suggestion was made after Department of Telecom asked them on whether foreign players should be allowed to bid for [...]
Tata told to delay launch of Blackberry services
The Indian government has directed all the providers of RIM Blackberry services to implement monitoring servers for email.
Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance have been offering these services to their customers in the Indian market.
Tata had just announced their entry into this segment of the market and they have now [...]
BSNL, MTNL might get preference while allocation of 3G spectrum
The Indian Department of Telecommunications has said that they are considering a proposal which would see state owned BSNL and MTNL to get preference while allocating 3G spectrum.
This would disappoint the private players in the Indian market as MTNL and BSNL would get the essential time [...]
Airtel working on launched 3G services in India
Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel has said that they have now successfully tested 3G applications with different equipment suppliers in India.
The company is now working on launching their 3G services as soon as they are allocated the 3G spectrum.
Bharti Airtel President (Mobility) Sanjay Kapoor was quoted as saying [...]
Government wants RIM to put Blackberry servers in India
Indian department of telecommunications has now asked Blackberry maker RIM to setup their servers to host email in India.
This message was delivered in a meeting attended by DoT officials, security agencies, company executives, Canadian High Commission representatives and telecom operators.
It added that the telecom service providers in [...]
Blackberry service providers in India told to put in security measures in place
Department of Telecom (DoT) has now warned all the blackberry service providers in the country to put in the necessary security measures in place within 15 days.
If they fail to comply, they would have to stop providing the service to Blackberry device users [...]
DoT announce plans to own an independent telecom satellite
Indian department of telecommunications (DoT) has announced their plans to own an independent telecom satellite.
This is good news for all those telecom operators who are planning to provide satellite-based services in the Indian market.
This move is specially going to benefit the upcoming DTH service operators planning [...]
India finally opens up spectrum for 3G mobile services
The Indian government has announced that they are now releasing spectrum for ‘third generation’ (3G) mobile services.
This comes in addition to the announcement of bringing number portability facility for mobile users starting next year.
India’s Communications Minister A Raja said in a statement: “The government has decided to [...]
Mobile Number Portability comes to India finally!
Department of Telecommunications has great news for the Indian mobile user. They have announced that ‘number portability’ would soon be introduced in India.
For starters, it would be available to mobile users in the metro cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai.
They are aiming to make it available by the [...]
Tata Indicom wants a piece of GSM Pie
Reliance Communications has already received the permissions to provide GSM services in the country.
Now, Tata wants a piece of the GSM pie which could intensify the competition in the mobile market in India.
A company spokesperson admitted that the company is evaluating the new guidelines issued by DoT.
The recently [...]
