Archive for July, 2009
Telecom Regulator TRAI Redefines Broadband
TMC.Net
THE number of broadband Internet subscribers in the country is likely to fall sharply if telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) move to redefine broadband as a connection with a minimum speed of two mbps ( megabit per second) takes shape.
Topics: India, broadband, telecom
Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Brain Tumour
TMC.Net
Cell phone use in Pakistan has grown amid potential health risks, including cancer, through radiofrequency (RF) energy emissions from cell phones.
Topics: telecom, VoIP, Pakistan, India
India To Have Third Largest Internet Population By 2013
Reuters India
Forrester Research predicts that India will have the third largest population of Internet users by 2013, after China and the U.S.
Topics: 3G, broadband, WiMax, telecommunications, telecom, India
Tata Comm, F-Secure Combine to Offer Mobile Phone Security Solutions
Telecom Tiger, India
Tata Communications and F-Secure today announced a new partnership to offer mobile phone security services to the Indian mobile subscribers. Targeted…
Topics: security, India, telecom
Bharti-MTN Merger Awaits Nod From Competition Authorities
Wall Street Journal
According to South African laws, its government must be notified of any deal on mergers before the proposed transaction is implemented. Then, if the deal creates an equity, whose combined annual turnover or assets are more than 560 million rand ($67.97 million), it will have to be investigated and cleared by the competition [...]
Low-Cost Handset Manufacturers Seen Making Virtually Nothing On Profit
Telecom Tiger, India
Leading handset manufacturers who are reasoning to their shareholders that the current year is set to witness a drop in sales and hence reduced net in…
Topics: India, handset, telecom
RCOM, Etisalat Ink Rs 10k CR Deal
Times of India
Reliance Communications and Etisalat DB Telecom on Wednesday announced a 10-year passive infrastructure agreement worth Rs 10,000 crore ($2.2 billion) claiming that it was the largest deal of its kind in the telecom sector.
Topics: telecoms, India, telecommunications, telecom
Maha’tra To Revive Sewri Sealink Plan
TMC.Net
The Congress-NCP government is trying to give a final push to the 22.5-km sealink project that would connect Sewri with Nhava in Raigad, before its powers to take decisions end in a month.
Topics: Mumbai, India, telecom, government
DoT in About Turn, Seeks to Cap 2G Telecom Players
TMC.Net
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) wants to reverse its existing policy of allowing an unlimited number of players in the so-called 2G mobile services based on GSM and CDMA technologies.
Topics: India, CDMA, telecom, mobile operators
Over 58% of Poverty-Hit Population Has Cellphone
TMC.Net
More than half of the population in the country, including over 50 million living below the poverty line, is availing the mobile phone facility as cellular subscription has touched the figure of 94.3 million.
Topics: telecom, cellphone, India, Pakistan
Worlds Slimmest Watch Phone S9110 Unveiled
TMC.Net
The slimmest watch phone S9110 has been unveiled by Samsung. A statement here on Thursday said that Samsung Electronics, a leading mobile phone manufacturer, has announced the launch of the S9110, a cutting-edge watchphone featuring a full touch screen.
Topics: telecom, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Broadband Finally Comes to East Africa
TIME Magazine
With the arrival of SEACOM, which cost some $600 million, East Africa will no longer be dogged by the rather ignominious distinction of being the last place on Earth without access to a high-speed submarine fiber-optic cable.
Topics: telecom, undersea cable, broadband, fiberoptic, networking, India, telecommunications, Africa
Vodafone Group First-Quarter Revenue up 9.3%
MarketWatch
Wireless telecom giant Vodafone Group said that first-quarter revenue rose 9.3% to 10.7 billion pounds, boosted by exchange rate movements and merger and acquisition activity.
Topics: telecom, wireless, telecommunications, India
Portable Mobile Numbers Delayed
TMC.Net
If you are fed up with your mobile operator and were waiting for September, the promised date from which you can change your operator while retaining your telephone number, there is bad news. Now you will have to wait longer.
Topics: telecom, wireless, India
Bharti-MTN Negotiations to Breach July 31 Deadline
TMC.Net
India’s largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel and Africa’s largest telecom giant, the South African firm MTN may extend the date for their merger negotiations beyond July 31. Reason: some members of the MTN board are yet to be convinced about the $23 billion two-way deal.
Topics: Airtel, Bharti, MTN, India, telecom, Africa
