After BlackBerry, India Now Wants Access to Google, Skype, VPN Data
USA Today A day after giving the maker of BlackBerry two months to open its data to authorities, Indian regulators have put all telecom firms on notice that they have “lawful access” to their data. That puts a bull’s-eye on Google’s Gmail, Skype’s VoIP calls and corporate virtual privacy networks. Topics: VoIP, blackberry, Skype, India, [...]
Nawras Brings Home Fixed Line, Broadband To Oman
TMC.Net Telecommunication service provider Nawras yesterday announced the launch of an exciting portfolio of fixed residential services home broadband and voice thereby ending the four-decade-long monopoly of majority state-owned Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) in this field. Topics: telecom, call, VoIP, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, broadband
PTCL Extends Wireless Broadband EVO Service to 100 Major Cities In Pakistan
TMC.Net Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has extended its wireless Broadband EVO service in 100 major cities & towns across Pakistan. PTCL EVO is a superior 3G wireless technology experience that gives opportunity to roam freely with an average download speeds from 300 kbps to 500 kilo bits per second. Topics: Pakistan, India, wireless, broadband, [...]
Orascom Looks to Cool Algerian Worries Over Djezzy
TMC.Net Egyptian telecom giant Orascom Telecom said Thursday its chief executive is seeking a meeting with Algeria’s prime minister after officials there said they would block any proposed sale of OT’s subsidiary in the country. Topics: VoIP, Africa, India, Pakistan, Namibia, telecom, phone, Tunisia, Canada
U.S. Leads World In Cyber Attacks
TMC.Net In its 2009 Internet Security Threat Report, Symantec suggests that the US is responsible for 34 per cent of malicious online activity. China is the second-biggest source of internet security attacks, at seven per cent. Topics: India, telecom, attack, VoIP, broadband, security
India’s Bharti Airtel Says Profits Down 8 Percent On Falling Rates
TMC.Net Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone company, suffered lower profits in the January-March quarter as a fierce price war cut into earnings despite growth in subscribers. Topics: Airtel, Bharti, India, telecom, VoIP
BSNL Seeks Exemption From 3G Spectrum Fees
TMC.Net State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has sought an exemption from paying the licence fee for the 3G telecom and broadband wireless access (BWA) services, auctions for which are currently on. BSNL, along with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), was allotted the spectrum for such services at least a year ago, thereby [...]
Pakistan Minister Says Cellphones Should Only Be For “Influential People”
TMC.Net Provincial Minister for commerce, investment and prisons Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor has suggested banning mobile phones in the country, as he believes that only influential people such as government officials are apt to use the cellular phone services. On one hand, Pakistan was considered to be a poverty-hit nation, yet on the other hand, even [...]
Vivendi May Buy Controlling Stake In India’s Datacom Solutions
TMC.Net Vivendi SA, the French media and telecom company which is facing a tariff war in its home market, is in exploratory talks to buy a stake in mobile licence holder Datacom Solutions, owned by the Videocon group, said a person familiar with the matter. Topics: telecom, Videocon, Mumbai, Vivendi, VoIP, tariff, Datacom Solutions, India
Text Message Donation Platform Raises More Than $22 Million for Haiti
TMC.Net “mGive helped make technological history by working with the U.S. Department of State to establish a program quickly that has allowed more than 2 million Americans to direct support people in need in Haiti” – Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Topics: call, India, telecom, Pakistan, VoIP
EGoM Wants End to 3G Military Interference
TMC.Net India will auction four slots of third-generation (3G) airwaves to private telecom operators if the communications ministry can solve the interference issues between the airwaves or radio frequencies held by BSNL/MTNL and the armed forces, the nine-member empowered group of ministers (EGoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee decided on Tuesday. Topics: India, VoIP, [...]
David Nishball Quits as Airtel’s Enterprise Head
TMC.Net Bharti Airtel’s enterprise head David Nishball, who is also a member of the Airtel board, has decided to leave the Indian telco after the contract ends. Topics: telecom, Bharti, India, Airtel, VoIP
Mobile Strategies for Rural India
TMC.Net As mobile services in Indian urban markets are reaching saturation, rural markets are becoming an important frontier for industry growth. However, due to low ARPU and the higher cost of providing services in rural areas, operators face the challenging task of serving these areas profitably. Topics: VoIP, telecom, India
Telecom Services Off in Landikotal, Pakistan
TMC.Net All the telecom mobile services and PTCL V-Wireless have come to an end at Landikotal for two days. The consumers of V-Wireless, the Mobilink and Telenor have been in trouble due to the disruption in the services. Thousand of their consumers could not contact their relatives in the country and abroad as well. Topics: [...]
Smartphones to Cost Less by 2015
TMC.Net SMARTPHONE prices have been slipping fast. And with the number of smartphone users witnessing an upswing, prices are expected to see a phenomenal dip, going forward. According to a new study by ABI Research, a firm that provides indepth analysis and quantitative forecasting of emerging trends in global connectivity, by 2015, about 45 per [...]
