India no more a preferred destination for telcos: GSMA

Last Updated: Sunday, December 16, 2012, 19:54

India is no more a preferred investment destination for global telecom operators looking to expand to new markets as the regulatory environment here is uncertain, industry body GSM Association said Sunday.

DoT starts issuing notices to telcos for false revenue reports

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 23:00

The Department of Telecom has started issuing notices to recover around Rs 863 crore from telecom operators which were found to have allegedly under reported their revenue for period between 2006-08.

Telcos to be penalised for poor quality of service: TRAI

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 21:26

Telecom operators will now be penalised for providing poor quality of service and could attract fines of up to Rs 10 lakh for incorrect information on every performance parameter.

Most telcos impacted by SC order not to bid for spectrum: Fitch

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 21:34

International rating agency Fitch Tuesday said it expects most of the telecom companies whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court will not participate in the forthcoming spectrum auction.

Existing telcos can bid for 1 block of spectrum in 5 Mhz slot

Last Updated: Monday, June 11, 2012, 20:30

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) in its June 5 meeting is believed to have decided that existing operators be allowed to bid for one block of 1.25 MHz, sources privy to the development said.

Spectrum price: Telcos plead their case with Govt against TRAI

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 23:44

Rankled by TRAI's recommendations on 2G spectrum auction, leading telecom firms Wednesday made a pitch to top government functionaries, including Home Minister P Chidambaram and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, urging them not to accept the regulator's "catastrophic" recipe.

Burkina Faso fines Indian telecos over service faults

Last Updated: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 16:27

The West African country has around 8 million mobile subscribers in a population of 17 million.

PSU banks' exposure at Rs 10,000 crore in telecos hit by SC order

Last Updated: Friday, February 3, 2012, 16:25

Public sector banks have an exposure of about Rs 10,000 crore in the telecom companies whose licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court in connection with 2G scam.