BSNL to offer minimum broadband speed of 2 Mbps from Oct 1

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 17:15

State-run BSNL will offer a minimum broadband speed of 2 mega bit per second (Mbps) from October 1 onwards to its customers, at no extra cost.

Britons prefer smartphones over laptops to go online: Watchdog

Last Updated: Thursday, August 6, 2015, 07:12

Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the preferred way for Britons to go online, driven by increased take-up of the devices and a jump in superfast mobile broadband subscriptions, the British telecoms regulator said on Thursday.

Ericsson Q2 profit beats forecasts as Networks margin shines

Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2015, 14:59

Mobile telecom equipment maker Ericsson said its North American mobile broadband business had stabilised as its posted second-quarter sales and operating profit above market expectations on Friday, boosted by its Networks business.

Government launches four broadband products

Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2015, 20:57

Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday launched four broadband products indigenously developed by Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), an official statement said.

Indians spend 47% of time on apps like WhatsApp, Skype: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 12:35

Smartphone users in India spend 47 percent of their time on communication applications such as WhatsApp, We Chat, Hike and Skype which are key driver of mobile broadband usage, says a report.

100.76 mn broadband subscribers in India till April

Last Updated: Saturday, June 20, 2015, 19:32

The top five service providers constituted a 83.40 percent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of April 2015, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said.

Seven states propose own broadband network model: Prasad

Last Updated: Friday, May 29, 2015, 19:07

"Seven states have offered to come up with state or SPV (special purpose vehicle) run model. Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have already been talking about it," Prasad said after meeting with state IT ministers and principal secretaries.

Reliance Jio's launch likely to shake industry, market: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 21:39

The broadband arm of Reliance Industries is likely to start its operations with offers that will shake up the existing industry norms and quickly get a 10th of the subscriber base and nearly as much share of the revenues, says a report by Bernstein Research.

China aims to boost Internet speeds, cut prices

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 08:57

China will accelerate development of its high-speed broadband networks to raise Internet speeds and cut prices, long bugbears in a country where many people still have no access to the web.

Reliance Jio got $530 million undue benefit: CAG

Last Updated: Saturday, May 9, 2015, 14:38

Reliance Industries Ltd`s telecoms unit got an undue benefit of about USD 530 million after the government allowed it to offer voice services over wireless broadband spectrum it had won in 2010, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said on Friday.

Airtel launches unlimited call schemes for broadband customers

Last Updated: Sunday, April 26, 2015, 12:22

In a bid to boost its landline business, country's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel will be launching unlimited voice calling schemes for its broadband customers.

GM counting on high-speed Internet services in car to drive profits

Last Updated: Saturday, April 18, 2015, 01:22

Buyers of General Motors Co vehicles will increasingly be able to use in-car mobile broadband systems to book hotel rooms, cut deals on driver insurance, pay for data usage and conduct a host of other transactions.