Govt may notify spectrum sharing rules in a week

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015, 14:06

The government on August 12 approved long-awaited spectrum sharing guidelines that provide operators an alternative to acquire more airwaves than only through auction.

Call drops: Telcos approach DoT, TRAI for de-sealing towers

Last Updated: Friday, September 11, 2015, 22:48

This is the second letter from telecom companies to government authorities in a month seeking their intervention to de-seal mobile towers being locked by local bodies.

Call drops: DoT rings up owners; customers may be compensated

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 19:48

The government has asked their promoters including Anil Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Sunil Mittal to directly intervene to address the issue, failing which the companies would have to face penal action.

Call drops: DoT rings up owners of mobile firms

Last Updated: Thursday, September 10, 2015, 19:09

With the menace of call drops becoming acute, Department of Telecom rang up the owners of mobile firms including Sunil Mittal, Anil Ambani and Kumar Mangalam Birla to convey Prime Minister's concerns on the issue, asking them to take steps to check the problem.

Call drops: TRAI gives 15 days to telcos; govt warns of penalty

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 21:47

Warning telecom companies of penal action over the persisting call drops menace, regulator TRAI Wednesday said their performance will be reviewed after 15 days and it can "cross the bridge" if situation does not improve.

Call drops: TRAI gives 15 days to mobile operators for review

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 18:16

Seeking urgent steps by mobile operators to check call drops, regulator TRAI Wednesday said their performance would be reviewed after 15 days and warned it will "cross the bridge" if they fail to do the needful.

Call drops: Don't just add customers, care for them too, Prasad tells telcos

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 18:56

Asking mobile operators to address the problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Monday said government doesn't appreciate when they just add customers but do not look after their convenience.

Prasad to take stock of spectrum trading norms Friday

Last Updated: Thursday, September 3, 2015, 19:25

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has called a meeting of DoT officials Friday to discuss a taxation issue related to proposed spectrum trading guidelines.

Call drop: PM voices concern; govt asks TRAI to address problem

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 19:09

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi voicing concern over call drops, the government has gone into hyper action mode with TRAI being asked to help address the problem by assessing the infrastructure and capacity of the telecom operators for effectively providing services.

Telecom bodies approach DoT on sealing of towers

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 21:01

The telecom industry on Tuesday sought intervention of the Department of Telecom (DoT) on sealing of mobile towers by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which is "leading to call drops".

Call drops: Govt hits out at operators for lack of investment

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 19:17

Hitting out at telecom operators for lack of investment in networks leading to call drops, the government today said they cannot escape the responsibility of meeting standards as it is their basic service obligation.

Call drops: Govt, telcos in blame game as problem rises

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 23:16

Pulling up telecom operators for frequent call drops, government Monday said they are not making serious efforts to resolve the menace even as the companies warned of worsening of services unless a nation-wide policy is put in place for easy erection of mobile towers.