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.

TRAI to float paper on tower-level tracking of mobile QoS

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 14:59

The move will help customers to determine which player is providing better services in an area which will help them in choosing an operator.

DoT wants operators to fix call drops before spectrum auction

Last Updated: Sunday, September 6, 2015, 12:53

The DoT is of the view that despite auctioning the largest amount of spectrum earlier this year, operators are not investing in infrastructure, as required, which is leading to call drop problem.

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.

Govt mulls levying penalty on telcos for call drops

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 19:02

A top official in the ministry said it will be conveyed to the owners that in case quality of service does not improve, option of levying penalty under licence conditions is not ruled out.

Seagate to buy Dot Hill Systems for $694 mn

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 15:07

US-headquartered storage solutions provider Seagate Technology on Wednesday said it will acquire Dot Hill Systems for USD 694 million (around Rs 4,525 crore).

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".

DoT asks telcos to file weekly update on call drops

Last Updated: Sunday, August 16, 2015, 13:33

In the meeting, all mobile service providers were also directed to file a report of their network performance comprising call drops and efforts made by them for the month of July by evening of August 16.

Now, a Braille smartwatch that lets the blind read texts, e-books

Last Updated: Monday, August 10, 2015, 13:17

A South Korean startup has developed an affordable Braille smartwatch which allows the visually impaired to receive and read text messages in real time and even read e-books.