Govt orders special audit of mobile networks to check call drops

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 19:17

Coming down heavily on mobile operators, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said they have been provided "ample amount of spectrum" and it was their "job and responsibility" to upgrade the networks.

Nokia close to buying Alcatel's mobile networks unit: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 09:19

Finland`s Nokia Oyj is close to a deal to buy Alcatel-Lucent`s mobile networks unit to boost its core business especially in the United States and China, Les Echos newspaper reported on Monday.

Phone firms and the quest for the 5G Holy Grail

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 22:56

Lightning-quick downloads, driverless cars and remote surgery: telecom firms are racing to develop a new generation of "5G" mobile networks that could start to change the world in five years.

High 3G price to adversely impact Indian mobile networks: GSMA

Last Updated: Friday, January 23, 2015, 00:11

High 3G spectrum base price of Rs 3,705 crore recommended by inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission and less quantum of airwaves being put for auction will adversely impact development Indian mobile networks, global telecom body GSM Association said Thursday.

Reliance Comm signs seven year managed services deal with Ericsson

Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 19:40

This is the first pan-Indian managed services deal for Ericsson, the statement said.

Asia to account for 47% of LTE connections by 2017: GSMA

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 18:01

As India and China roll out fourth generation or LTE mobile networks, Asia is expected to account for 47 percent of all 4G connections by 2017, a study by global telecom body GSM Association (GSMA) said Tuesday.

Diesel shortage interrupts mobile towers in Naxal areas: MHA

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 21:35

If attacks on mobile networks by Naxals are not enough, security forces are grappling with the non-availability of diesel to power mobile towers.

'Lower licence fee for telcos buying Indian equipment'

Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 17:49

The government has decided to charge 8 percent of gross revenue as licence fee from all telecom service providers across all categories and services from 2013-14.