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India on target for 500 mil. connections by 2010
India on target for 500 mil. connections by 2010 At current growth rates, India’s target of 500 million fixed and mobile phone connections by 2010 is well within reach, the government said Thursday....
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India’s regulator proposes quotas for locally produced telecoms kit
India's telecoms regulatory wants to see more home-grown kit used India’s Telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRAI) is proposing new rules to compel telecoms service providers to source the bulk of their...
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India announces 2G auction details, Pakistan to delay 3G auction
The TRAI has released a new consultation paper ahead of the country's 2G reauction The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released fresh guidelines ahead of the country’s 2G (re)auction,...
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Operators told to reinstate Indian services until cancellation date
India's regulator has told operators to continue offering services until the official cancellation date Despite having already shut down services in India, announcing that they will cease doing...
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India releases more spectrum ahead of auction, but is it enough?
India is holding its 2G auction again and its telecoms department has outlined new recommendations India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has approved plans to release more 1800MHz spectrum in each of the...
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India does away with roaming with new telecoms policy
The Indian Government has announced a new telecoms policy The Indian Government has approved a new national telecoms policy that does away with roaming between telecom circles within the country and...
View ArticleIndia sets guidelines for 2G reauction
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced guidelines for the reauction of its 2G spectrum, following the Supreme Court’s cancellation of the licences that were awarded in a 2008 spectrum sale,...
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India sees telecoms subscriptions decline
The number of wireless subscribers in India has decreased month on month, according to the TRAI The Indian telecoms market continued its pattern of instability through April, with the number of...
View ArticleIndia proposes spectrum sharing rules
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally released much-awaited guidelines on the sharing of radio frequencies in all bands, allowing carriers to make optimal use of spectrum. To...
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Indian telecoms regulator gives Jio tactics the green light
Disruptive Indian MNO Jio keeps buying subscribers with give-aways and the telecom regulatory authority of India (TRAI) has no problem with that. Rival operators see things somewhat differently and are...
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Vodafone India grasses up Jio for breaking rules
Vodafone India has taken its feud with market newcomer Jio to the Delhi High Court, stating the free voice services being provided Jio violated regulator tariff orders. According to Live Mint, Telecom...
View ArticleJio extends freebie offer yet again
Reliance Jio has extended the deadline for its latest subscription plan for an additional two weeks, as well as introducing another three month freebie offer for new customers. While there has been...
View ArticleIndian regulator finally calls time on Jio’s endless freebies, for now
The Indian telecoms regulator – TRAI – has finally grown a pair and pushed back on the latest extension of Jio’s great mobile give-away, sort of. A few days ago we reported that Jio had extended the...
View ArticleAirtel continues mud-slinging but shows little fighting spirit
Bharti Airtel has accused Reliance Jio of directly ignoring an order from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), and continuing its ‘Summer Surprise’ discounts for customers. Only a couple...
View ArticleBharti Airtel offers copycat data freebie in latest skirmish with Jio
Bharti Airtel has begun to rub salt into Jio’s wounds by launching its own summer offer, only a short while after Indian regulators banned Jio’s from continuing for another three months. Since the...
View ArticleTata comes from nowhere to top Indian subscriber adds
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released subscriber numbers for August, and somehow Tata Teleservices topped the net add list. It still doesn’t quite have the numbers to compete at...
View ArticleIndia goes opposite direction to US on Net Neutrality
Net neutrality is a contentious issue right now, and Indian regulator TRAI might add further fuel to the fire taking pretty much the polar opposite position to US regulator FCC. Just as the FCC is...
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India launches telecom policy consultation aiming for $100bn investment
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has kick-started a consultation process to develop its National Telecom Policy for 2018, intended to launch India up the global digital rankings. The...
View ArticleJio closes the gap as Indian market continues growth
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its monthly update on telco subscribers across the country, and Jio is continuing to erode the gap with its rivals. On the whole, the Indian telco...
View ArticleJio leapfrogs Idea and Vodafone for second place in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has unveiled the monthly growth statistics for July and India is still the market which keeps giving. Looking at the wireless segments to start with,...
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