| PowerGrid gives telecom network to BSNL on rent | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has initiated talks with the public sector telecom service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), to see if the latter is interested in leasing space from its towers, of which the former has around 500,000.
Speaking to Business Standard, S K Chaturvedi, chairman and managing director, PGCIL, who was here to launch the country’s largest tower testing facility set up by Larsen & Toubro at Kanchipuram near Chennai, said the corporation has |
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| AT&T, Intel join telcos in pre-bid meet for 3G spectrum auction | 17-NOV-09 |
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| US telecom major AT&T and the world’s largest chip maker, Intel, were among the foreign players that showed interest today in the pre-bid conference for third generation (3G) spectrum, which kick-started the process for the 3G auction in the country. |
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| Network quality more imp than price war: Nielsen | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Network quality remains the top priority for consumers when choosing an operator, even as most telecom operators are busy lowering call rates to outdo rivals, according to research firm Nielsen. |
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| RCom launches mVDO for mobile users | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCom) today announced the launch of its value-added service 'mVDO', which will allow its mobile subscribers watch, share, search and upload videos online. |
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| Go long | 09-NOV-09 |
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| The increased competitive intensity between wireless telephony service providers has not only had a dampening effect on the stock prices but is also reflecting in their September 2009 quarter results. India’s largest wireless telecom companies by subscribers—Bharti Airtel (Bharti) and Reliance Communications (Rcom)---have seen their revenues and net profits register a drop in growth for the first time in the last three quarters. |
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| RCom, Loop announce per-second call rates | 04-NOV-09 |
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| Reliance Communications today launched a per-second billing plan for both its GSM and CDMA subscribers. It would charge a paisa every second for all local and national calls, as well as on roaming, a company statement said. The plan would be applicable to both its GSM and CDMA networks. The company has also announced a plan wherein a subscriber would have to pay a rupee every three minutes. |
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| Promoters make hay in bull market | 26-OCT-09 |
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| Promoters of around 200 large- and mid-cap companies have sold parts of their holdings to raise a combined Rs 50,000 crore in the second quarter of this financial year (July-September), according to the shareholding pattern filed by these companies with stock exchanges. |
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| RCom debunks special audit reports, expects no liability | 26-OCT-09 |
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| The adverse findings of the special audit report done on Reliance Communications (RCom) and its subsidiaries are clearly wrong and will not result in any additional financial liability, says the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group company. |
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| ADAG firms' shares released from pledge | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group firms Reliance Communications, Reliance Capital and Reliance Infrastructure today said their respective promoters have revoked all the shares pledged with lenders. |
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| Report on RCom not influenced by anyone: Audit panel | 15-OCT-09 |
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| Amid the controversy over alleged overstating of revenues and evasion of licence fee by Anil Ambani Group company Reliance Communications (RCom), the government-appointed audit panel today said its report is not influenced by anyone. |
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| Anil Ambani hits at rivals; says special auditor biased | 15-OCT-09 |
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| Dubbing as "biased" the special audit report alleging overstatement of revenues and evasion of licence fee by Reliance Communications (RCom), its Chairman Anil Ambani today said corporate rivals were behind the "vicious campaign" against his group company. |
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