| 'There will be 1 billion mobiles by 2013, if not earlier' | 09-OCT-09 |
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| After 12 long years of advocating the interests of GSM operators in the country, T V Ramachandran has decided to step down from his role as director-general of the Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI), putting an end to an eventful journey which saw him fighting legal battles (winning some, losing some), opposing preferential treatment to some players and raising demand for spectrum. |
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| DoT asks telcos to give list of issues to new govt | 18-MAY-09 |
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| The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked operators to list out the priority areas, where policies are pending, for placing before the new government as a consensus agenda for the first 100 days. |
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| GSM players add 9 mn users in March | 14-MAY-09 |
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| GSM operators in the country added 8.97 million users during April 2009 (excluding Reliance Telecom), after recording the highest mobile subscriber addition of 11.2 million last month. |
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| GSM operators oppose 11-digit numbering | 04-MAY-09 |
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| GSM mobile service providers are opposing an 11-digit mobile numbering proposal on grounds that it would inconvenience the country’s 390 million subscribers. They are also seeking to end the exclusive two-digit operator code provided to three service providers. |
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| Highest ever GSM additions in March | 14-APR-09 |
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| The telecom juggernaut continued unabated despite an economic slowdown, with GSM technology service providers setting a new record by crossing the 10-million subscriber mark in March. |
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| COAI, Auspi join forces on IUC issue | 01-APR-09 |
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| In an interesting turn of events, GSM and CDMA operators have joined forces to protest the Telecom Regulatory of India (Trai) decision to reduce inter-connect usage charges (IUC). |
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| TDSAT upholds dual-spectrum policy | 01-APR-09 |
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| In a major relief to CDMA operators like Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today upheld the dual spectrum allocation policy of the government. Under the policy, CDMA operators were given GSM spectrum within the same licence. |
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| Feb sees 9.2 mn new mobile users; Bharti leads | 10-MAR-09 |
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| GSM subscriber base in the country grew by 9.2 million (excluding Reliance Telecom) in February 2009. According to the latest data released by Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) the total GSM subscriber base in the country rose to 277.16 million in February from 267.54 million in January 2009, a growth of about 3.43 per cent during the month. |
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| GSM operators add record 9.3 mn subscribers in Jan | 10-FEB-09 |
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| GSM operators in India witnessed a healthy growth in the new year as the GSM subscriber base in the country grew by 9.3 million (excluding Reliance Telecom) in January, 2009. According to the latest data released by Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) the total GSM subscriber base in the country rose to 267.54 million up from 257.85 in December 2008, a growth of about 3.6 per cent during the month of January. |
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| COAI backs cost-based termination charge | 06-NOV-08 |
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| The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the GSM operators’ body, will support a costing formula for mobile termination charges (MTC) that will benefit “efficient |
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