| 3G spectrum winners can use it only after June | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The ambiguity over availability of 3G (third generation) telecom spectrum would end soon, as the ministry of defence has agreed to release 25 MHz of 3G spectrum before December 8, paving the way for auctioning of all the four slots in every circle simultaneously. But, the successful bidders in the auction would be able to utilise the spectrum only after June 2010, despite the auction process happening on schedule in January. |
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| PSUs to lose out on interest | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Public sector companies may continue to lose interest income on their idle deposits as the government has decided against allowing banks to bid for their bulk deposits. Top public sector undertakings (PSUs), sitting on surplus cash of over Rs 1,00,000 crore, have been demanding re-start of the bidding as it ensures higher interest rates. |
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| 3G auctions to be on schedule, says EGoM | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Uncertainty over auctions of 3G or third generation telecom services ended today, with the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) deciding to stick to the January 14 date with a slight modification. |
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| Vavasi to approach BSNL, MTNL for due diligence of Zain | 18-NOV-09 |
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| Vavasi group, a city-based firm with diverisifed interests, today said it would approach government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (MTNL) to join in doing due diligence of Kuwait's Zain Telecom. |
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| 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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| BSNL, Vavasi talks for Zain buy fall through | 18-NOV-09 |
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| State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is likely to exit the consortium comprising Delhi-based Vavasi Group and Malaysia's Al-Bukhary to acquire 46 per cent in Kuwait’s Zain Telecom. |
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| PM to take up BSNL's falling revenue | 14-NOV-09 |
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| Concerned over BSNL’s falling revenues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet the brass of the telecom PSU and Communications and IT Minister A Raja to look into causes and find ways to improve performance.A senior BSNL official said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked BSNL to be prepared for such a meeting with the prime minister. |
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| Talks on for selloff in 60 CPSUs: disinvestment secy | 13-NOV-09 |
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| The disinvestment department today said it is in talks with administrative ministries of 60 Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), including SAIL, BSNL, Coal India, for selling government stake. |
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| PM may meet BSNL top brass to check falling rev | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Concerned over BSNL's falling revenues, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to meet the top brass of the telecom PSU and Communication and IT Minister A Raja to look into causes and find ways to improve performance. |
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| BSNL to add 100,000 3G subscribers in Punjab circle | 12-NOV-09 |
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| State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has set an ambitious target of 100,000 3G subscribers in Punjab circle (which includes Punjab and Chandigarh) by March 2010. BSNL is hopeful that its acceptance among consumers will increase once the service is available across the state and handset costs go down. At present, it has 5,000 3G customers in Punjab circle. The service is restricted to some of the district headquarters only. |
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| DoT, defence scrap over 3G spectrum | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The inter-ministerial battle over spectrum for 3G telecom services has intensified, with the department of telecommunications (DoT) rejecting a claim by the ministry of defence (MoD) that it has not accounted for 10 MHz of spectrum given to DoT at the end of October in the information memorandum (IM). |
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| We did not start the tariff war: Airtel | 09-NOV-09 |
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| Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal today said the company had not initiated any tariff war with the launch of per-second billing and was merely responding to the market needs. |
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| Trai'ing times | 09-NOV-09 |
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| India’s telecom market continues to be one of the most baffling ones in the world. You’d think, as the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) does, that having 8-10 service providers would ensure the market works, so it doesn’t really need to regulate tariffs. And yet that isn’t really so. Sure, India has the lowest telecom tariffs in the world and that shows markets are working and Trai is correct in keeping tariffs under what’s called “forbearance”. But, at the same time, the new players that have just begun offering their services argue the interconnection agreements being signed between them and dominant players, like Bharti Airtel, are one-sided. This is where Trai needs to come in, since it is mandated by law to set out interconnection agreements which, in turn, are cost-based and help prevent dominant behaviour — if Trai doesn’t come in, it’s likely that someone will approach the Competition Commission. |
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| BSNL plans to add 3 lakh mobile subscribers | 09-NOV-09 |
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| Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) plans to add three lakh new mobile customers in the state by the end of the current fiscal. This will take the total mobile subscriber base of the telecom major to 21 lakh by March 2010 from about 18 lakh at present. |
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