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Article | 19/07/2011 Telecom carriers oppose proposed subsidy cuts
In an effort to balance the U.S. government's books, some Republicans have proposed taking US$1billion from a fund that subsidizes rural telephone and...
Article | 15/07/2011 Mumbai mobile networks choked after blasts
Mumbai's mobile networks were choked with traffic soon after terrorist blasts late Wednesday, preventing even the chief minister of the state from com...
Article | 14/07/2011 Senate report: Phone bill cramming costs billions
Third-party charges on U.S. consumer and business telephone bills, most of them unauthorized by the customer, amount to US $2 billion a year, accordin...
Article | 13/07/2011 India wants to intercept Skype, Google communications
The controversy over India's demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minis...
Article | 13/07/2011 FCC proposes rules to combat phone cramming
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules designed to make it more difficult for telephone carriers and other companies to ins...
Article | 7/07/2011 Second Indian minister under investigation in telecom scam
India's top investigation agency, Central Bureau of Investigation, told the country's Supreme Court on Wednesday that it is investigating another form...
Article | 2/07/2011 First commercial GSM call marks 20-year milestone
On June 1, 1991, the first commercial calls over GSM were made in Finland and Sweden, Nokia Siemens and Ericsson noted Friday as they celebrated the a...
Article | 1/07/2011 EU rules reduce price of mobile roaming, but problems remain
New European Union rules came into force on Friday, reducing the cost for consumers of using mobile phones abroad.
Article | 1/06/2011 India issues new security rules for phone operators
India has relaxed some of its security rules for telecommunications operators and equipment suppliers, after earlier rules that required equipment mak...
Article | 25/05/2011 Skype kills integration with open source PBX Asterisk
Skype has decided not to renew an agreement that allows open-source telephony system Asterisk to be integrated with the service using software develop...
Article | 20/05/2011 Top Indian politician to be arrested over India telecom scam
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, a high-profile Indian politician and member of Parliament, is likely to be arrested later on Friday, after a special court in D...
Article | 11/05/2011 MS hints at Skype's future, stresses cross-platform support
Microsoft's Skype acquisition will result in voice and video calling blended into lots of existing Microsoft products, but the company also stressed t...
Article | 5/05/2011 Bharti Airtel's profit down on investments, competition
Bharti Airtel's profit continues to be weighed down by the cost of debt it took on to make investments in 3G spectrum in India and to acquire the Afri...
Article | 26/04/2011 India proposes restrictions on tapping telephone calls
An Indian government report has recommended that interception of telephone calls by government agencies should be limited to situations when there is ...
Article | 18/04/2011 UAE restrictions will hit all wireless providers, says RIM
Potential changes to wireless data services for very small business in the United Arab Emirates will affect the entire industry and not just BlackBerr...