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Article | 13/04/2011 Libyan rebels set up own mobile network
Libyan rebels in the East of the country have set up their own mobile phone network connecting them to the rest of the world, over a month after they ...
Article | 6/04/2011 Satyam will pay US$10M to settle US fraud charges
Indian outsourcer Satyam Computer Services has agreed to pay a US$10 million penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle c...
Article | 5/04/2011 Vodafone asks Indian Supreme Court to halt tax penalty
Vodafone has petitioned India’s Supreme Court to halt penalty proceedings from India's tax authorities, which claim the company owes taxes related to ...
Article | 3/04/2011 India files charges against former telecom minister
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed charges against nine people, including the country’s former telecommunications minister, A. Ra...
Article | 31/03/2011 NTT DoCoMo increases investment in India
NTT DoCoMo is investing 8 billion rupees (US$176 million) in Tata Teleservices, a mobile services company in India.
Article | 31/03/2011 Vodafone buys out Indian owner in mobile joint venture
Vodafone said on Thursday it will buy Essar Group's stake in a local subsidiary, giving it the maximum allowable equity share of a mobile phone compan...
Article | 30/03/2011 India said to lag Brazil, China, Russia in digital access
India lags behind China, Russia, and Brazil in providing its citizens with access to information and communications technology, according to a report ...
Article | 29/03/2011 A look at the skills telecom, IT departments need when transitioning to SIP trunking
Workers in telecom departments may be understandably apprehensive about switching from TDM to SIP, since it could conceivably put them out of work.
Article | 18/03/2011 Nokia ties with Indian bank for mobile payments
Nokia has tied with Union Bank of India to roll out mobile payment services that are targeted at the large number of Indians who do not have banking f...
Article | 17/03/2011 India’s mobile boom over-stated, government figures suggest
India’s mobile boom may be exaggerated if one takes into account the large number of mobile connections that are currently inactive.
Article | 4/03/2011 IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters
IBM is deploying its voice-based web technology in India to enable illiterate people in the state of Karnataka to find jobs by talking on their mobile...
Article | 4/03/2011 FCC moves to redirect phone subsidies for the poor
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step Thursday toward reworking two related programs that provide telephone subsidies for low...
Article | 23/02/2011 RIM says competition taking advantage of India problems
Research In Motion has accused unnamed competitors of trying to compound and profit from its problems in India by "suggesting or implying" that RIM's ...
Article | 23/02/2011 India's Parliament to investigate 2G scandal
India is appointing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), consisting of representatives of the government and the opposition, to probe into an allege...
Article | 23/02/2011 Nokia's Ovi Store moves to rupee payments in India
Nokia has introduced rupee payments on its Ovi Store in India, in a bid to boost downloads from the store.