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Article | 17/02/2011 India cancels satellite spectrum deal after controversy
India has decided to annul a controversial agreement to lease satellite spectrum to a private company, claiming that it needs the S-band spectrum for ...
Article | 14/02/2011 Voice over LTE inches closer to reality
Mobile network operators and their equipment suppliers are working hard to make telephony over data-oriented LTE (Long-Term Evolution) mobile networks...
Article | 10/02/2011 Company in Indian spectrum satellite scam claims clearances
Devas Multimedia, the company at the center of a controversy over satellite spectrum allocation, said on Thursday that it has a legally binding agreem...
Article | 9/02/2011 Etisalat distances itself from Indian mobile license scam
Telecommunications operator Etisalat has distanced itself from an alleged scam in the allocation of second-generation (2G) mobile network licenses in ...
Article | 9/02/2011 India arrests top executive of Etisalat joint venture
India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the vice-chairman of Etisalat DB Telecom, a mobile services joint venture.
Article | 9/02/2011 FCC moves to redirect phone subsidies to broadband
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took a major step Tuesday toward ending subsidies for traditional telephone service in rural areas and redi...
Article | 9/02/2011 India’s space organization under scrutiny over spectrum
India is reviewing an agreement between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and a private communications company that aims to set up a satel...
Article | 9/02/2011 Mobile number portability flops in India
Mobile number portability has not taken off in India, with only about 1.7 million users applying for change of operator in the 15 days since the progr...
Article | 8/02/2011 FCC plans to redirect phone subsidies to broadband
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will unveil a proposal Tuesday to phase out subsidies for traditional telephone service to rural areas, wit...
Article | 5/02/2011 Experts: FCC needs to focus on spectrum and subsidy reform
With the issue of network neutrality behind the U.S. Federal Communications Commission -- at least temporarily -- the agency must turn its focus to fr...
Article | 3/02/2011 India aims for greener telecom
India’s telecom regulator has invited comments from mobile operators and other concerned parties in a bid to evolve a policy framework to reduce the c...
Article | 3/02/2011 India's former telecom minister arrested in 2G scam
Former Indian communications minister, A. Raja, and two aides were arrested on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities in the awarding of ...
Article | 2/02/2011 Bharti Airtel's profits hit by Africa acquisition
Revenues at India’s largest mobile operator surged in the last three months of 2010, but competition and higher spectrum costs, and increased interest...
Article | 31/01/2011 India’s Airtel introduces cash payment by mobile phone
India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is offering its customers the facility to make payments through mobile phones, reflecting a growing in...
Article | 27/01/2011 Tablets using Marvell's Moby design in India soon
Tablet computers built to Marvell's Moby reference design should launch in India in the first half of this year, an executive of the company said on T...