Govt goes with TRAI on licence-cap issue
1.09.2009
Govt goes with TRAI on licence-cap issue (ET)In what is considered as a significant victory for the telecom regulator TRAI over the DoT, communications minister A Raja has accepted TRAI’s stance that it cannot be forced to speed up its recommendations regarding capping the number of players.
Global mobile vendors face the heat (ET)The government plans to revive an earlier proposal where all foreign telecom equipment vendors will have to pass stringent security tests in a government-controlled test bed for every product before selling it to any operator in the country.
RCom prepays term loan worth Rs 5,000 cr (BS)Integrated telecommunications service provider Reliance Communications (RCom) has prepaid a term loan of Rs 5,000 crore raised from Indian banks a year earlier. The pre-payment would help the company make interest savings of Rs 700 crore a year.
Nokia Siemens questions BSNL panel findings on GSM deal (HBL)
Nokia Siemens has questioned the credibility of the findings of the independent panel set up by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for investigating allegations of impropriety in the tendering process for Rs 30,000-crore GSM project.
TechM, Wipro, IBM vie for $400-m Loop Tele deal (ET)
LOOP Telecom, where the Essar Group has a stake, has shortlisted Tech Mahindra, Wipro and IBM for an IT outsourcing contract worth around $400 million. The contract is believed to be spread across a period of 10 years and will not include Loop Mobile’s operations.
Three UK looking to close outbound call centers (C-N)
Hutchison 3G UK is reported to be ready to terminate contracts with nearly thirty of its outbound call centers due to concerns over the quality of the customer base they were selling to. The UK trade magazine, Mobile Today reported.
China mobile shows off first Ophones (C-N)China Mobile has shown off the first smartphones that will be using its own operating system, branded the Ophone. Handsets from Dell, Lenovo Mobile and several other companies are expected shortly, while a model from HTC has already gone on sale.
Govt goes with TRAI on licence-cap issue (ET)In what is considered as a significant victory for the telecom regulator TRAI over the DoT, communications minister A Raja has accepted TRAI’s stance that it cannot be forced to speed up its recommendations regarding capping the number of players.
Global mobile vendors face the heat (ET)The government plans to revive an earlier proposal where all foreign telecom equipment vendors will have to pass stringent security tests in a government-controlled test bed for every product before selling it to any operator in the country.
RCom prepays term loan worth Rs 5,000 cr (BS)Integrated telecommunications service provider Reliance Communications (RCom) has prepaid a term loan of Rs 5,000 crore raised from Indian banks a year earlier. The pre-payment would help the company make interest savings of Rs 700 crore a year.
Nokia Siemens questions BSNL panel findings on GSM deal (HBL)
Nokia Siemens has questioned the credibility of the findings of the independent panel set up by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd for investigating allegations of impropriety in the tendering process for Rs 30,000-crore GSM project.
TechM, Wipro, IBM vie for $400-m Loop Tele deal (ET)
LOOP Telecom, where the Essar Group has a stake, has shortlisted Tech Mahindra, Wipro and IBM for an IT outsourcing contract worth around $400 million. The contract is believed to be spread across a period of 10 years and will not include Loop Mobile’s operations.
Three UK looking to close outbound call centers (C-N)
Hutchison 3G UK is reported to be ready to terminate contracts with nearly thirty of its outbound call centers due to concerns over the quality of the customer base they were selling to. The UK trade magazine, Mobile Today reported.
China mobile shows off first Ophones (C-N)China Mobile has shown off the first smartphones that will be using its own operating system, branded the Ophone. Handsets from Dell, Lenovo Mobile and several other companies are expected shortly, while a model from HTC has already gone on sale.
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