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| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 |
| ATLANTIC-ACM global Best-in-class Award for VSNL |
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has announced that the company was presented with the ATLANTIC-ACM global wholesale best-in-class data price award at the 4th annual global wholesale carrier excellence awards.
The awards, which were held during the 30th annual pacific telecommunications council (PTC) show in Honolulu, Hawaii, rank all viable carriers on a variety of service and product categories. Winners are derived from hundreds of wholesale customer valuations of global carriers for the 2008 edition of ATLANTIC-ACM's global wholesale carrier report card — the global wholesale industry's principal benchmarking study.
The awards are based on scores provided by customers in an online survey, open to participation from mid-November through December of 2007. VSNL's award win was based on the following data products: transport (including Ethernet and wavelengths), ATM / frame and IP. |
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| Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
| TRAI's Formula for Spectrum + CAPEX |
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 Government on Monday informed the Delhi High Court it will implement telecom regulator TRAI's recommendations for spectrum allocation as an interim measure.
As predicted earlier, the Telcos are in a rapid CAPEX mode. RCom hasp laced an order of $600 million to Huawei for GSM equipment. Vodafone Group PLC has committed $6 billion investment in India over the next 3 years. It is dreaming to have 100 mn subscribers by the end of 2010.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has suggested abolition of the existing practice of levying Access Deficit Charges (ADC) on private operators. The regulator, in a consultation paper, has suggested that ADC should be abolished by April 1, which, many say, could make telecom services more affordable. |
| Published on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 8:41 AM |
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| Monday, January 21, 2008 |
| TRA on ADC + Revised Spectrum Policy + 3G Auction |
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Telecom regulator TRAI will next week initiate discussions on the fate of Access Deficit Charge, a levy paid by private firms for subsidising rural telephony in the country. "A consultation paper will be released on Monday where the issue of ADC would
be discussed in three major points".
Reliance Communication will invest Rs 20,000 crore this year in an attempt to extend its urban and rural coverage to 98 per cent and 67 per cent respectively.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) came out with a revised subscriber-linked policy for spectrum allocation to GSM operators, which is in line with the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is in favour of auctioning spectrum for third generation (3G) services for transparent, honest and credible deals. |
| Published on Monday, January 21, 2008 at 10:08 AM |
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| Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
| BSNL IPO + Spectrum on Seniority |
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BSNL plans to raise as much as 400 billion rupees in about a year in what would be India's largest initial public offering. The New Delhi-based company may sell a 10 per cent stake in India and overseas.
The government said spectrum to new telecom players, who were last week awarded Letters of Intent, would be distributed on the basis of who was the first to deposit licence fee - even if the difference is a fraction of a second. Unfortunately, the corridors of DoT is not transparent in its dealing and everybody now knows the shady means of getting business done in India.
Verizon has secured licences to provide international and national long-distance services in India, through a joint venture. |
| Published on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:23 AM |
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| Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
| GPS + GSM in Indian Railways |
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 Indian Railways proposes to adopt End of Train Telemeter EOTT devices in all its goods train. The EOTT device is an advanced telemetric system which continuously monitors train brake system integrity, train completeness, train speed & train position.
This cutting edge high technology, sophisticated device incorporating latest GPS, GSM & radio communication technology along with electronic brake control systems will form one of the highest contributing product in its wide range of product portfolio. This will be Stone India's first patented product aimed for the global market. This is an outcome of the large R&D investments the company has been undertaking since last couple of years. Similar such unique & sophisticated high value products are in the pipe line. |
| Published on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 11:36 AM |
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