Telecom in a sentence

So, the DoT using the Supreme Court’s ruling on AGR — that essentially allows levy of fees on all telecom and non-telecom revenue — and demanding humongous dues from these non-telecom companies is a case of misinterpretation and overreach.

New Delhi: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, India's second-largest wireless telecom operator by subscriber base, added 8.44 mln users in August, according to telecom subscription data released today by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Raya is owned by Vodafone Egypt, Nileonline and Egynet are now owned by Etisalat, TEdata is owned and operated by the oldest telecom company in the region telecom Egypt and link.net is owned by Orascom telecom.

He said that the sensitisation was also to promote initiatives such as to empower telecom consumers with knowledge for their protection within the telecom industry.

Telecom firms in Europe are facing unsustainable market trends linked to shrinking retail prices, booming data consumption and "unprecedented" investment needed to upgrade networks, the head of Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Tuesday.

The technology development arm under the Department of Telecom has been able to add feature to check use of cloned mobile phones across all telecom networks.

Commission approves the acquisition of European telecom company by UAE firmThe European Commission approved the acquisition of Amsterdam-based PPF Telecom by United Arab Emirates firm e&, subject to conditions.

Justice Babar questioned if 2% of telecom users’ data across the entire country was being accessed, and why the telecom companies, who bear the costs and install the systems, should not be accountable.

Helios Towers (“HT”), an independent telecom tower infrastructure company with over 7,000 towers across Africa, is one of the leading players in Africa’s shifting telecom landscape.

Over the last few years, it has been pushing telecom operators to introduce new ways to curb spam SMSes and recently, it asked the telecom companies to implement new blockchain technologies to stop the menace.

The biggest contribution towards Rs 2.60 lakh crore earnings for the government will come from the AGR dues payment by the telecom and non-telecom companies.

Towards the end of the year in December, we saw quite a few changes in the telecom sector with the biggest being the rise in tariff by telecom operators.

While the telecom commission has allowed Internet onboard Internet services onboard, the telecom operator has said it will be made available when devices are used only on flight mode.

Briefing reporters on decisions taken by the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government will put in Rs 29,937 crore for revival of the two state-owned telecom companies.

Fernando Somaeb, Chairperson of Telecom Namibia noted that delivering infrastructure installations and upgrades highlighted on the national agenda across the various sectors of the domestic economy is a key priority for Telecom Namibia.

Kleisterlee said that the British telecom giant that has invested in Indian telecom services market through Vodafone Idea, had ‘good discussions as always’ with the government.

Telecom operators are keenly monitoring the developments in the space, following the dispute between the US and China’s Huawei that is among the world’s largest telecom equipment makers.

The latest range of technologically robust 4G/LTE telecom products is the outgrowth of their strong in-house R&D capabilities and signify inherent strengths in the area of telecom equipment manufacturing in this region.

The telecom operators need “oxygen” and urged the government to take a call on debt restructuring of all the dues that telecom operators owe to the government.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday came out with a fresh consultation paper on the issue of transparency in publishing tariff offers by telecom operators to protect interest of consumers.