TRAI: Don't blame mobile operators for call drops
NEW DELHI: The telecom regulator appears to have absolved telecom companies for the increasing instances of call drops, citing instead radiation fears and local laws as the biggest reasons carriers are...
View ArticleGovernment to get upfront payment of Rs 28,872 crore from spectrum auction:...
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Spectrum auction came to an end yesterday with the Indian government set to get nearly Rs 1,10,000 crore from the auction process. For...
View ArticleSpectrum auction won't result in high call rates, says Telecom Minister Ravi...
Aditya Birla Group firm Idea was the most aggressive bidder, followed by Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel and UK's Vodafone in the fiercely contested spectrum auction of spectrum that Telecom Minister Ravi...
View ArticleSpectrum sharing and trading guidelines soon: Telecom Minister Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad File Photo dna Research & Archives Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said work on spectrum sharing and trading...
View ArticleAirtel subscribers suffer maximum call drops: TRAI
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator TRAI received the maximum number of complaints for call drops against Bharti Airtel, followed by Vodafone, Idea Cellular and BSNL, this year. There were 31 complaints of...
View ArticleMaximum call drop complaints against Airtel: Trai
NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai received the maximum number of complaints for call drops against Bharti Airtel, followed by Vodafone, Idea Cellular and BSNL, this year. There were 31 complaints of...
View ArticleTelcos not meeting standards on call drop issue: TRAI
Amid growing concerns over the call drop issue, sectoral regulator TRAI has said that most of the telecom companies in Delhi and Mumbai are not meeting the prescribed standards. The Telecom Regulatory...
View ArticleGovernment mulls levying penalty on telecom operators for call drops
NEW DELHI: As the call drop menace refuses to subside, government is now weighing the option of slapping penalty on telecom operators while individual letters would be shot off to their promoters to...
View ArticleDoT to take up special audit of telcos on call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom will undertake special audit to assess the coverage and quality of service of all mobile operators in the metro cities to assess the gravity of problem to call...
View ArticleGovt mulls levying penalty on telcos for call drops
NEW DELHI : As the call drop menace refuses to subside, government is now weighing the option of slapping penalty on telecom operators while individual letters would be shot off to their promoters to...
View ArticleTelcos to be allowed to install mobile sites on government buildings
New Delhi: The Department of Telecom and Urban Development Ministry have agree in-principle to permit installation of mobile towers at government buildings, a move that may reduce the problem of call...
View ArticleTelcos to be allowed to install mobile sites on govt buildings
The Department of Telecom and Urban Development Ministry have agree in-principle to permit installation of mobile towers at government buildings, a move that may reduce the problem of call drops. A...
View ArticleCall drops: Telcos submit action plan to DoT
NEW DELHI: To curb the menace of call drops, telecom operators have started taking steps such as adopting in-building solutions, installation of more sites as well as augmenting the radio frequency...
View ArticleOptimise networks to curb call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: To curb the menace of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on August 25, asked mobile operators to optimise their networks, even as he promised full support on policy front...
View ArticleOptimise networks to curb call drops: Prasad to telcos
To curb the menace of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today asked mobile operators to optimise their networks, even as he promised full support on policy front including on...
View ArticleCall drop woes to end soon; tower radiation harmless: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that call drop issue would be resolved within a month, even as he termed the protest against tower radiation a 'sinister' campaign hampering network...
View ArticleCall drop situation improving, says Prasad
Under attack from the Opposition on the call drop problem, Union Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that the situation was improving. "There is a problem...
View ArticleNo going back on call drop penalty: Prasad
Despite mounting pressure from telcos including threat of legal action, telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said the penalty for call drops announced by the regulator TRAI will be...
View ArticleSpectrum sharing and trading guidelines soon: Telecom Minister Prasad
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad File Photo dna Research & Archives Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said work on spectrum sharing and trading...
View Article29,000 new mobile towers installed to check call drops: Ravi Shankar Prasad
NEW DELHI: A total of 29,000 new telecom towers were installed by private telecom operators across the country after government took strong exception to the problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Ravi...
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