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British telecom major Vodafone Group has admitted in its annual report that it faces tax claims and liabilities exceeding Rs 27,000 crore in India, of which Rs 14,200 crore relates to the acquisition of Hutchinson- Essar in 2007. ...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to allow spectrum sharing among 3G players. Earlier, the department had stated that it would exclude 3G airwaves in the proposed spectrum sharing policy. The DoT’s move to reconsider...

Alcatel-Lucent and Mobily Saudi Arabia have announced the first global deployment of virtualised radio access network (RAN) software from the vendor’s Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) portfolio. Mobily is deploying Alcatel-Lucent’s 9771 Wireless Cloud Element Radio Network Controller (WCE RNC) to...

Taiwanese operator FarEasTone (FET) has become the first operator in the world to launch commercial LTE services in the APT700 band, according to Swedish vendor Ericsson, which supplied the network equipment for the launch. FET won  both APT700 and...

A widely expected deal that will see US operator Sprint acquire its competitor T-Mobile USA is nearing completion, according to a number of reports citing inside sources. News agency Bloomberg said that an agreement on the price, capital structure...

Cell-phone adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace; the continent is on track to hit the billion cellphone mark in 2015. Many African mobile users don’t have monthly plans with a carrier. Instead, they own phones...

Videocon Telecom has tied up with Chinese equipment firm Huawei Technologies for rolling out 4G network in six out of its 7 service areas. "Videocon Telecom is rolling out LTE-ready Packet Core network from Huawei in...