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Telecom Commission Tells Trai to Review Spectrum Proposals
Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission has decided to send back Trai's recommendations on spectrum valuation and pricing for a review, saying that some of them can't be implemented in the present form.
"Telecom Commission decided to send back reference to...
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Telecom subscriber base in April 2014 stood at...
According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecom subscriber base in India increased from 933 million at the end of March 2014 to 935.81 million at the end of April 2014, registering a monthly growth of 0.30...
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DoT to impose SUC of Rs 24.51 billion...
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is planning to issue demand notice to nine operators, asking them to pay one-time spectrum usage charges (SUC) of Rs 24.51 billion for continuing operations following the cancellation of their licences by the Supreme Court...
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Ofcom seeks to lower UK mobile termination rates...
The UK communications industry regulator – Ofcom – has announced proposals designed to further reduce mobile termination rates; the wholesale prices mobile operators charge other operators for connecting to their networks.
According to Ofcom MTRs are currently at 0.8 pence...
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DoT likely to amend terms and conditions of...
The licence and finance wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has suggested amending the unified access service (UAS) licence to include a second performance bank guarantee of Rs 100 million.
Under the unified licence (UL) regime, operators are required...
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US regulators approve T-Mobile USA’s acquisition of MetroPCS
U.S. regulators approved the combination of pay-as-you-go wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA, leaving MetroPCS shareholders as the last remaining obstacle on the deal.
The deal will combine T-Mobile with the smaller MetroPCS, creating...
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Czech telco regulator suspends spectrum auction
Watchdog says bids are too high and would likely result in higher costs for consumers.
The Czech telecommunications regulator, or CTU, Friday said it has suspended its auction for mobile radio frequencies to allow the upgrade of current data...
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