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Reliance Communications says CDMA business to improve within 18 months

Monday May 13, 2013

Reliance Communications said on Monday that it expects its CDMA technology-based mobile business to -stop bleeding- and start contributing to company's growth within 12 to 18 months.

Reliance Communications to use CDMA spectrum for data services, GSM for voice

Press Trust Of India | Monday May 13, 2013

The company has formed its strategy defined around spectrum and is looking to convert CDMA spectrum for high speed wireless Internet services.

Reliance Communications to use CDMA spectrum for data services, GSM for voice

Saturday May 11, 2013

Reliance Communications plans to use CDMA spectrum mainly for providing wireless internet services to increase revenues and migrate its predominantly voice customers to GSM technology platform.

Reliance Communications hikes call rates for both GSM and CDMA subscribers by up to 30 percent

Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2013

Reliance Communications has hiked mobile call rates for both its GSM and CDMA pre-paid customers by up to 30 percent.

RCom, Aircel announce mobile towers sharing pact for 2G network

Press Trust of India | Tuesday April 30, 2013

RCom said the 2G GSM Intra-circle roaming arrangements with various other operators will "significantly improve both outdoor and in-building coverage.

RCom ties up with Aircel to share mobile towers for better roaming coverage

Tuesday April 30, 2013

RCom is in talks with other operators as well to have similar arrangements and add total of around 10,000 base stations (mobile towers) in its network, it said in a statement.

Tata Teleservices to surrender spectrum in 15 circles

Reuters | Thursday April 18, 2013

Tata Teleservices, said it will surrender part of its CDMA mobile airwaves.

India sitting on over $4 billion unused Universal Services fund: Industry body

Wednesday April 10, 2013

Global mobile industry body GSMA today said India is sitting on unutilised fund of over $4 billion collected from telecom operators and the system needs to be re-valuated as it has been ineffective.

COAI says Rs 700 crore penalty due on telecom towers for violating norms

Friday April 5, 2013

Claiming that radiation from most of telecom towers are within permissible limits, industry body COAI said on Friday that about 99 per cent of the Rs 700 crore penalty imposed on towers for violating norms is due to procedural issues such as delay in...

Goverment likely to issue one-time demand notice to CDMA operators

Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013

The DoT has already issued demand notices to old GSM operators for collecting one-time spectrum fee.

GSM mobile subscriber base declines 1.97 million in February to 655.59 million

Press Trust of India | Friday March 15, 2013

The country's GSM mobile subscriber base fell by 1.97 million in February to 655.59 million, dragged down by Uninor that lost over 8 million users.

Telecom firms owe government over Rs. 9,600 crores in licence, spectrum charges

Press Trust of India | Thursday March 14, 2013

The operators were given the option to surrender spectrum beyond 4.4 MHz if they did not wish to pay the charges.

Sistema Shyam wins spectrum for Rs 3,639 crore, skips Mumbai circle

Monday March 11, 2013

India is using spectrum auctions and stake sales in state-run companies to contain its deficit to within 5.2 per cent of GDP this fiscal year and 4.8 per cent in the next fiscal year that starts in April.

SSTL the only bidder in second round of spectrum auction for CDMA services

Press Trust of India | Monday March 11, 2013

The auction for 2G spectrum for GSM players held in November last yeat was spread across three days fetching the government Rs. 9,407 crore.

2G auction: Sistema Shyam wins airwaves for 8 circles, skips Mumbai

Monday March 11, 2013

The auction of second-generation CDMA spectrum has ended after three rounds, with lone bidder Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) bidding for eight circles, the Department of Telecommunications secretary told NDTV Profit. SSTL submitted bids worth Rs 3...