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Centre Can Now Access Telecom Traffic Data, But Not Messages, For Cybersecurity
The government has notified the telecom cyber security rules, that aim to safeguard India's communication networks and services, through a host of measures including specified timelines for telcos to report security incidents and make disclosures.
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UK Telecoms Firm BT Group To Cut Up To 55,000 Jobs By 2030
British telecoms and television group BT said Thursday it would axe up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade to slash costs in the latest tech-sector jobs cull.
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Pak Telecom Firms On Why They Are Not Able To Make Business Plans
The chief executive officers of Pakistan's largest telecom firms have warned that the country is heading towards a digital catastrophe due to the wrong policy of pegging telecom licence prices with the US dollar, Business Recorder reported.
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Supreme Court Seeks Road Map From Telcos On Dues, Vodafone Says "No Money To Even Pay Salaries"
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked private telecom operators to furnish undertakings and file affidavits giving a road map for clearing the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) related dues as Vodafone Idea said that it does not have enough money to even pay salaries to its employees.
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Government Bats For Telecom Firms In Supreme Court Over Payment Of Dues
A 20-year window should be given to telecom firms to pay their AGR dues, the Centre has argued in Supreme Court today, backing the loss-making telcos which have been pushing for more time following a top court order for immediate payment.
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Centre Explains How Top Court's Aadhaar Verdict Impacts Mobile Users
The government made it clear today that it has discontinued Aadhaar-based verification of mobile phone users. It also assured those who got SIM cards based on Aadhaar eKYC, that though the Aadhaar verification process has been stopped, their SIM cards are safe and will not be discontinued.
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Government To Conduct Special Audit Of Telecom Firms: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government has decided to conduct a special audit of telecom companies to check possible understating of accounts as indicated by the country's official auditor, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
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Red Cross and Nepal Firm Launch Emergency Texting Service
The Red Cross and a Nepalese telecom firm launched an emergency texting service on Monday to send out real-time updates on aid distribution and weather warnings across the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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Government banks on auction, customer-centric moves for telecom sector
The government is banking on the second round of spectrum auction and customer-centric moves such as free national roaming to rebuild the telecom sector.
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Ericsson reveals $1.22 billion hit over joint venture
The mobile chip maker has never turned a profit since being formed in 2009, and has weighed on the bottom line of its struggling Swedish parent company.
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Telcos' average revenue per user down by 24% in 2008-11: Study
The average revenue per user of mobile operators have declined by up to 24 percent due to increased cost to support customer service.
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Sprint offers $2.1 billion to buy rest of Clearwire
Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion.
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China's Huawei will open R&D centre on Nokia's home turf
The Finnish R&D center will be a key driver in Huawei's research and development of new technologies for mobile devices.
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Nokia Siemens Networks to close optical networks unit - sources
Nokia Siemens Networks' (NSN) services unit faces closure as an essential contract with Deutsche Telekom will not be extended.
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Centre Can Now Access Telecom Traffic Data, But Not Messages, For Cybersecurity
The government has notified the telecom cyber security rules, that aim to safeguard India's communication networks and services, through a host of measures including specified timelines for telcos to report security incidents and make disclosures.
-
UK Telecoms Firm BT Group To Cut Up To 55,000 Jobs By 2030
British telecoms and television group BT said Thursday it would axe up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade to slash costs in the latest tech-sector jobs cull.
-
Pak Telecom Firms On Why They Are Not Able To Make Business Plans
The chief executive officers of Pakistan's largest telecom firms have warned that the country is heading towards a digital catastrophe due to the wrong policy of pegging telecom licence prices with the US dollar, Business Recorder reported.
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Supreme Court Seeks Road Map From Telcos On Dues, Vodafone Says "No Money To Even Pay Salaries"
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked private telecom operators to furnish undertakings and file affidavits giving a road map for clearing the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) related dues as Vodafone Idea said that it does not have enough money to even pay salaries to its employees.
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Government Bats For Telecom Firms In Supreme Court Over Payment Of Dues
A 20-year window should be given to telecom firms to pay their AGR dues, the Centre has argued in Supreme Court today, backing the loss-making telcos which have been pushing for more time following a top court order for immediate payment.
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Centre Explains How Top Court's Aadhaar Verdict Impacts Mobile Users
The government made it clear today that it has discontinued Aadhaar-based verification of mobile phone users. It also assured those who got SIM cards based on Aadhaar eKYC, that though the Aadhaar verification process has been stopped, their SIM cards are safe and will not be discontinued.
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Government To Conduct Special Audit Of Telecom Firms: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The government has decided to conduct a special audit of telecom companies to check possible understating of accounts as indicated by the country's official auditor, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today.
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Red Cross and Nepal Firm Launch Emergency Texting Service
The Red Cross and a Nepalese telecom firm launched an emergency texting service on Monday to send out real-time updates on aid distribution and weather warnings across the earthquake-hit Himalayan nation.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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Government banks on auction, customer-centric moves for telecom sector
The government is banking on the second round of spectrum auction and customer-centric moves such as free national roaming to rebuild the telecom sector.
-
Ericsson reveals $1.22 billion hit over joint venture
The mobile chip maker has never turned a profit since being formed in 2009, and has weighed on the bottom line of its struggling Swedish parent company.
-
Telcos' average revenue per user down by 24% in 2008-11: Study
The average revenue per user of mobile operators have declined by up to 24 percent due to increased cost to support customer service.
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Sprint offers $2.1 billion to buy rest of Clearwire
Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion.
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China's Huawei will open R&D centre on Nokia's home turf
The Finnish R&D center will be a key driver in Huawei's research and development of new technologies for mobile devices.
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Nokia Siemens Networks to close optical networks unit - sources
Nokia Siemens Networks' (NSN) services unit faces closure as an essential contract with Deutsche Telekom will not be extended.
