The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has urged the Indian Government to take the urgent policy measures to boost broadband growth in the country and ask BSNL and MTNL to adopt a a franchisee model where by local players can use their copper lines to offer high speed Internet services.
LG Telecom has launched new service called PassON, so that citizens of Korea can pay their highway tolls through their mobile phone.
India supports WiMax technology on 3G networks, an emerging wireless telecoms technology that promise city wide coverage with few transmitters, high data output and enough wireless capacity to support Internet telephony.
The telecoms Regulatory Authority of India allows cable operators and mutli system operators (MSOs) to offer IPTV services.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is planning to appeal against the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) which has suggested major changes in licensing norms of mobile operators, to the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) of India has recommended wide range of measures for telecoms operators. TRAI said that the existing licenses should be permitted to provide services either of the technologies, called code division multiple access (CDMA) or global system of mobile communications (GSM) on certain conditions.
The State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to replace the landline telephony service with wireless phone in Kashmir.
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), one of India’s leading telecoms service providers will provide new facility, which will allow people of South Asian origin in the US to make calls to their country using its prepaid service without obtaining the calling cards. The company will start this service from August 21, 2007.
The private telecom operator Hutch has partnered with the Department of Post, Uttar Pradesh (India) to take the mobile telecoms services to the masses of the state.
Now, Indians are using their mobile phones as a tool to access Internet. One in every 11 people logging on to the Web across the world through
