Telecom
Vodafone cuts 3G rates by up to 80 per cent
19 Jun 2012
Microsoft unveils ‘Surface’ line of tablet devices
19 Jun 2012
The Surface tablets are being offered in two versions - Windows RT running ARM chips like an iPad and Surface for Windows 8 Pro which runs Intel chips like a laptop
CWW’s key shareholder backs Vodafone’s $1.6 billion takeover
18 Jun 2012
CWW owns the UK's biggest fibre network dedicated to businesses and also has a 260,000 mile international cable network that extends across Europe, India and throughout Asia
Idea Cellular sees 3G users tripling by March
16 Jun 2012
Motorola Solutions to buy UK's mobile computing company Psion
16 Jun 2012
Motorola Solutions plans to to expand its enterprise mobile computing business through the acquisition of mobile computing products and their applications developer, Psion Plc
R-Com gets Singapore nod for Flag Telecom IPO
13 Jun 2012
Telefonica sells 4.56 % stake in China Unicom for $1.4 bn
11 Jun 2012
Telefónica, which held a near 10-per cent stake in China Unicom, will still hold around 5 per cent stake in China’s second-largest mobile phone operator
Vodafone avoided paying UK corporation tax in 2011: report
11 Jun 2012
Global telecom giant Vodafone Group Plc has paid zero tax in Britain last year, igniting a fresh controversy over its UK tax bill
Telecom tariffs to fall yet again
09 Jun 2012
Sibal drops retrospective spectrum fee in compromise package
08 Jun 2012
Under the new deal, telcos can either pay for the remaining period of the licence, and then pay a market-based price at the time of renewal, or pay the current market-based price and keep spectrum for 20 years
Mobile towers guzzling Rs4,300-cr of diesel subsidy, TEMA tells PM
08 Jun 2012
TEMA has suggested a one-time tax amounting to Rs10 lakh on each mobile tower, equivalent to 12 years of subsidy, to minimise loss to the exchequer
Google acquires mobile app Quickoffice
07 Jun 2012
Texas-based Quickoffice is a global leader in mobile office solutions and provides solutions for Android, iPhone, iPad, HP webOS and Symbian platforms
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