Telecom
Nokia’s X6 smartphone debuts in UK
25 Nov 2009
Ciena trumps Nokia Siemens to acquire Nortel’s ethernet assets for $769 million
24 Nov 2009
Ciena expects to significantly enhance its Canada-based development resources and strengthen its global presence through this acquisition
Tata DoCoMo extends per-sec billing plan to roaming calls
23 Nov 2009
Tata’s new tariff plan is likely to trigger a rate war in the roaming segment as it did for local and STD calls in June this year
Nokia to sack 330 R&D staff, reduce new launches
21 Nov 2009
MoD-DoT reach agreement over spectrum vacation
21 Nov 2009
TRAI sets mobile portability charge at Rs19
20 Nov 2009
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has set 31 December 2009 as the implementation date for mobile number portability.
No fixed timetable for 3G auction, says minister
20 Nov 2009
Meet on 3G auction proves a damp squib; clarifies nothing
17 Nov 2009
Neither DoT nor the ministry of information and telecommunications had answers to a number of issues, since they were still being discussed between various ministries
Government holds pre-bid talks on 3G auction
16 Nov 2009
The auction process for third generation and WiMax spectrum began today with the Department of Telecommunications holding a pre-bid conference for prospective bidders
Vivendi trumps Telefonica on GVT buyout with $4.2 billion offer
16 Nov 2009
Vivendi’s new offer is almost 11 per cent above Telefonica’s latest bid, and 33 per cent higher that its own previous offer of $R42 per share.
Motorola explores three-way split
13 Nov 2009
Maxis raises $3.3 billion through Malaysia’s largest IPO
12 Nov 2009
Through its listing on the Malaysian stock exchange next week, Maxis will make a second entry, after it was de-listed two years ago when the company went private
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