Telecom
European telecom major Altice to buy Cablevision Systems for $17.7 bn
18 Sep 2015
Altice NV, one of the most acquisitive European telecoms groups, pushed further into the US market yesterday with a deal to buy the nation’s fourth-largest operator Cablevision Systems Corp for $17.7 billion including debt
2 Chinese youths try to sell kidneys for iPhones
16 Sep 2015
Telecom towers not harmful to health: TRAI
12 Sep 2015
Apple launches iPhone 6 after iPad Pro Apple TV launch
10 Sep 2015
Pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will open across 130 countries starting 13 September and sale of the devices are due to start from 25 September
Now hackers con users with porn apps
10 Sep 2015
Govt lets telecom service providers trade in spectrum
09 Sep 2015
Together with the earlier decision to allow spectrum sharing, the decision to allow trading of spectrum among users is expected to herald an era of telecom sector consolidation
Apple to unveil iPhone 6s today
09 Sep 2015
Amazon to launch budget tablets for $50
08 Sep 2015
BSNL broadband speeds to go up from 512 Kbps to 2 Mbps from 1 October
07 Sep 2015
BSNL will upgrade broadband speeds to a minimum of 2 Mbps from 512 Kbps currently at no additional cost for all its broadband customers from 1 October 2015
Google to return to mainland China by fall
05 Sep 2015
5G technology will rock the world, says Huawei
04 Sep 2015
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