Cellphone Spectrum

Israeli lawmakers called for a parliamentary inquiry into the police’s alleged use of sophisticated spyware on Israeli citizens, including protesters opposed to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a newspaper report on the surveillance.

Former telecom minister A Raja was on Thursday acquitted in the 2G spectrum case along DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter M Kanimozhi and 15 others. Mr Raja was accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. He has also been accused of acceptinga 200-...

A Delhi court acquitted former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been accused of masterminding the 2G spectrum scam, believed to be India's biggest ever scam, which came to light six years ago. Mr Raja is accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. A...

India has gained the dubious distinction of having more cellphones than toilets for its billion-plus population. But the rising level of call drops is making using those phones practically impossible.

The importance of telecom services in the consumption basket of over half a billion Indians is generally underestimated. Ask the largely self-employed migrant workers in big cities or small towns, and they will tell you how mobile bills constitute around 6% to 8% of their monthly consumption expenditure.

The government plans to hold an auction of airwaves for mobile phone network operators in February next year and aims to raise an initial Rs 9,355 crore, according to a draft government plan seen by Reuters.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed overseas borrowing rules for successful bidders in the country's cellphone airwaves auction, making it easier for them to raise money to pay the cash-strapped government.

The government may have raised just over 9,000 cores from its auction of second-generation (2G) mobile phone airwaves, but the poor sales help to make a politically expedient point - the revenue raised now is at par with what the government earned in 2008, when licenses were sold to cellphone operators in a process allegedly manipulated by corrupti...

Israeli lawmakers called for a parliamentary inquiry into the police’s alleged use of sophisticated spyware on Israeli citizens, including protesters opposed to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following a newspaper report on the surveillance.

Former telecom minister A Raja was on Thursday acquitted in the 2G spectrum case along DMK chief M Karunanidhi's daughter M Kanimozhi and 15 others. Mr Raja was accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. He has also been accused of acceptinga 200-...

A Delhi court acquitted former Telecom Minister A Raja who has been accused of masterminding the 2G spectrum scam, believed to be India's biggest ever scam, which came to light six years ago. Mr Raja is accused of allocating airwaves and licenses for cellphone networks in exchange for kickbacks and causing the state a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crore. A...

India has gained the dubious distinction of having more cellphones than toilets for its billion-plus population. But the rising level of call drops is making using those phones practically impossible.

The importance of telecom services in the consumption basket of over half a billion Indians is generally underestimated. Ask the largely self-employed migrant workers in big cities or small towns, and they will tell you how mobile bills constitute around 6% to 8% of their monthly consumption expenditure.

The government plans to hold an auction of airwaves for mobile phone network operators in February next year and aims to raise an initial Rs 9,355 crore, according to a draft government plan seen by Reuters.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relaxed overseas borrowing rules for successful bidders in the country's cellphone airwaves auction, making it easier for them to raise money to pay the cash-strapped government.

The government may have raised just over 9,000 cores from its auction of second-generation (2G) mobile phone airwaves, but the poor sales help to make a politically expedient point - the revenue raised now is at par with what the government earned in 2008, when licenses were sold to cellphone operators in a process allegedly manipulated by corrupti...