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An Indian national pleaded guilty to the charges of defrauding various telephone providers and insurance companies of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for replacement cellular devices.

Only three operators - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and state-run BSNL - reported subscriber additions in the month.

While the growth was led by 6.23 million net subscriber additions in the mobile services segment, it was impacted by decline of 0.14 million landline subscribers.

The consultation paper is titled "Review of network related Quality of Service standards for Cellular Mobile Telephone Service".

The government has imposed fines of Rs 323.56 crore on telecom operators in nine months of the current fiscal for violating rules pertaining to verification of subscribers.

As per data shared by Trai, the total telephone base in the country stood at 1.0141 billion at the end of August.

According to PTI sources, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg telephoned the owners of mobile firms recently and asked them to improve services.

Mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing of dengue epidemics - the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease worldwide, a new study has found.

US researchers have developed a questionnaire that can determine if you suffer from nomophobia or a fear of being without your mobile phone.

Turning to your mobile phone every time you feel a little low would only make things worse as smartphones do not help alleviate negative feelings, say researchers.

In between classes a small group of five girls of Jadavpur University sneak out to collect discarded mobile phone batteries, headphones and computer parts as part of a campaign to control the menace of e-waste.

InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license its technology considered essential to mobile phone communications, Microsoft Corp said in a lawsuit on Thursday.

India has pipped China to drive the volume growth of smartphones in the world on the back of falling prices of high-end devices and growing adoption of 3G services, according to an HSBC report.

It's not that hard for parents to snoop on their smartphone-addicted kids.

The government has set up a joint task force with industry to rejuvenate nation's mobile phone manufacturing ecosystem with a view to achieve production of 500 million units of mobile handsets by 2019.

An Indian national pleaded guilty to the charges of defrauding various telephone providers and insurance companies of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for replacement cellular devices.

Only three operators - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and state-run BSNL - reported subscriber additions in the month.

While the growth was led by 6.23 million net subscriber additions in the mobile services segment, it was impacted by decline of 0.14 million landline subscribers.

The consultation paper is titled "Review of network related Quality of Service standards for Cellular Mobile Telephone Service".

The government has imposed fines of Rs 323.56 crore on telecom operators in nine months of the current fiscal for violating rules pertaining to verification of subscribers.

As per data shared by Trai, the total telephone base in the country stood at 1.0141 billion at the end of August.

According to PTI sources, Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg telephoned the owners of mobile firms recently and asked them to improve services.

Mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing of dengue epidemics - the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease worldwide, a new study has found.

US researchers have developed a questionnaire that can determine if you suffer from nomophobia or a fear of being without your mobile phone.

Turning to your mobile phone every time you feel a little low would only make things worse as smartphones do not help alleviate negative feelings, say researchers.

In between classes a small group of five girls of Jadavpur University sneak out to collect discarded mobile phone batteries, headphones and computer parts as part of a campaign to control the menace of e-waste.

InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license its technology considered essential to mobile phone communications, Microsoft Corp said in a lawsuit on Thursday.

India has pipped China to drive the volume growth of smartphones in the world on the back of falling prices of high-end devices and growing adoption of 3G services, according to an HSBC report.

It's not that hard for parents to snoop on their smartphone-addicted kids.

The government has set up a joint task force with industry to rejuvenate nation's mobile phone manufacturing ecosystem with a view to achieve production of 500 million units of mobile handsets by 2019.