Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zuckerberg sought to make peace with the telecoms industry, often some of his company's biggest critics, calling them "the folks who are here leading the charge to bring the Internet to the world."
Telecoms firm Telenor asked Indian authorities to reduce the licence fee for the Mumbai region by 50 percent, otherwise it would be nearly impossible to take part in the auction, Chief Executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas said on Friday.
Uninor will shut down operations in circles where it does not manage spectrum by January 2013. In an exclusive conversation with CNBC-TV18‘s Malvika Jain, Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of Telenor group said he is confident that licensee fee paid by the company in 2008 is adjustable.
Norwegian telecoms firm Telenor is in talks with several potential new partners in India, Chief Executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas said on Wednesday.
Chief executives of telecom companies are likely to meet Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday, the second meeting in a week, on the issue of high base price fixed for auction of 2G spectrum.
CNBC-TV18 reports that the chief executives of four telecom compaines are meeting members of the spectrum eGoM and top government officials to lobby against the TRAI's 2G auction recommendations.