Wireless Broadband

Some more Indian Railway stations get Wifi : Google reports

Last week, the technology giant rolled out its wifi service in four major stations- Sealdah, Lucknow junction, Lucknow and Gorakhpur junction,taking the total number of stations with such facility to 19.

Incremental network cost impacted margins: Idea Cellular

Himanshu Kapania, MD of Idea Cellular, said data volume grew at 76 percent Year-on-Year (YoY), while data realisations declined 17 percent during the same period.

To focus more on data services in future: Idea's Kapania

Idea Cellular, the country's third largest telecom operator, reported 4.5 percent growth in net profit and 4.6 percent in revenues on sequential basis, missing analysts' expectations

Hopeful of launching 4G services in next 2-3 yrs: Idea

Himanshu Kapania of Idea Cellular is hopeful that the government policies would help the overall growth for the sector.

Tata Docomo to expand mobile broadband service

Telecom services company Tata Docomo plans to expand its high-speed mobile broadband service in all metros and mini-metros by the end of this fiscal.

2G auctioneer likely to get only Rs 2.6 cr as fees

E-Procurement Technologies, which along with Times Internet conducted the just-concluded 2G auction, will get around Rs 2.6 crore as fees or 90 percent lower than sum received by the auctioneers for 3G airwaves sale in 2010.

TDSAT sets aside DoT order on Qualcomm

Telecom tribunal TDSAT today set aside a DoT order penalising Qualcomm by shortening the time limit for rolling out broadband services and reducing the holding period of spectrum allotted to the company.

Revenue from data services to touch $19.3 bn by 2020: Huawei report

Revenue from data services in India is expected to grow by 400 percent from USD 3.9 billion in 2011 to USD 19.3 billion by 2020, a report by Huawei states...

TDSAT reserves order on Qualcomm plea

Telecom tribunal TDSAT today reserved its order on a plea by the US-based Qualcomm opposing reduction in the validity of licence period and changes in roll-out obligations on wireless broadband spectrum allotted to the company.