Caught in the slugfest between CDMA and GSM operators over spectrum, communications minister A Raja has now received another letter. This time, it’s from the Association of Unified Telecom Services Providers (AUSPI), which represents CDMA operators. Reacting strongly to allegations by GSM industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) that CDMA operators gained backdoor […]

India’s plan to cover all its six lakh villages with broadband connectivity in the next three years has kick-started with public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) shortlisting equipment vendors for the first phase of its share in the Rs 4,000-crore project, official sources said. Siemens, Ericsson and ZTE have been shortlisted for the BSNL contract

The government has allocated Rs 150 crore to Department of Telecom this fiscal for providing optical fibre cable (OFC) network to defence services, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. “The Planning Commission has allocated Rs 150 crore for 2007-08 to DoT for providing OFC network to country’s defence services and to enable them to