The Department of Telecom (DoT) is expecting defence ministry to soon vacate the spectrum for mobile services, including 3G, as discussions with the armed forces are in final stages, a senior ministry official said on Wednesday. “DoT is expecting the release of spectrum from the defence any time soon for mobile and 3G service, for […]
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Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest mobile operator, today awarded a two billion dollar (Rs 8,000 crore) contract to Swedish equipment supplier Ericsson for expanding its telecom network. The two-year deal is one of the biggest contracts for Ericsson. Under the contract, Ericsson will design, plan, deploy and manage Bharti’s GSM network across 15 circles and
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The BSNL board on Monday is learnt to have agreed to halve the size of its 45.5 million GSM lines contract to about 23 million lines, in line with the suggestion of communication minister A Raja. But, sources said that there were differences between the board members on the composition of the 23 million lines.
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