Government disconnects 51,000 telephone connections
August 17th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The government has disconnected over 51,000 telephone numbers of such subscribers who had not registered themselves as a telemarketer but were involved in the activity, ... Read more...
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Sri Lanka has more mobile phones per person
May 1st, 2012 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, May 1 (IANS) The mobile telephone users in Sri Lanka have increased rapidly over the year 2011 with more than 105 telephone connections for 100 people, authorities said Tuesday.According ... Read more...
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Bihar paradox: Phones outnumber toilets
April 20th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 20 (IANS) Nearly 56 percent of families in Bihar have a mobile or landline connection, but about 77 percent of the population lack toilets, says a census report, ... Read more...
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90 percent of Kerala homes have telephone
March 30th, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (IANS) Almost 90 percent of households in Kerala have telephone connections (land line or mobile) in 2011, a staggering rise over the 19.1 percent in 2001, according ... Read more...
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Cuba expands phone connections
December 28th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) The number of telephone connections in Cuba increased 18.5 percent this year to 2.4 million, official daily Juventud Rebelde said Tuesday.The state phone company, ETESCA, installed ... Read more...
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Enrolment for Aadhaar number is voluntary
December 15th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Enrolment for obtaining Aadhaar number is voluntary and not mandatory, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar said Thursday.The minister told the Rajya Sabha that ... Read more...
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CBI case likely over 323 phones at Maran’s house
September 26th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to file a preliminary enquiry against unknown people for installing hundreds of telephone lines at DMK leader ... Read more...
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No more pesky calls, SMSs from Tuesday
September 26th, 2011 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) Millions of mobile subscribers across the country are likely to get relief from pesky commercial calls and messages with the regulations preventing such communications coming ... Read more...
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No more pesky calls, messages from Sep 27: TRAI
September 5th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Over 850 mobile subscribers across the country are likely to get relief from pesky commercial calls and messages as the telecom regulator Monday said new ... Read more...
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Over 130 mn subscribers opt for do not call registry
September 2nd, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Troubled by pesky calls and messages, over 130 million mobile subscribers registered with the national do not call registry till Aug 25, said Minister of ... Read more...
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TRAI disconnects connections of telemarketing companies for pesky calls
August 10th, 2011 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has disconnected over 72,000 telephone connections of registered telemarketers and over 118,000 of unregistered telemarketing companies for breaching ... Read more...
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Clarify on 100,000 tapped phones: BJP to government
February 15th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) The government should give an "authoritative clarification" on media reports that 100,000 phones are being tapped per year, which is a matter of concern, senior BJP leader ... Read more...
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Jammu Srinagar highway opened for traffic
January 2nd, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Jammu, Jan 2 (ANI): The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was thrown open to traffic after it remained closed for two days due to heavy snowfall.I.G.P traffic H.K. Lohia said both ways traffic ... Read more...
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Nearly two billion additional mobile phone connections recorded between 2006 and 2009
June 30th, 2010 - 3:05 am ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) – Nearly two billion additional mobile telephone connections were recorded across the world between 2006 and last year, the majority of them in developing countries, the United Nations ... Read more...
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Aiming to make India a telecom manufacturing hub: Raja
May 24th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) Communications Minister A. Raja Monday said his ministry is aiming to make India a telecom manufacturing hub by facilitating various policies.
Addressing the inaugural session of the World Telecommunication ... Read more...
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Teledensity in India touches 51.05 percent
March 29th, 2010 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) India's telecom density has risen to 51.05 percent after 18.76 million new phone connections were added in February this year, the telecom regulator said here Monday.
In January, ... Read more...
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Gujarat becomes first Indian state to have video telephony
January 22nd, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Jan 22 (IANS) Gujarat Friday became the first state in India where video phone services have been launched on a commercial basis.
After providing the services in the state on experimental basis ... Read more...
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Another spectacular year for telecom industry (Flashback 2009)
December 29th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
By James Jose
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Despite overall showdown and hiccups in allocation of spectrum to new and existing players, the Indian telecom industry had an awesome run in 2009, ... Read more...
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Telecom connectivity to bridge rural-urban divide: PM
December 4th, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 4(ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday said that all the 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country will be provided high speed broadband connectivity by 2012 to ... Read more...
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20,000 classrooms in Kerala to be IT-enabled
October 15th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 (IANS) Nearly 20,000 classrooms in over 2,000 schools in Kerala will now have computers and multimedia projectors to enable learning through information technology (IT), an official said Thursday.
"The classrooms ... Read more...
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India gets 15 mn new telephone connections
September 23rd, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) The growth in the addition to India's telecom subscriber base soared in August, after declining consistently since March.
While March saw a record 15.87 million new phone connections ... Read more...
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Unique identity cards to all citizens by 2011: Chidambaram
September 21st, 2009 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Sep 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday that the proposed unique multi-purpose national identity cards would be issued to all citizens of the country by 2011.Speaking to ... Read more...
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Census for unique ID cards will be complete next year: Chidambaram
September 18th, 2009 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The government will complete the census survey across the country by next year for issuing the unique multi-purpose national identity cards for all citizens, Home Minister ... Read more...
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Nilekani starts work on unique identity for each Indian
July 23rd, 2009 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Nandan Nilekani took charge as the chairman of the Unique Identification Database Authority of India Thursday and started work on the government's ambitious project to provide ... Read more...
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State telecom firm’s revenues dip 21 percent
July 16th, 2009 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has incurred a loss of nearly 21 percent in 2008-09, with revenues falling to Rs.11,505 crore last fiscal from ... Read more...
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Telecom subscriber base growth dips in May
June 19th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Over 11 million telephone connections were added in May, though the increase was slightly less than that registered in the previous month, India's telecom regulator said Friday.
"A ... Read more...
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West Bengal’s Khejuri on boil again, CPI-M office torched (Lead)
June 14th, 2009 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 13 (IANS) West Bengal's troublespot Khejuri saw more violence Saturday as opposition Trinamool Congress activists torched an office of the state's ruling communists and began a "social boycott" of the ... Read more...
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Number of new telecom subscribers dips in April (Lead)
June 1st, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Indian telecom industry saw a dip in the number of new subscribers in April - 11.75 million telephone connections were added, compared to 15.87 million in ... Read more...
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Number of new telecom subscribers dips in April
June 1st, 2009 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Indian telecom industry saw a dip in the number of new subscribers in April - 11.75 million telephone connections were added, compared to 15.87 million in ... Read more...
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Fake friendship club busted in Delhi
May 27th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Seven women and two men were arrested here for allegedly duping men after promising to put them in touch with housewives, college girls, models and air hostesses ... Read more...
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Telecom growth continues with 15.87 mn new connections
April 22nd, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Continuing the telecom growth story, India added 15.87 million telephone connections during March as compared to 13.82 million a month earlier, says the Telecom Regulatory Authority of ... Read more...
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India registers slight slowdown in new telecom connections
March 19th, 2009 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) India's telecom operators managed to add 13.42 million new subscribers to the network in February, which was lower than the 15.26 million new connections during the previous ... Read more...
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India adds 10.66 mn telephone subscribers in December
January 21st, 2009 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India's telecom industry continued its robust growth in December by adding 10.66 million new subscribers, an official statement said here Wednesday.The country registered 2.84 percent growth last ... Read more...
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Number of new phone subscribers dips in November
December 29th, 2008 - 3:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) In what should worry India's telecom industry, the country recorded a 1.06 percent dip in new telephone connections in November, according to official data released here Monday. ... Read more...
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Three suspects arrested in Coimbatore
December 2nd, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by ANI
cThe three suspects Abdul Ameen aged 21, Iqufal Ahmed aged 20 and Jamsheel aged 21 were residing in Srilanka hotel situated opposite to the Coimbatore railway station for past twenty days.When ... Read more...
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