BSNL launches 4G services in Chandigarh

State owed telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched the high speed 4G (Fourth Generation) telecom services at Chandigarh in Punjab circle . With this launch, BSNL became fifth telecom service provider in India to launch 4G ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016

Reliance Jio launches 4G telecom service

Reliance Jio has launched 4G (4th Generation) telecom service using LTE (Long Term Evolution) Technology. The service was launched by company’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani on the 83rd birth anniversary of Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) in ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015

Sam Pitroda's autobiography Dreaming Big- My Journey to Connect India released

Autobiography of Sam Pitroda named Dreaming Big: My Journey to Connect India has been released. It is written with the help of an American author David Chanoff. The autobiography describes the journey of Satanarayan Gangaram Pitroda (famously known as Sam ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015

Telecom operators to compensate consumers by Rs 1 for call drop: TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian (TRAI) has made it mandatory for telecom operators to compensate consumers by Rs.1 for call drops with effect from 1 January 2016. As per new TRAI rules The compensation will be limited to three dropped ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015

Uninor rebrands as Telenor

Telecom service provider Uninor has rebranded itself as Telenor in India. The company also has changed its tag to ‘Ab life full paisa vasool’ from ‘Sabse Sasta’. For the rebranding exercise, the company is going to spend around 100 crore ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

Union Cabinet approves Spectrum Trading norms for telecom firms

The Union Cabinet has approved spectrum trading norms for harmonious spread of telecom services in the country. These norms were approved based on the recommendations Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in order to increase emphasis on evolving more flexible ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

BSNL to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps

State owed telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has decided to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps in the country. It was announced by Union Information Technology (IT) Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad at a function held in ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

Union Cabinet gives nod to hiving off BSNL towers to a new company

Union Cabinet has approved hiving off Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) mobile towers into a new company. Decision in this regard was taken in Union Cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. This move will help ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015

Home Ministry gives nod to Huawei to set up unit in Tamil Nadu

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given nod to Chinese Telecom manufacturer Huawei to set up a manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu for its components. The security clearance was given by MHA in subject to certain conditions which the ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015

Rahul Bhatnagar named as new MD and CFO of Bharti Enterprises

Rahul Bhatnagar was named as new Managing Director (MD) and chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Enterprises. He succeeds Manoj Kohli, who was recently appointed as executive chairman, SBG Cleantech a Joint Venture (JV) between Bharti Enterprises, Japan’s telecom major ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015