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Global
slowdown hits vendor finance for cell cos |
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The
last time cellular telecom networks were being rolled out, telecom
infrastructure vendors were active in providing financing to
the new operators. However, vendor financing is going to be
much more difficult to come by this time round as the leading
vendors, which include the likes of Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia,
Alcatel, Lucent and Siemens, find themselves struggling with
the global economic crunch. |
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BSNL
continues to dilly-dally on paging industry bailout |
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Two months after the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended that incoming
calls to pagers should become a premium service, and asked the
fixed service operators to work out the finer details of the
same with paging operators, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
is still dragging its feet over the issue. |
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COAI
asks govt to enforce V5.2 use on FSPs |
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The Cellular Operators Association
of India (COAI) has demanded that the government implement “the
law of the land” as far as enforcing the use of V5.2 interface
on fixed service providers (FSPs) and revenue share of 5:95
in case of long distance calls made from mobile wireless in
local loop (WLL) code division multiple access (CDMA) handsets. |
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DD
World readies to become pay channel |
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Doordarshan's international
channel, DD World has plans of becoming a pay channel. A free-to-air
channel now, DD World will start earning subscription-based
revenues once it goes pay. |
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