There were many highs and lows during the year for the sector. Be it pressure on margins or regulatory issues, the industry was on its toes. But it continued to keep the growth story of the world's second largest telecom market intact.

Customers of Bharti Airtel in the western part of Maharashtra are experiencing a service outage due to a technical glitch in the service provider's systems.

Subscribers' complaints to telecom companies are addressed largely with automated messages that assure action against the offenders but do not follow it up with any concrete steps,

Ratan Tata's successor faces stiff task of revving up the flagship brands currently reeling under intense competition and global downturn

The BSE benchmark on Wednesday fell 365.45 points to 15,699.97 - a level last seen on November 3, 2009. It had touched a low of 15,478.69 intra-day before staging a partial recovery toward the end of the session.

Vodafone threatens the government to return the 3G spectrum and take back the money if the government revokes the 3G roaming pact.

The Telecom Ministry, which hassought a legal opinion on cancellation of some telecom licences for failure tomeet roll-out deadlines, on Friday said the process of issuing notices to 35licenses will be completed by March next year.

Safaricom's initiative, enabling Kenyans to transfer money safely using mobile phones, has proved hugely popular.

The FIPB on Tuesday cleared the Rs 8,250 crore rights issue proposal of telecom services provider Uninor, in which Norwegian operator Telenor has a majority stake.

Bharti Airtel said the roll-out of its 3G network resulted in a higher amortisation cost of Rs 164 crore for the quarter, while its net interest cost rose to Rs 115 crore during the reporting period. This is the seventh straight quarter in which Bharti Airtel has reported a consecutive decline in its net profit.

In a development that would bring mobile telephone tariffs further down, telecom regulator Trai has suggested doing away with termination charges in a phased manner over the next three years.

Growing mistrust sours yet another joint venture as Unitech and Telenor slug it out in the courts. Unitech Wireless has dragged Telenor to the Company Law Board, a quasi-judicial body which deals with corporate disputes, alleging mismanagement of the joint venture's operations.

Telecom users will be able to avail free roaming and keeptheir phone numbers even if they switch service providers anywhere in thecountry, as per the draft New Telecom Policy unveiled by the government onMonday. The new policy also proposes that spectrum allocation should bedelinked from licences and radio waves should be made available at market-determinedprices.

Post roll-out of the unsolicited commercial communications (UCC) regime, telecom operators will be forced to discontinue SMS packages for their post-paid and prepaid subscribers.

The recent CAG reports on the civil aviation and hydrocarbons sectors reflect that dubious decisions plague India's governance. The auditor general has brought to notice that the country is shackled by an archaic superstructure that is not in sync with an economy on the threshold of crossing $2 trillion.

Priced at Rs 19,990, Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM) launched its next generation BlackBerry Curve smartphone in India.

Barely five months into the corner room, the 49-year-old new managing director is already speaking the Birla lingo. \"The focus is on revenues, usage minutes per day, cash profits and active subscribers,\" he says.

Henceforth, by law, subscribers who receive unwanted messages and calls from telemarketers despite registering with the Do-Not-Call registry can file a complaint with Trai.

Subscribers have the option of choosing to be under the 'Fully Blocked' category, which is akin to the 'Do Not Call Registry'. If a user selects the 'Partially Blocked' category, he/she will receive SMSes in categories chosen.

The plea of UK-based telecom operator Vodafone to buy 5.48 per cent stake in the joint venture - Vodafone-Essar - from two Mauritius based entities has been approved, the government said on Monday.