Telecom
Handset makers cheer as govt rationalises duties
07 May 2016
Idea ties up with Google Play for card-less purchases
06 May 2016
Idea Cellular and Google have announced a partnership to enable more than 175 million subscribers of the mobile phone operator to make credit cards unnecessary for making purchases on Google Play
Bharti Airtel sells towers in DRC
05 May 2016
BT to invest £6 bn to upgrade infrastructure
05 May 2016
The British telecom giant will replace its aging cable network with fibre optic lines to bring ultrafast broadband to millions of homes and businesses and secure control of its network division, Openreach
BT vows to connect 10 mn homes with faster broadband
05 May 2016
After its takeover of mobile operator EE in January, Britain’s BT has vowed to speed up the upgrade to fibre cables as it fights to retain control of its broadband division Openreach
Apple must share iPhone name with Chinese leather goods maker
04 May 2016
Apple has lost exclusivity to the ‘iPhone’ trademark in China, as a local court ruled that it must share the name with a leather products manufacturer that is already selling a number of ‘IPHONE’ products, notably phone cases
Govt, Vodafone reported in talks to settle tax dispute
04 May 2016
The government and Vodafone have reportedly begun behind-the-scenes talks for a mutually acceptable settlement of their festering dispute over taxes
