Telecom News/15th Sept.07

 

• Sept 15^th:-TDSAT has rejected Bharti Tele-Ventures’ petition for refund from BSNL and MTNL on claims of excessive billing of interconnect charges.

 

• Sept 15^th:-Vodafone Essar has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging the right of the tax authorities to levy a capital gains tax on it.

 

 

 

Telecom & Media News/14th Sept.

• Sept 14^th :-Idea Cellular has joined the Asia Mobility Initiative.

 

 

• Sept 14^th :- GSM operators added 5.95 million subscribers in August to take their total subscriber base in the country to 147.7 million.

 

 

• Tata Teleservices Ltd expects to gain a bigger share of India's mobile-phone market with the launch of a new Internet-enabled handset.

 

• Kavveri Telecom, a leading manufacturer of communication cables, expects to double its turnover to over Rs 100 crore this year on the back of orders received from Vodafone Essar, Tata Teleservices and Idea for their base stations roll-outs in 2007-08.

 

• Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL), the publisher of The Times of India and The Economic Times, has acquired 6.83% equity stake in Kolkata-based lifestyle retail firm Nik-Nish Retail Ltd.