Huawei Technologies announced the availability of a new universal service router at the CommunicAsia in Singapore.
The NetEngine V6 400G-platform router promises to provide a capacity of 400 gigabits per slot (Gbps) and is fully compatible with all existing NE40E router linecards, claims Huawei. Huawei further claims that it is designed to handle the continuously increasing [...]

TT Correspondent
Industry lobby, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today submitted its five point recommendation to Union Communications Minister A Raja with an intention to provide a roadmap for accelerating inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth of broadband in India resulting in the country reaching 695 million subscribers by 2014 with 309 million of these coming [...]

BSNL will invite fresh bids for its process involving awarding of franchisee licence for WiMAX services, reports the Economic Times. The move follows emergence of the fact that 5 out of 6 licences were awarded to a single person who directly or indirectly held the 5 companies.

The five companies WiExpert Communications, SV Telecom Systems, Digitelco [...]

Tata Indicom today announced the launch of its high-speed wireless broadband services branded, Photon+ in New Delhi which offers speed upto 20 times faster than the currently available wireless internet services banked on the HSIA and CDMA 1X network capability.
The services are available on two types of devices i.e. router particularly for use by SMEs [...]

TT Correspondent
SSTL’s MTS today announced that it has reached a subscriber base mark of 150,000 in the Tamil Nadu circle within just two months of the launch of services and the services now reach 561 towns.
“This growth reflects the success of our attractive offerings and customer service. The revolutionary offer of our inaugural [...]

TT Bureau
Even in the face of global economic odds, broadband space continues to stand defiant, as growing number of people join the high-speed brigade, with the worldwide figure topping 429 million connections, revealed a study from Broadband Forum, released at the CommunicAsia 2009 trade fair in Singapore.

“Despite the economic situation the world is facing, [...]

Indiantelevision.com Team
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will be setting up six Wi-Max (wireless broadband stations) in Berhampur district, Orissa.
These stations would be set up in Mohana and Kasinagar in Gajapati district and in Digapahandi, Buguda, Jagannath Prasad and Polasara in Ganjam district.
The district plans to introduce EVDO System (evolution data only) or wireless data [...]

Indiantelevision.com Team
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) has partnered with Israel-based ECI Telecom, the global provider of networking infrastructure, to offer fixed broadband services across India.
As part of the agreement, TTSL will deploy an all-IP next-generation network featuring ECI’s Hi Focus multi-service access node (MSAN) and SR9000 carrier ethernet switch router (CESR) platforms.
“ECI’s expertise and understanding of [...]

The wait for additional airwaves, key for mobile operators to expand their customer base, has just got longer, with the telecom ministry deciding
to make any decision on this only after the upcoming auction of third-generation spectrum, according to a top official in the department of telecom (DoT).
Communications minister A Raja and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee [...]