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Updated: 20/11/09 | 11:44 PM IST

Telecom

Bharti Airtel on Friday cut mobile roaming rates by 60 per cent for its 115 million users, opening a new turf in the ongoing tariff war. Under the new plan 'Airtel Turbo', users will be charged 60 paisa per minute on all incoming calls while roaming.

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Tariff war now shifts to roaming; Airtel cuts charges by 60%

Weeks after India's top mobile players got into one paisa per second billing tariff war, Airtel on Friday launched a new bill plan slashing mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 per cent and signalling a tariff war in the wireless market.

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Nokia recalls chargers for 7210 model

Nokia on Monday announced that consumers owning the charger model AC 3E, which comes packed with the popular Nokia 7210, can get a free replacement provided they have bought the phone between June 15 and August 9, 2009. The fault was discovered during a routine quality control process by Nokia.

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BSNL launches per-second billing plan

State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) on Friday announced the launch of per-second billing plan, joining a host of mobile phone operators who have already introduced such tariff scheme.

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MTNL to offer 3G connections for Rs 109 in Mumbai

State-run telecom operator Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today said it will offer new 3G prepaid connections for Rs 109 in its Mumbai circle.

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Malaysia's Maxis eyes $3.7 bn from record size IPO

The mobile phone empire of Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan launched an initial public offering on Wednesday to raise at least $3.4 billion in the biggest share sale in Southeast Asia.

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'Not deviated from norms for spectrum allocation'

Rejecting allegations of alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation to telecom firms, Communication and IT Minister A Raja on Saturday said he had not deviated from the norms followed by his predecessors.

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Tata Comm Q4 net profit dips 63%

Tata Communications (formerly known as VSNL) on Tuesday posted a net profit of Rs 58.86 crore for the quarter ended March 31, down 63 per cent as compared to a year earlier.

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Blackberry controversy will be resolved within a month: Raja

The controversy over Blackberry will be finally over within a month. IT minister A Raja has told NDTV that the Indian security agencies can keep a tab on mails on the Blackberry.

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'India will be among top three economies by 2050'

India will be the third largest economy in the world after China and United States by 2050, a US-based internationally recognised foreign-policy think tank has said. It also said China will become the world’s largest economy in 2032.

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