Tariff realignment may force DTS to take a Rs 3,000-crore hit
The tariff rebalancing for the current financial year may end up costing the Department of Telecom Services, now Department of Telecom Operations (DTO) nearly Rs 3,000 crore. This was stated by the Union Communications Minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, in reply to a Rajya Sabha question raised on August 1.

French company to invest Rs 300 crore in FM foray
TeleDiffusion de France, a France Telecom group company, is making a foray into the nascent Indian FM broadcast business with investments up to Rs 300 crore over the next one year.

CorDect WLL to take off in Brazil, Argentina
Cordect wll, the wireless in local loop telecom technology developed by Midas Communications Ltd under the aegis of Chennai IIT, has found interested takers in Brazil and Argentina.


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