BSNL awards USD11.7 million contract to Sterlite (India)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: India’s state owned mobile operator, BSNL awarded an USD11.7 million contract for networking, with Indian vendor Sterlite Technologies.
As per the agreement, 17,000km of fibre-optic cable across India will be laid by Sterlite, besides replacing existing copper cables as part of BSNL’s network expansion plans.
No further mobile licences, says DoT (India)
DoT reportedly has announced that it will not grant any further mobile licences. The decision comes after the regulator had specified that applications for new licences must be submitted in by 25 September 2007, in spite of having initially announced a deadline of 1 October 2007. The report notes that out of 575 applications for new licences, 343 were made between 26 September 2007 and 1 October 2007, and those likely to miss out as a result of the regulators decision include Tulip, AT&T and Sterlite.
