The Indian telecom industry is passing through complex times. It has been almost two decades since the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government heralded the telecom revolution with the formulation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) in 1999. When the policy was enforced, India merely had a million subscribers. Since then, the industry has grown on to become the second-largest telecommunications market in the world that is now well past the billion-mark in terms of subscribers.

Elated with BJP's victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, BJP workers in poll-bound Meghalaya on Monday voiced confidence that their party would oust the ruling Congress.

Party workers are already working on the ground to achieve its target "Mission 40", targeting to win 40 seats in the 60-member assembly in the elections scheduled to be held in February-March next year, said BJP national spokesperson Nalin Kohli.

North Korea is “directly responsible” for the so-called WannaCry cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and other companies across the globe earlier this year, a senior White House official said on Monday.

“The attack was widespread and cost billions, and North Korea is directly responsible,” Tom Bossert, the White House homeland security adviser, wrote in an opinion piece published online by the Wall Street Journal.

NOTA (None of the Above) option got 2.5 times more votes than the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the 29 seats that the party contested in Gujarat, according to an election result analysis by IANS.

The NOTA is an option in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and by registering a vote under NOTA, a voter can express his/ her rejection of all candidates contesting the election from any given constituency.

NEW DELHI: Telecom regulator Trai on Monday started consultation process to bring down mobile number portability charges from to Rs 4 from Rs 19 levied at present.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in a statement said that considering the upsurge in the volume of porting requests with effect from July 3, 2015, and the financial results of both the mobile number portability service providers (MNPSPs), the present ceiling of Rs 19 is quite high as compared to cost and volumes of transaction involved.

State-run power giant NTPC revised its installed and commercial capacities downward to 51,383 MW and 50,583 MW respectively after the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) deleted its 325 MW capacity of Patratu plant. In last May, the company had informed BSE about addition of 325 MW of Patratu Thermal Power Station of Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (PVUNL) to NTPC’s Group capacity.

Telecom operator Idea has come up with a new prepaid offer. Just like other telecos Airtel, Reliance Jio coming up with prepaid plans in the Rs 300-Rs 400 range, now Idea is looking to get some traction in this popular segment. Idea’s latest prepaid plan specially caters to internet data users who have excessive amounts of needs. Along with the data, outgoing calls and SMSes are also offered free in this prepaid plan.

Dell in India on Monday launched a new laptop "XPS 13" in the country, starting at Rs 84,590. The 13.3-inch laptop is powered by Intel 8th generation core processors.

The device sports 'InfinityEdge' touch display that maximises screen space by squeezing a 13.3-inch display in an 11-inch form, the company said in a statement.

Ahmedabad/Shimla: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fought off a resurgent Congress on Monday to hold on to Gujarat for a fifth consecutive term and stayed on course to pick up an easy win in Himachal Pradesh.

The BJP's victory margin in Gujarat was reduced -- less than 110 from 115 last time -- as the Congress put up a spirited show with support from traditional BJP voters Patidars and OBCs. The grand old party bettered its score and was likely to get a few less than 75, nearly 15 up from 2012.

Mumbai: Shares of HDFC Bank on Friday hit a record high after the private sector lender announced its intention to raise funds.

The bank has said its board will meet on December 20 to "consider a proposal to raise funds by the issue of equity shares/depository receipts and other securities, including through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP)/American Depository Receipts (ADRs) programme, preferential allotment or such other methods or combinations as may be decided''.

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