NEW
DELHI: A day after the home ministry suggested that BlackBerry smartphone
services could be stopped if manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) did not
comply with the security guidelines that require it to make data transfers
decipherable to intelligence agencies, the government appeared to have reached a
truce with the Canadian firm, with the ministry saying RIM had given an
assurance that its security concerns would be addressed.
“BlackBerry has assured the ministry …

NEW
DELHI: The Indian government and BlackBerry maker RIM will soon find a way to
make security checks possible on its high-end handsets, a home ministry official
said on Thursday, downplaying fears of a ban on its email and internet services
that are hugely popular in corporate circles.
The country’s
internal security chief Utthan Kumar Bansal told reporters that the home
ministry had raised national security concerns with RIM over monitoring data
services on …

NEW DELHI: US-based chipmaker Qualcomm
will sell 26% in its Indian unit to two Indian entities — Global Holdings
and Tulip Telecom — for Rs 306 crore, an executive familiar with the
development said.
Global Holdings, owners of telecom infrastructure
firm GTL Infra, and Tulip Telecom, Delhi-based communication products and
services firm, will pick up 13% stake each in the new company that is being set
up by Qualcomm to offer wireless broadband …

NEW
DELHI: Bahrain Telecommunications plans to raise its holdings in local
communications firm S Tel has been rejected by the Indian government, officials
with direct knowledge of the developments told ET.
Earlier this
year, Bahrain Telecommunications had sought approval to hike its nearly 42%
stake in S Tel by an additional 6.3% more for about $53 mn. If the deal had
taken place, S Tel’s foreign holding would have risen to 54.61% because
another …

NEW
DELHI: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies today announced its
entry into the Indian mobile handset market with the launch of 20 new
handsets.
Till now, Huawei was selling handsets bundled with services
offered by telecom operators like Tata Teleservices and BSNL.
“The
Indian telecom industry is growing at the rate of 20 million subscribers a
month. Our entry into the …