Telecom Tax Reforms

Indian Telecom sector happens to be one of the highly taxed sectors vis-a-vis other countries.
Levies on the Operator are:
- Duties on imported equipment
- Annual license fee
- Contribution to the universal services obligation (USO) fund
- Spectrum fee
And the consumer pays:
- Service tax
- Interconnection charge
- Access deficit charge
This Economic Times story says that simplification of the duty [...]

Scorpio’s Turbanator

Business Standard reports that auto-maker Mahindra and Mahindra is launching a racing game on mobiles based on its SUV Scorpio model.
Bollywood uses mobile games as a form of merchandise around films and there have been various cases of leveraging mobiles, especially SMS, for marketing. But M&M is probably the first company in its category [...]

Other Notable News & Articles

Gartner praises development in telecom sector
Airtel launches a IVR based railway enquiry in Mumbai
Bharti waives STD deposit to boost usage
DoT issues notice to Tata Tele on Push-to-Talk
Cellcos to follow user verification norms from March 1