Service quality norms announced for cable operators

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government is mulling a uniform licence fee for various services offered by telecom operators, a top official said here Monday. "The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) is considering implementing a uniform licence fee," said Telecom Secretary Siddhartha Behura at a conference organised by the Internet Service Providers Association of India.

August 24th, 2009 In race with cable, AT&T pushes discounted bundleNEW YORK — AT&T Inc. has started offering its first bundle discount for customers who combine its U-Verse TV service with wireless and broadband.

July 31st, 2009 CHENNAI - The city's first broadband Internet service provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd Friday unplugged its services here and started refunding its subscribers their dues, officials said. We are forced to close down our business.

July 31st, 2009 CHENNAI - The city's first broadband Internet service provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd has unplugged its services here and started refunding its subscribers their dues, officials said. "We are forced to close down our business.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Very small dust particles that lodge inside the lungs were at a level above prescribed norms in residential areas of 86 out of 125 Indian cities last year, according to data collected by the government. Called Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM), these particles of dust and soot are known to cause respiratory diseases.

July 13th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Tamil Nadu government Monday said Arasu Cable Corp, the multi-system operator (MSO) that it has promoted, has begun setting up cable television infrastructure in the districts. According to the information technology (IT) department's policy note submitted to the state assembly, the company has set up digital headends at Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore and Vellore.

June 29th, 2009 High court won't block remote storage DVR systemsWASHINGTON — Hollywood studios and television networks lost their bid Monday for the Supreme Court to block the use of a new digital video recorder system that could make it cheaper and easier for viewers to record shows and watch them when they want, without commercials. The justices decline to hear arguments on whether Cablevision Systems Corp.'s remote-storage DVR violates copyright laws.

June 19th, 2009 Cable venture suspends first advertising productPHILADELPHIA — A joint venture formed by the nation's six largest cable operators is suspending trials of its first advertising product before it even gets off the ground. Canoe Ventures said Friday that it will discontinue plans for now to launch "community addressable messaging," which sends ads that vary by household depending on factors such as income and age.

April 22nd, 2009 Congress to hold hearing on cable advertisingPHILADELPHIA — Cable operators will sit in the hot seat Thursday as Congress reviews their plans to roll out targeted advertising amid fears that consumer privacy could be infringed if the companies were to track and record viewing habits. The House subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet will hold a hearing that will look at new uses for digital set-top boxes, the devices that control channels and perform other tasks on the TV screen.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata communications has signed an agreement with Poland-based mobile phone operator Play to route the latter's entire international call traffic, it was announced Wednesday. Play will implement Tata's voice termination product VTS Prime Solution to manage customer call quality.

February 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Time Warner plans to split the company's media content and distribution businesses through a 'spin-off' of Time Warner Cable by the end of March. The process will involve a pro-rata dividend of all Time Warner Cable stock held by Time Warner, the companies announced Thursday, but did not say how this would be done.

February 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Time Warner plans to split the company's media content and distribution businesses through a 'spin-off' of Time Warner Cable by the end of March. The process will involve a pro-rata dividend of all Time Warner Cable stock held by Time Warner, the companies announced Thursday, but did not say how this would be done.

February 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Time Warner plans to split the company's media content and distribution businesses through a 'spin-off' of Time Warner Cable by the end of March. The process will involve a pro-rata dividend of all Time Warner Cable stock held by Time Warner, the companies announced Thursday, but did not say how this would be done.

February 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's telecom watchdog has asked mobile telephony operators to prevent network congestion and ensure calls by subscribers do not get disconnected abruptly. Taking note of complaints regarding what are called 'call drops', the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has written to telecom operators to ensure deficiency in service does not inconvenience subscribers.

February 5th, 2009 KOLKATA - The telecom sector watchdog is considering penalising telecom operators for below-par services, a top official of the statutory body said here Friday. The penalty could follow a telecom operator's inability to provide voice and other services according to established standards relating to 'quality of service to customers', said Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) chairman Nripendra Misra.