Norway's IT minister Rigmor Aasrud met Indian IT minister Kapil Sibal in last week to discuss the issue regarding 2g Auctions and supreme courts order of the cancellation of license of Norwegian telecom operator Uninor. Telenor in which the Norwegian government has 54 percent stake, owns nearly 2/3 of Uninor with infrastructure provider and rest 1/3 stake is being hold by an Indian infrastructure company Unitech.
Slow Growth In Mobile Service Subscription At Rural Areas
The Indian Government is going to keep track of every mobile phone users from now onward. As per new policy declared by TRAI, From May 2012 operators would have to provide information about user location to Department Of Telecom. This data will be in the form of geographical latitude and longitude, with the help of latitude and langitude it will be easier to track exact location of mobile phone user.Google's Unified Privacy Policy Across All Services
Google recently announced its plan to implement a unified privacy policy across all its services. This means that users logged into their Google account will experience integrated and personalized search results from all of Google's services. This move has been interpreted by some as a strategic move to increase business by providing users with personalized and integrated search results.New Policy By Indian Government For 2G Auction
Indian Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal announced new policy for mobile phone licenses. Earlier due to the supreme Court Judgment Government have to separate spectrum allocation from the grant of permits. In the earlier old rules licenses were bundled with 4.4 MHz air-wave. So on the announcement of new policy in Delhi, India on Feb 15 government declared that it has unbundled spectrum from package and it would start issuing licenses without any spectrum attach that would allow service provider to function across the country with single permit.