The Indian unit of Vodafone Group is likely to award a Rs 1,340 crore contract to Finland's Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) for upgrading its 2G and 3G networks, according to reports. The deal will involve supply of higher capacity base stations
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Videocon 4G services
Videocon Mobile Services is planning to roll out fourth generation (4G) services by July-August next year and is in talks with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for infrastructure.
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Ministry to expedite clearance for 20 rail projects
Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is coordinating with concerned state governments to expedite forest clearance for 20 railway projects, which are delayed across various zones. Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his ministry was pursuing these cases with environment ministry
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Chennai, Kolkata airports for pvt operation
The Union Government is to give away Kolkata, Chennai and four other airports to private players on an 'Operate, Maintain and Transfer (OMT)' basis for a period of 7-10 years.
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Fuel saving locomotive at Railways
Yet another milestone in introduction of fuel-efficient technologies for diesel engines has been achieved with Indian Railways manufacturing the first multi-genset locomotive in India.
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Radar facility at Cochin airport
For its better performance, the Cochin International Airport in Kerala will be equipped with a radar system costing Rs 30 crore and it will become operational soon. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is conducting final tests and the nod from the Director General of Civil Aviation for commissioning the system is now awaited.
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Hubli airport gets cargo service facility
After a long wait, Hubli airport has now got the cargo service facility. Traders and the general public can easily export various commodities through the new facility. After much discussion and studying the feasibility, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently given its approval for the cargo service.
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Kannur airport by 2015
The Kerala government is striving to operationalise the Kannur international airport by December 2015. Kerala Minister for Excise and Ports K Babu said that the third phase of land acquisition process for the proposed international airport in Kannur has begun.
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Port Blair Airport terminal
The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal said that the projected date of completion of new terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair is December 2017 and is scheduled for commissioning by March 2018.
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100 low-cost airports in 2 years
To increase air connectivity to tier-II and tier-III cities in the country, the Union Government has decided to set up 50 new low-cost airports this year and 50 next year. The government is striving to achieve this within the deadline set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.