TRAI, the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India, has launched a review of the mobile termination fees charged by Indian operators. The regulators plan to review the methodology they use to calculate the maximum termination charges. Currently the maximum charge allowable by law is INR0.03 [$0.006] per minute.
Vietnamese telephony subscribers have surpassed 70.4 million, according to the Vietnam News Agency. According to the latest estimates, the population of Vietnam is around 86.1 million.
Tata Teleservices, in a bid to increase its subscriber base in the Indian region of Orissa to 1 million, will expand its presence in the region. The company plans to increase its coverage from 272 to 300 towns in Orissa by the end of 2008, and cover every district in the region by 2009.
China Telecom has acquired rival telco China Unicom's CDMA network for $6.4 billion. China Telecom is also planning a network expansion, and recently issued tenders reported to be worth up to $4 billion.