Operators

Virgin Mobile Appoints Madhusudan Mandyam as CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 15 May 2008 09:08 AM PST

Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) India has appointed Madhusudan Mandyam as its CEO, reports Afaqs. Mandyam was earlier president of Tata Teleservices. Branson had earlier stated Virgin was open to alliances…

Sony Entertainment Television Sells 32 Pc Stake To BK Modi For $320 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 11 May 2008 09:45 PM PST

Multi Screen Media, the company formerly known as Sony (NYSE: SNE) Entertainment Television, has sold 32 percent stake to the BK Modi group for $320 million, report Variety and NDTV.…

@NDTV NMC: TV On TCP/IP; Leapfrog To 4G; Nearly Good Enough Quality On Video; Companies In Flux - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 09 May 2008 05:19 AM PST

A thought-provoking comment from Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman and CEO of Rediff at the NDTV New Media Congress, yesterday - “underpinning the whole convergence argument is that the TCP/IP protocol needs…

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Vodafone To Launch iPhone In India This Year - 10 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 06 May 2008 08:31 AM PST

So, we eat humble pie. Vodafone confirms a month old Business Standard story, it will launch the iPhone in India along with Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal,…

Bharti Airtel Bids $22 Per Share For South African Telco MTN: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 12:30 AM PST

A note was sent out by Bharti Airtel PR last night, stating that “Bharti Airtel Limited has entered into an exploratory discussion with MTN Group Limited, South Africa. Current discussions…

Telcos Ask TRAI To Fix Channel Price For IPTV - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 04 May 2008 11:30 PM PST

More projected pain for broadcasters as Telco’s looking to offer IPTV services have called on TRAI to fix channel prices reports ET, almost a month after DTH operators did the…

Reliance Globalcom Planning A London Listing; Reportedly Valued At $12 Bn - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 May 2008 05:53 AM PST

Some updates from The Times on Reliance Globalcom’s (RGCom) proposed IPO: The company, into which the Reliance ADA Group had integrated its entire global telecom operations, is planning to list…

Earnings: RCom Interested In MVNOs, But Waiting For TRAI Recommendations - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 30 Apr 2008 07:07 AM PST

Reliance Communications, the CDMA telecom operator from the ADA Group added 18 million subscribers this year, compared to 8 million last year. This brings its total tally to 46 million…

Spice Mobiles Launches 3G Handset, Targets Half Million Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 29 Apr 2008 12:06 PM PST

Spice Mobiles, the mobile arm of the BK Modi controlled Spice Telecom, have launched two 3G handset in collaboration with Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM). ET quotes Spice Mobiles, Vice President, Modi,…

Telco Roundup: Canada Questions DoT, RComm To Launch GSM Year End - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 28 Apr 2008 04:19 PM PST

--- Research In Motion (Canadian based manufacturer of Blackberry) is bringing in the heavy artillery, the Canadian High Commissioner Malon. In a letter to A Raja, Malone opines that media…

RCom Acquires UK Based WiMax Operator; Plans $500 Million Investment In 2-3 Years - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 24 Apr 2008 09:33 PM PST

Indian telecom major Reliance Communications has acquired 90 percent stake in UK based WiMax co eWave World. The acquisition has been made through Reliance Infocom BV, a division of Reliance…

Tata Teleservices To Raise $1 Billion Through 15-30% Equity Sale - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sat 19 Apr 2008 03:50 PM PST

Tata Teleservices plans to raise $1 billion by selling 15-30% of its stake to private equity and strategic investors reports ET. Tata, as per the latest TRAI report, holds 35.41%…

DoT Begins Spectrum Allocation; MTNL Launches Lost Mobile Tracking Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 16 Apr 2008 01:03 PM PST

--- The DoT has begun allocation of start-up spectrum to new GSM entrants. Videocon-promoted Datacom, Idea Cellular, Unitech, Swan Telecom and Ruias-owned Loop Telecom have been given start-up 4.4 MHz…

TRAI Proposes New Entity For Mobile Number Portability Management - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 13 Apr 2008 01:00 PM PST

The TRAI has released its draft proposal (pdf) for implementation of Mobile Number Portability. As per the document, MNP is to be introduced from June 2009, almost after an one…

MTNL Considering MVNO Tie-Up For Garuda; Mittal Skeptical - Low ARPUs - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:12 AM PST

According to an HSBC Global Research Report, public sector telco MTNL may also do a branding deal, similar to that between Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) and Tata Teleservices. However, this…

RCOM Launches Education Portal On Mobile; Operator Agnostic Service? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 10 Apr 2008 11:52 PM PST

Over the past couple of years, Reliance Communications (RCOM) executives have often spoken about Cadbury’s promo they did around exam results - students were shown Cadbury’s Dairy Milk advert if…

JuiceCaster Launched With Tata Teleservices - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 07 Apr 2008 03:10 AM PST

CDMA based Mobile operator Tata Teleservices has launched JuiceCaster, the mobile social networking service in India. JuiceCaster, from LA based Juice Wireless, allows users to create and consume rich media…

Etisalat Eyes Spice Communications - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 07 Apr 2008 02:50 AM PST

There’s apparently more to Etisalat’s India plans than was initially apparent: the UAEs biggest telco may buy a stake in India co Spice Communications, report Bloomberg and Reuters. The company…

Telco Roundup: Nokia Siemens Extend BSNL Contract, No Spectrum Share - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 02 Apr 2008 04:46 PM PST

-- Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Siemens Networks, which has previously bagged a BSNL contract to deploy broadband to 7000 villages, has had its contract extended to 25,000 villages. Additionally, NSN plans…

Airtel Conducts 3G Trials In Three Metros - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 02 Apr 2008 01:47 PM PST

Airtel has tested 3G applications with various equipment suppliers in Delhi, Mumbai and Banglore on trial spectrum says ET. Airtel currently runs a 3G service in Seychelles and has a…

Airtel Launches Broadband Portal Powered By Google - 5 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 04:37 AM PST

Wow...I didn’t know that there was such a paucity of web developers and designers in the world that India’s largest telco Airtel had to resign itself to having its broadband…

Tata Indicom, Paymate Tie Up For Mobile Flight Ticketing - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 28 Mar 2008 12:08 PM PST

Tata Indicom and Paymate have tied up to provide Indicom subscribers with flight ticketing services. The agreement is currently limited to domestic air tickets. Paymate has also partnered with Kingfisher…

Content Owners Join Forces To Combat Low Revenue Shares, Piracy - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 19 Mar 2008 06:14 AM PST

This could be a key event for content providers in India. Three industry bodies - Film and Television Producers Guild of India (FTPGI), the Indian Music Industry (IMI) and ASSOCHAM…

Number Portability Recommendations By End Of Month - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 18 Mar 2008 09:50 AM PST

Respite for those who have been tolerating their service providers in hope of retaining their numbers. The second coming is near. TRAI has said it will submit recommendations for MNP…

AT&T Eyes Strategic Partnership With Videocon’s Datacom - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 18 Mar 2008 09:50 AM PST

US telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T), which was recently issued National and International Long Distance (NLD and ILD) licenses and has been ramping up its Indian presence is eying a…