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Sony Ericsson In Merger Talks With Handset Maker Spice Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 11 Jul 2008 02:25 PM PST

From our sister site MocoNews....Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is in merger talks with Spice Mobile, an India handset-maker and division of BK Modi, according to the Economic Times,…

OnMobile To Launch AdRBT; Launching With Airtel? - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 08 Jul 2008 11:25 AM PST

This just in, OnMobile has announced the deployment of Ad RingBack Tones (AdRBT). The release states it will be launching soon with ‘a leading Indian operator.’ CS had exclusively reported…

Airtel To Pilot Ad-Funded CRBT Project - 7 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:07 PM PST

You are reading it here first. ContentSutra has learned that Airtel will be piloting an ad funded CRBT (NYSE: BT) project starting around 8th July in two yet to be…

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AT&T Close To Buying Out Majority Stake In Aircel - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:54 PM PST

Looks like Bharti Mittal’s prediction of consolidation being inevitable in the telecom space has come true. Close on the heels of the Spice - Idea merger, ET reports AT&T is…

Idea - Spice Merger Complete; Telekom Malaysia To Hold 14.99% Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 25 Jun 2008 12:44 PM PST

The deal is finally over with, Idea has bought the Modi’s 40.80 stake in Spice Communications at Rs 77.30 a share. The stake, valued at Rs 2,175 crore will see…

Tata Hikes Stake In Neotel By 30 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 25 Jun 2008 10:06 AM PST

Tata Communications has hiked its stake in South African telco Neotel by 30% by acquiring stake in two state-run firms Eskom and Transnet reports ET. Tata had previously acquired 26…

Airtel To Launch 3G iPhone In October - 24 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:09 PM PST

Airtel and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) will launch the iPhone 3G in India this year. Airtel President and CEO Manoj Kohli is quoted by HT stating the device will available by…

Idea To Buy Modi Spice Stake For Rs 2,200 Crore - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:48 AM PST

The conflicting reports have now been put to rest. As earlier reported by CS, Idea has finalized the acquisition of BK Modi’s 40.8% stake in Spice communications for Rs 2,200…

MS To Expand SMS Services; MD Neelam Dhawan Quits - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 09 Jun 2008 08:14 AM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) India is planning to expand its SMS search services in India reports ET. MS, which currently has a tie-up with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) for SMS search services…

Spice - Idea Merge, BK Modi To Exit Completely: Reports - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 06 Jun 2008 11:29 AM PST

Early reports coming in from CNBC state BK Modi is exiting Spice Communications with Idea picking up 40% stake. Idea will replace Modi as the Indian partner with Telekom Malaysia…

Aksh Ties Up With BSNL For IPTV; “IPTV To Do For India What PC Did For States” - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 04 Jun 2008 10:55 AM PST

Aksh Optifibre has tied up with BSNL to provide IPTV services over the state owned telcos network. BSNL currently has a total landline network of 40 million across India and…

TRAI - DoT Battle Over 3G Foreign Entrants; Sarin Comments On Spectrum Allocation - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 02 Jun 2008 07:42 AM PST

This is beginning to look like a family drama. TRAI and DoT are not seeing eye-to-eye again, this time over entry of foreign players in the 3G segment. Like all…

Aircel CEO Rohit Chandra Joins Unitech - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 02 Jun 2008 07:03 AM PST

Expect more such announcements as new entrants start rolling out services. Aircel CEO Rohit Chandra is the new CEO of Unitech’s telecom arm. Telecom Tiger also reports Ashok Sud of…

BSNL Wants A FREE WiMax License; Others Push For Price Change; Policy Delay? - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 29 May 2008 10:09 PM PST

Well, doesn’t everybody? But the thing is, BSNL being a public sector company, just might get it. ET reports that the telco has sought an entry or licence fee exemption…

Tata Indicom To Launch Location Based Services In Late 2008 - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 29 May 2008 09:55 PM PST

If I were mean, I’d say that Tata Indicom’s idea of location based services (LBS) is probably a wireless data card connection that actually works. But I’m not, so I…

RCom In 45-Day Exclusive Talks With MTN; Not Merger, Not Acquisition? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 May 2008 12:12 AM PST

Looks like it’s a swayamvar for MTN, right? After negotiations with Bharti-Airtel broke down, it appears that MTN is now in talks with Reliance Communications. RCom has informed (pdf)the BSE…

Bharti Airtel Pulls Out Of MTN Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 23 May 2008 10:55 PM PST

A formal communication just in from Bharti Airtel, saying that they’re pulling out of the MTN talks: “At the invitation of MTN board, Bharti entered into exploratory discussions on the…

Idea Cellular Divests 20 Pc Stake In Subsidiary To Providence Equity Partners For $640 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 23 May 2008 03:56 AM PST

Aditya Birla Telecom (ABTL), a subsidiary of Idea Cellular has divested 20 percent stake for $640 million to Providence Equity Partners. Idea Cellular has informed the BSE of the same.…

AT&T And Other Foreign Telcos Finding It Difficult To Enter Indian Telecom Market - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 22 May 2008 09:29 PM PST

An article in WSJ outlines the issues that foreign telcos are facing while trying to enter the Indian market: the article says that AT&T (NYSE: T) is frustrated with the…

Saket Agarwal Appointed CEO Of Cellebrum - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 18 May 2008 10:44 PM PST

Saket Agarwal has been made the CEO of Spice group company Spice Mobile VAS/Cellebrum, reports EFY Times. A fairly significant player in the Cellebrum ranks, Agarwal was the COO of…

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…

Vodafone To Launch iPhone In India This Year - 16 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…