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IOL Netcom To Launch CDMA Services In Mumbai And Delhi Via MTNL - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 01 Sep 2008 12:20 PM PST

Broadband services provider IOL Netcom is the latest to enter the telephony arena. Close on the heels of Shyam Telecom gaining spectrum for its CDMA roll-out, IOL has teamed up…

Shyam Tele Gets Pan-India Spectrum; Sistema May Up Stake - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 31 Aug 2008 04:58 AM PST

Shyam Telecom has been alloted pan-India CDMA spectrum for launching its mobile services. The operator, in which Russia based Sistema, having paid Rs 1,651 crore for the license fee, holds…

Bharti Eying Digital Cinema Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 27 Aug 2008 09:06 AM PST

Bharti Aritel is looking at a four-screen strategy with digital cinema being the fourth, states Manoj Kohli, Joint Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel in this report. They already…

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iPhone’s Indian Reception: Small But Enthusiastic - 8 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 22 Aug 2008 05:16 AM PST

Maharajas, rich kids, and entrepreneurs: so that’s who’s buying the iPhone in India, according to a Reuters report from the front line, which found that the launch of the iconic…

Airtel Claims 0.26 Million mCommerce Subs; To Pilot Mobile Transaction Platform - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:00 PM PST

Airtel will be piloting a SIM based application called eCogNito, developed by XIUS-bcgi. The release quotes Pallab Mitra, Head, m-Commerce, stating they currently have 2,60,000 customers signed up. eCogNito is…

Shaadi.com And Vodafone Launch Mobile Matchmaking Service - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 11 Aug 2008 11:15 AM PST

Shaadi.com, the lonely heart’s club arm of the People Group, has tied up with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) to launch the ‘Shaadi.com on Vodafone’ matrimonial service via mobile. The service is…

3G Doors Cleared For BSNL And MTNL - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 06 Aug 2008 02:08 PM PST

Merely days after the announcement of the 3G policy, ET reports the Wireless Planning and Coordination (WPC) wing of DoT has cleared allocation of 3G spectrum to state owned BSNL…

Airtel Live To Be Embedded With Nokia Handsets? - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 03 Aug 2008 04:16 PM PST

So says this ET story, citing talks that Airtel is having with handset players such as Nokia...Airtel Live, the mobile VAs app, may be embedded in Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and…

BSNL Board Clears $10 Billion IPO Plan - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 09:25 AM PST

Well, it seems to have happened earlier than expected. BSNL’s board has reportedly cleared the $10 billion listing. BSNL’s employee union has threatened to go on an indefinite strike if…

Thoughts On 3G Policy; MTNL Ready To 3GO In 3 Months; RCom Launches GSM In Delhi - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 09:17 AM PST

If you can’t compete, legislate. In terms of telco, the policy seems to be giving a clear hand-out to PSU’s MTNL and BSNL. A report by the Standing Committe on…

RCom Gets Into The CDN Game; Signs With Internap - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 09:12 AM PST

Reliance Globacom, a division of Reliance Communications, has signed an alliance with Internap (NSDQ: INAP) Network Services to launch a Content Delivery Network. Under the alliance, Internap would set up…

Tata Comm Reports 11% Dip In YoY Revenues; To WiMax 115 Towns This Fiscal - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 03 Aug 2008 08:57 AM PST

Tata Comm has had a fairly active quarter, besides launching CDN services in partnership with BitGravity, it’s done a decent job of posting a 40% rise in net profits quarter-on-quarter.…

India To Release Five 3G Licenses - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 01 Aug 2008 07:43 AM PST

Updated here India is planning the launch of 3G networks, a little late but at least the country is going with established standards. The government is auctioning 5 licenses over…

netCore Ties Up With Tata Teleservices - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 29 Jul 2008 10:05 AM PST

netCore has tied up with Tata Teleservices to provide SMS based value added services in Mumbai. The service will include information on public events and emergency updates. As per the…

Vodafone To Beat Airtel To iPhone 3G Launch; Expected Next Month - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 23 Jul 2008 02:18 AM PST

The iPhone 3G will be available as early as next month in India reports Techtree. As we had reported earlier, the phone was expected sometime in October from both Vodafone…

BSNL To Launch Tele-Education Services; Topper Goes Paid - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 22 Jul 2008 01:28 PM PST

BSNL is slated to launch a tele-education service for subscribers availing its broadband services. Under the service, BSNL will relay education programmes and provide study material for engineering, management, medical…

RCOM-MTN Mutually Agree To Call Off Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By VCCircle - Fri 18 Jul 2008 09:30 AM PST

India’s second largest telecom company, Reliance Communications, has decided to call off the merger talks with South Africa’s MTN. The decision to call off talks is a mutual decision. RCOM…

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…

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 - 44 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…