Operators

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…

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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 - 5 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…

Ortel Raises Rs 60 Crores In PE Funding From New Silk Route - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 17 Mar 2008 02:24 AM PST

Ortel Communications, which provides telecom and broadcast services in the state of Orissa, has raised Rs. 60 crores from PE firm New Silk Route which has picked up 23 percent…

BlackBerry Services In India Raise Security Concerns - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 03:38 AM PST

What is that they say about throwing out the baby with the bathwater? Concerns around security concerns have become a cause for concern for mobile operators and Blackberry users in…

BSNL Invites Bids For Beefing Up Content Portfolio - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 01:57 AM PST

Public Sector mobile operator BSNL has decided to focus on content play, and this report in ET kinda reads like a tender notice: BSNL is inviting proposals for content services…

Tata Comm Launches Content Delivery Network For Europe And Asia - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 06 Mar 2008 12:32 AM PST

Tata Comm and BitGravity, a CDN solutions provider based out of California, have partnered to co-brand, resell and jointly market BitGravity’s technology platform in Europe and Asia, as a value-add…

Tata Comm In Talks To Sell Stake To Temasek - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 04 Mar 2008 09:47 AM PST

Tata Communications, the recently constituted retail and broadband entity from the Tata Group is looking to raise money to fund its $1 billion investment over the next three years. Mint…

Virgin Mobile Launched: Not An MVNO; Break Even In 3 Years; 10 New Services
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 02 Mar 2008 07:37 PM PST

Well, it’s official, and the website says - “It’s time to think hatke” (differently): The Virgin Group has announced a ‘brand franchise’ agreement with Tata Teleservices in India for Virgin…

Cable&Wireless Gets ILD And NLD Licenses In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 26 Feb 2008 01:29 AM PST

Cable&Wireless has announced that it has been granted a International (ILD) and National Long Distance (NLD) licenses by the Department of Telecommunications. Cable&Wireless has a joint venture with the owners…