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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…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

BlackBerry Services In India Raise Security Concerns - 6 Comments
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…

RCom Acquires African Telco; IPO For Global Telcom Ops Reliance Globalcom - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 21 Feb 2008 02:48 AM PST

Update: The Hindu reports that Reliance Communications has acquired Uganda based Anupam Global Soft, which holds telecom licenses for Uganda: a public infrastructure provider licence (PIPL) and public service provider…

Telecom Roundup: BSNL-Tariffs; Spice’s Net Worth; Voda-$2 bn; RCOM-Bhutan - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 31 Jan 2008 12:52 AM PST

[with inputs from Cerius Shah] -- BSNL has decided to reduce tariffs for leased line Internet ports by up to 33 percent, which might result in a reduction of Internet…

RCom Ties Up With Times Financial Services For Money Transfer - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 05 Dec 2007 09:11 PM PST

Times Financial Services (TFS) has tied up with Reliance Communications International (RCI), the US based subsidiary of Reliance Communications (RCOM) to offer mobile remittance services, reports ET. The alliance apparently…

Telecom Roundup: RCom-VAS; Telecom Licences, Tariffs; CDMA Subs; 3G vs 4G - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 20 Nov 2007 03:21 AM PST

-- Mahesh Prasad, President of RCom’s Applications, Solutions and Content group has told Business Standard in an interview that the net contribution from VAS (the story says ‘network contribution’) each…

RCOM Not Getting Preferential Treatment Says Anil Ambani - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 Nov 2007 04:18 AM PST

There’s much controversy about Reliance Communications being allowed to jump queue and pay just Rs. 1651 for a GSM license and the valuable spectrum that comes with it, while GSM…

@ AGI: Open Offer To Gaming Companies For Deck Management; Heavy Contribution To Operator EBITDA - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 05 Nov 2007 01:00 AM PST

“There’s no game deck management guru around today”, said Krishna Durba, Head VAS, Business & Marketing for Reliance Infocomm, responding to my questions on deck management - what kind of…

Zee Moots Concept Of Universal Broadcaster For Mobile TV In India; Wants MediaFLO Barred - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 23 Oct 2007 08:52 PM PST

The Zee group has come out all guns blazing on the issue of allocation of licenses and spectrum for Mobile TV in India. The group has told the TRAI in…

Wireless Broadband Roundup: Indicom-NTT; RCOM-Verizon - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 22 Oct 2007 04:03 AM PST

-- Tata Indicom has tied up with Japan based NTT to allow NTT subscribers to use Indicom’s WiFi network in India. Indicom already provides a similar service to roaming subscribers…

Google To Lease Dark Fibre From RCom? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 26 Sep 2007 08:33 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is in early stages of negotiations with Reliance Communications (RCom) to lease 500 GB bandwidth of group company Flag Telecom’s trans-Pacific undersea communications cable, reports Business Standard.…

RCOM Pilots Mobile Money Transfer Services With ICICI Bank - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 04 Sep 2007 10:04 PM PST

And they’re expected to launch this service “shortly, if not within a week” very soon, if you go by this Business Standard report. Reliance Communications (RCOM) and ICICI Bank have…

Web 18’s Mantha Not Too Positive About Mobile TV For Now - 7 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 02 Sep 2007 07:22 PM PST

Surya Mantha, CEO of Web 18, writes on agencyfaqs.com that one major hurdle for mobile TV in India will be inadequate battery life. “If people are going to watch a…

Airtel, Hutchison Essar, BPL Get Maximum Spectrum Of 10 Mhz - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 28 Aug 2007 08:52 PM PST

Bharti Airtel and Hutchison Essar and BPL Mobile have been allotted maximum spectrum of 10 Mhz in Delhi and Mumbai respectively in the latest round of subscriber-based allocation of radio…

Updated: RCom In Talks With Maxis To Buy Aircel Stake; RCom Says It Isn’t - 2 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 21 Aug 2007 02:04 AM PST

Update: An email we just received from RCom PR states that “There is no proposal or discussion for acquisition of either a controlling or minority stake in Aircell Cellular by…

RCOM Ties Up With Web18 For Commodity Information - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 20 Aug 2007 07:40 AM PST

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has launched “Commodity Quotes” for live information on commodities, including Spot and Future commodity prices, information from exchanges and mandis across India, as well as expert opinion.…

RCom, Airtel, Tatas In Bid For Majority Stake in Telkom Kenya - 0 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 07 Aug 2007 10:04 PM PST

Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and the Tatas are in the race to acquire a 51 percent in Telkom Kenya. [via Economic Times] Other bidders include British Telecom and Dubai-based Vtel…

Reliance Plans Money Transfer Service - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 06 Aug 2007 06:40 AM PST

Reliance Communications plans to tie-up with financial institutions to enable sending money orders via mobile mobile handsets, reports HT. The service, expected to be launched by the end of the…

Broadband Numbers From Reliance Communications And Airtel - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 02 Aug 2007 06:06 AM PST

Reliance Communications The number of access lines increased to 705,000 at the end of the quarter, more than doubling from 322,000 in the corresponding quarter last year. RCOM expanded its…