In an interesting development Telenor is reported to be in talks with Tata Teleservices to merge their operations in India. Though the media reports suggest that it may happend only after country’s telecom regulator comes out with an abstract M&A rule. Both Telenor and Tata Telesevices are silent on this market speculation.
Considering earlier market report of CDMA operator Sistema Shyam Teleservices (operates under MTS India ) buying GSM/3G/BWA service provider Aircel turns to be just another speculation it could be false.
Currently Tata Teleservices is offering CDMA, GSM and data services under Tata Docomo brand. 26% of this entity is owned by Japan’s telcos NTT Docomo.
While NTT Docomo entered in this partnership, they were allowed to sell their stakes depending up on some points say growth and revenue. As LiveMint reports NTT Docomo spokesperson the company will maintain its stakes in TTSL for time being; it could be like this that Telenor may buy out NTT Docomo’s shares in future when M&A rules set in. The merged entity could be fourth largest mobile operator in India.
Telenor entered in India as Unitech sold shares of Unitech Wireless after getting license and spectrum in 2008. The entity rolled out services under Uninor brand. In February 2012 Supreme Court cancelled Uninor’s licenses of 22 circles.
Later Unitech moved out from the venture and Telenor partners Lakshdeep Investments and Finance Pvt.Ltd with 26% offload (headed by Sudhir Valia, executive director at Sun Pharma). Telenor’s new Indian venture is now named as Telewings Communications Services Pvt Ltd.
In last 2G spectrum auction Telewings bagged spectrum in 6 circles – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh West, Uttar Pradesh East and Bihar for Rs 4,020 crore.
Mehboob December 3, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Previous look of TT is more user friendly.
techfrick December 2, 2012 at 3:40 pm
In Manipur, bsnl is the only option. So, enjoy its services
softdina December 2, 2012 at 1:24 pm
I WILL USE BSNL GSM, BSNL CDMA, BSNL LANDLINE, BSNL WIMAX ONLY, NOT OTHERS… ITS BETTER FOR ME..
techfrick December 2, 2012 at 9:44 am
only 4 ?? Lol.. Reliance recharge is available in “gumti” also
swap December 2, 2012 at 12:18 am
I wish mts to merge with Tata – strengthening cdma in india
ensuring long life for CDMA
Anirban Das December 2, 2012 at 12:13 am
@Abhijan Pal
YOu are comparing Reliance with MTS in West BEngal circle, then your example should be reversed. Coverage of Reliance is very much poor than MTS, also I hardly found recharges in the villages, but you will get MTS there.
In terms of Customer service (Voice) MTS is best, among all !!!!! You need not to call C.C. ever, as there is no wrong balance deduction. Reliance care is horrible, 50p/3min, but it never refunds wrongly deducted balance.
Call never connects in a single try maximum times.
But every body is different , and their need are different, so, you are free to choose your operator. At Berhampore only there are 4 outlets of MTS.
Anirban Das December 1, 2012 at 11:59 pm
It’s true, but OMH handsets are there in the market, so, no problem with MTS.
But it will be best to wait !!!!!!
insider December 1, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Marriage between TTSL and DoCoMo would end for sure.
TTSL is low quality service provider.
High on marketing, like bringing variety of advt starring Ranbir Kapur . . . it has given low quality voice to subscriber, and keeping very high cost of running network.
DoCoMo a japanese telecom giant would go apart.
techfrick December 1, 2012 at 6:42 pm
there is 90% probability that uninor is going to close its operations in West Bengal, Kolkata & Mumbai on 18th January, 2013. From 1st Jan, no recharges will be available in those circles. Better to MNP now.
techfrick December 1, 2012 at 12:19 pm
you are right. EReacharge is horrible in MTS..
Abhijan Pal December 1, 2012 at 10:55 am
@Anirban Das
In Kolkata or wb you hardly found mts store and mts recharge points. Customer service is also poor. Reliance tariff is also very good. mts is basically cheap one but not the best one. Compare between reliance and mts is like compare Samsung with Micromax.
techfrick December 1, 2012 at 1:15 am
@Priyobroto
Dear Priyobroto,
Not all those operators are thieves. IDEA really offers a cheap & good tarrif. See this link
ideacellular.com/wps/wcm/connect/home/idea/select-circle?&WCM_Page.ResetAll=TRUE&CACHE=NONE&CONTENTCACHE=NONE&CONNECTORCACHE=NONE&SRV=Page
Priyobroto December 1, 2012 at 12:27 am
@techfrick
Dear Techfrick,
In India,nobody can guarantee that ‘Idea/Aircel/Reliance/Docomo’ will get any abstraction in near future. Even you cant say about MTS’s future. If you are agree with my previous statement then please support MTS, not these bloody thieves.If you have any concern with locked handset then there is option left for OMH handset,take those and enjoy benefits. Share your choice….
techfrick November 30, 2012 at 3:16 pm
but mts licence has been cancelled & without licence how will they provide service ? If there is no service then what will customars do with locked cdma handsets ? So, dont take mts ri8 now. Wait till March, 2013, if they can get their licences back. Otherwise, taking mts is total waste of money. I can suggest Idea/Aircel/Reliance/Docomo as a replacement of Uninor . MNP is there.
soumya November 29, 2012 at 11:08 pm
@Anirban Das
i aslp agree with you. i was going through the tariff of mts. better than reliance cdma and tata cdma….
sruti November 29, 2012 at 10:24 pm
New Delhi
Anirban Das November 29, 2012 at 10:17 pm
absolutely true!!!!!!!!!!
Priyobroto November 29, 2012 at 7:36 pm
@Abhijan Pal
From all aspect MTS is better than Reliance CDMA….
1.)Tariff(Roaming,STD,Local)
2.)Call cost information after every call(optional and free)
3.)No VAS activation by default(You know Reliance,it is comparable with Airtel).
4.)Coverage is good.(Only in this case RIM is better but not exemplary).
What else you need dude?
techfrick November 29, 2012 at 11:34 am
dont go for it dude. It also got its licences cancelled. So, it may also close services. Go for tata docomo cdma or idea gsm. They have quite good service there.
Himangshu November 29, 2012 at 12:20 am
@soumya
go for MTS
soumya November 28, 2012 at 11:41 pm
@Mehboob
mts was always in my mind.. i used to think that mts dont provide good service, me wrong, i will go for mts now..
Mehboob November 28, 2012 at 11:39 pm
I have already tell that MTS is the best. I am also port in in just one mnth ago.Lets see what happen regarding license.
soumya November 28, 2012 at 10:55 pm
I HAVE used reliance cdma.. no call information after ending call, bad customer care- harly connect like reliance gsm. personally i dont like reliance. tata cdma increase tariff evey month and then,,,
Mehboob November 28, 2012 at 10:53 pm
@soumya
So in which provider u are going to switch?
soumya November 28, 2012 at 10:47 pm
THANKS YOU FRIENDS FOR REPLYING,,,, THANKS FOR HELPING BY YOUR VIEWS…..
Mehboob November 28, 2012 at 10:30 pm
@Abhijan Pal
WEST BENGAl. Here MTS is better regarding network coverage.
Abhijan Pal November 28, 2012 at 10:00 pm
@Mehboob
MTS is better than RELIANCE CDMA? ru kidding dude.in which circle your talking about?
Kaushik Roy November 28, 2012 at 9:59 pm
Supreme Court may ask the operators whose licence were cancelled on 2nd Feb,2012 to pay for spectrum at current rate for continuing the services for the period beyond 2nd Feb,2012 i.e. after cancellation of licence
Ashok November 28, 2012 at 9:50 pm
Government should launch a fullfledged effort to bring back Etisalat Batelco as well as invite newbees like Vimpelcom and TeliaSonera which are presently operating in Bangladesh and Nepal.
gk November 28, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Same in Andhra Pradesh also
Sudheer Sahukar November 28, 2012 at 8:15 pm
@soumya
kindly request you to go for MTS. because In karnataka and other parts of country. further MTS will win the spectrum at any cost and in india it make biggest entry in cdma again. go for mts.
Mehboob November 28, 2012 at 7:41 pm
@soumya
Go For MTS. Better service and coverage than TATA CDMA & RELIANCE CDMA. MTS service is mind blowing. MTS will stay in India. They will go International Court for their License and sure they will grab the license.
zeeshan November 28, 2012 at 7:38 pm
@Gowrishankar
like uninor.
adarsh November 28, 2012 at 6:50 pm
I am not happy with this news .I am a user of Uninor in bihar,n i m love in it with uninor.if telenor jint tata i will be the first to port out n will not use the services.I want telenor to buy someone other and lauch the telecom service in india as the brand name of “Telenor IN”.
Gowrishankar November 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm
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ENAUD November 28, 2012 at 6:26 pm
@Tharun George
@ THARUN and his THERORIES !!!
Tata existing TATA CELLULAR in 2005/6 was nothing to do with the current scenario! Who are YOU to decide on whether a company has “everything” it needs!!
>> Is that allowed? TATA Tele was forced to quit Idea Cellular when Tata got telecom license under TATA Indicom brand.
Also what good it will do? What about the assets of uninor and its infrastructure and spectrum? Already Docomo has everything they need.
ENAUD November 28, 2012 at 6:25 pm
@Yogesh
@ YOGESH – the Delhi Court has asked for Spectrum however Tata Docomo has not received it – I dont think they can launch mobile services basis an order, as the calls would need spectrum to work (not just an order!)
>> when is Docomo going to roll out services in delhi.
I suppose spectrum has been given recently as per courts;s order to ti.
Mane November 28, 2012 at 5:59 pm
This headline is running on zee business. But the channel says that there is no official report of this.
Jagannath November 28, 2012 at 5:04 pm
(Telewings-Tata-NTT Docomo) a rare but probably good move should happen. Let’s see what happen.
Gowrishankar November 28, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Dear All,
In Tamilnadu Air tel Introduce the new looting Scheme .. From today onwards all booster pack validity will be 4 weeks only not for 30 days…
Tharun George November 28, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Is that allowed? TATA Tele was forced to quit Idea Cellular when Tata got telecom license under TATA Indicom brand.
Also what good it will do? What about the assets of uninor and its infrastructure and spectrum? Already Docomo has everything they need.
Yogesh November 28, 2012 at 3:53 pm
An off the topic question,
when is Docomo going to roll out services in delhi.
I suppose spectrum has been given recently as per courts;s order to ti.
Amit November 28, 2012 at 3:26 pm
@Sreenath
Merger and acquitions
Asit Paul November 28, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Merger & Acquisition.
Sayan Chattopadhyay November 28, 2012 at 3:02 pm
at last a good news. Hope it will happen before 18/01/2013.
soumya November 28, 2012 at 2:51 pm
HELLO FRIENDS I AM CONFUSED WHETHER I GO FOR TATA CDMA OR MTS.. ME FROM WEST BENGAL.. PLEASE SAY WHICH ONE SHOULD I IPREFER AND WHY….… WILL MTS STAY IN INDIA…. ALL FAKE NEWS IN AIR THAT IT MAY STOP OPERATIING IN INDIA.. PLEASE COMMMENT..
Sreenath November 28, 2012 at 2:49 pm
What’s M&A?
soumya November 28, 2012 at 2:45 pm
FRIENDS I AM CONFISED WHETHER I GO FOR TATA CDMA OR MTS.. ME FROM WEST BENGAL.. PLEASE SAY WHICH ONE SHOULD I IPREFE AND WHY… WILL MTS STAY IN INDIA…. ALL FAKE NEWS IN AUR THAT IT MAY STOP OPERATIING IN INDIA.. PLEASE COMMMENT..
Ganesh Srinivasan November 28, 2012 at 2:16 pm
Why not? I think it is time for consolidation, three to four medium to large players per circle – if circle still makes sense in business terms. Otherwise 5 top notch players nation wide