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Airtel which has been recording a continuous decline in revenue market share as compared to competitors, seems to be benefiting from its new aggressive pricing strategy. If you compare numbers the first quarter numbers of this fiscal put out by TRAI to those of the last quarter for the previous … Read More
The GSM operators in the country added 1.70 million new users in July, a 0.25 percent increase from the previous month, taking the total to 679.05 million, with Airtel topping the charts in subscriber additions. Airtel, which is also the country’s largest telecom operator, gained the maximum of 1.50 million … Read More
The upcoming auction would have long term implications for the sector in terms of deployment of technology (as the auctioned spectrum would be liberalized), competitive intensity, spectrum holding, and pricing power of the operators. This auction is likely to be used as market entering strategy by some new operators and … Read More
Reliance Communications is betting big on data and would focus on wireless mobile data market during the remaining quarters of this financial year as revenues from voice calls. “RCom is aiming at data leadership to increase its data market share from the present 20 per cent to 24 per cent,” RCom … Read More
The Empowered Group of Ministers on telecom will approach the Supreme Court to seek the extension of August 31 deadline to complete the auction of 2G airwaves and would look at starting the auction process by November. After cancelling 122 telecom licences in February the Supreme Court had asked the … Read More
Reliance Globalcom today announced availability of 10G LAN PHY, a dedicated Ethernet point-to-point service, as a standard service offering across all the major destinations on its global network. The recent upgrades across various segments of its global network have enabled Reliance Globalcom to provide more cost effective 10 Gig Ethernet … Read More
Calcutta Telephones aka Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has rationalizes its most popular Kolkata 5 paisa Plan (Kolkata@5p) by revising the own and off net local and STD call charges under the plan making it more attractive and affordable. Unlike in the previous plan, now call charges to West Bengal BSNL … Read More
The government has set a reserve price of Rs 14,000 crore for the proposed auction of the 2G spectrum, which is at the lower end of the band recommended by the group of ministers on telecom, much lower than the price set by telecom regulator. The Union Cabinet also approved … Read More
Real estate firm Unitech, the Indian joint venture partner in telecom operator Uninor Wireless, has approached the Company Law Board (CLB) seeking a restraining order on the possible auctioning or sale in the joint venture firm. The move follows Norway’s Telenor, the foreign partner in Uninor Wireless, planning to sell … Read More
Telenor the joint venture partner in telecom operator Uninor Wireless, has received approvals from the majority of the board members to sell off its business, while its Indian partner Unitech Ltd is mulling of a legal recourse. The joint venture, Unitech Wireless has invited proposals from potential bidders by August … Read More
It is nice to see that Airtel network did not go down during this power crisis in India. But when nothing worked in the states where power failed, how did Airtel manage to keep network up? We decided to investigate further and contacted Airtel spokespersons. Here is what we found … Read More
Polaris Wireless today announced that it has successfully completed field trials with a Tier I Indian wireless operator’s 3G network to prove compliance with DoT May 2011 mandate for location-based services. Polaris Wireless has extended its reach by partnering with key players in the telecommunications eco-system in India. The company … Read More
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