Telecom Operators

Airtel Launches Digital Media Distribution Biz; Bigger Play Than Digital Cinema

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 12th, 2010 |

Bharti Airtel has entered the digital media distribution business, establishing what they’re calling a “digital media exchange”. The exchange will enable the transference of digital content from media houses, producers ... Continue_Reading

Grameenphone Launches Mobile Rail Ticketing In Bangladesh

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 11th, 2010 |

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Despite claims of IRCTC launching application based rail ticketing on mobile, there’s no clear indication of how they’re doing. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Railway has taken the telco route for mobile ticketing: commuters ... Continue_Reading

BSNL Drops 3G Data Card Rates Across India: Tariff War?

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 11th, 2010 |

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Don’t you just love price wars? BSNL, the government owned telecom operator, has thrown down the gauntlet by launching 3G EVDO plans that substantially lowers access charges for consumers on ... Continue_Reading

DoT Shuts Down S Tel Services: V For Vendetta?

By Diwaskar Chettri on March 9th, 2010 |

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New entrant telco S Tel , has been asked by DoT to stop service in all of the three circles, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa it has been operating from ... Continue_Reading

BSNL Inflating Subscriber Numbers, Says Director: Report

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 9th, 2010 |

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J.S. Deepak, a government nominee on the board of public sector telecom operator BSNL has said the company was inflating its subscriber base, according to a report in Business Line. ... Continue_Reading

Tata Tele Launches Dialog For Internet On TV; Price vs Education

By Nikhil Pahwa on March 8th, 2010 |

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How do you increase India’s budgetary allocations for broadband? Simple, convince the Finance Minister that Farmville generates agricultural income! Jokes aside, another initiative has been launched to try to make the ... Continue_Reading

Nahata Exits, Datacom Is Now Videocon Telecommunications Ltd

By Preethi J on February 23rd, 2010 |

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Things seem to finally be looking up for Datacom: the telco has been dormant for three years now due to a conflict between its owners. It may finally be rolling ... Continue_Reading

Tata Docomo To Offer SIM Based Chatting, Wallpapers, Banking

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 23rd, 2010 |

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Tata Docomo seems to be on a roll, launching new services, acquiring customers by the millions and making life a tad difficult for other mobile operators. The company has now ... Continue_Reading

MTNL Official Telecom Provider For Commonwealth Games 2010

By Diwaskar Chettri on February 22nd, 2010 |

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PSU telco MTNL has been designated as the official telecom service provider for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2010 to be held in Delhi and will be receiving Rs 1.82 billion ... Continue_Reading

Tata DoCoMo Gives Free GPRS For Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, Nimbuzz & LinkedIn

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 22nd, 2010 |

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Talking about consistently changing the rules of the game. TataDoCoMo, which came into the limelight with their pay-per-second billing plans and marketing blitz, has now expanded its BuddyNet service to ... Continue_Reading

Airtel-Zain: Payout Of $9 Billion Expected; $255.38 Per Customer

By Nikhil Pahwa on February 17th, 2010 |

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Airtel has set an enterprise value of Zain Africa at $10.7 billion, with $10 billion to be paid on closing, and $700 million to be paid one year after the ... Continue_Reading

Updated: Airtel In Talks To Acquire Zain Africa

By Preethi J on February 16th, 2010 |

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Update: An ownership dispute between Econet Wireless and Zain has come in the way of Airtel’s plans to acquire the latter’s African operations, with Business World reporting Econet Chief Executive ... Continue_Reading