Category: telecom
ANG Auto + TowerWorx join hands Towers solutions in India
ANG Auto and TowerWorx USA have joined hands to produce and market Mobile Towers solutions in India. The duo has formed a joint venture (JV) company in the name Towerworx India and each of them will have 50% stake in the new company. The venture will commence operations in August…
Spectrum charges haunt GSM players
After raising concerns over the DoT’s proposed reduction in spectrum charges to a uniform 3% of annual revenue, GSM operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular are in a fix over the issue. DoT has proposed that only those GSM operators agreeing to pay a one-time fee for…
Mobile Net adds Cool in Summer (April) + Idea Hit by Churn
April-09 saw GSM adds fall m-o-m to 8.9m (10.8m in March ex- RCOM) primarily a result of BSNL’s adds coming off at 1m v/s 2.5m in Mar-09, although these had been distorted by the year-end effect (BSNL’s net adds typically spike up in March before falling off in the following…
BSNL Knocks Retail Doors
State owned telecom giant BSNL is all set to woo prospective customers while they are shopping at Malls or other Retail Stores. The company BSNL looking for tie-ups with big retail chains in the country to sell its products and services under an aggressive marketing strategy. The company is inviting…
Wipro + Unitech Telnor Outsoucing Deal
Wipro Infotech didn’t take much time to understand the domestic growth in the Indian IT industry. The company has bagged the IT outsourcing deal of Wireless license holder, Unitech Telnor planning to rollout nationwide 2G GSM Operations. Though the companies refused to reveal the financial details of the deal, reports…
Airtel + Alcatel Lucent – Emerging Markets the Future ?
Bharti Airtel, the pioneers of a new business model in telecom industry – Outsource network operations to third party has take an new step this time again. Wireline [includes Broadband] CAPEX is likely to be outsourced to Alcatel Lucent. Wireline as a segment is on decline in India and Wireless…
Tata GSM in South + DoT seeks legal opinion on additional spectrum
Tata Teleservices Ltd. will launch mobile services using the GSM, technology in the next few weeks, the company’s chief executive said Monday. Anil Sardana said at a press conference, We have received spectrum in all circles, except in Delhi. We will will launch GSM services in southern India first. GSM…
Insight into Wireless Realities of India
Indian market is extremely different – be it Retailing or Wireless. Today I am going to take you into some myths and realities of the mobile sector. The following study is based on the data good for the year ended Dec-08. Highest MOUs in C Circle – Concern on quality…