Category: telecom

Reliance Communications Flat Growth – Oct-08

At a time when GSM subscribers in India set a new record by adding highest ever subscribers in October-2008, Reliance Communications struggled to managed to stay flat M/M in subscriber additions. RCom added 1.76 m new subscribers with 1.38m for CDMA and 377k for the GSM. Total RCOM CDMA subscribers…

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3G Auction – DoT and Finance Minsister Differ

The Finance Ministry wants 3G auctioning in all zones of the country as opposed to DoT’s suggestion of conducting it only in 13 circles. 3G spectrum is unavailable in 9 circles as defense forces are yet to vacate spectrum. The timing of the 3G auction remains uncertain as the possible…

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Reliance Communications GSM Launch

In the recently hosted JP Morgan Conference, Reliance Communications has said that there is no slowdown and Subscriber addition momentum has remained unaffected and the company expects usage to increase as Indian companies trim travel and ask employees to use more mobile communication. GSM roll-out plan on track with possible…

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Unitech + Telnor for 2G Wireless

Telenor is investing Rs61.2bn in Unitech Wireless for a 60% stake, valuing it at Rs102bn (U$2bn). Unitech has a pan-India telecom license with spectrum allotted in 13 of the 22 circles till date. It plans to launch services during 1H09 and incur US$3bn capex over the next 3 years (equal…

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Latest Mobile + Landline Subscriber Base

We are presenting to you the latest number of Telecom subscribers [Mobile + LandLine + WLL ] in India, in this post. All figures are for Month Ending Sept-2008. We have already reported individual statistics – GSM Operators had a mobile subscriber base of 233.67 mn. CDMA operators have a…

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Airtel Unified Billing + DTH – BSNl Madurai IPTV

Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Tuesday it would launch direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television services from Oct. 9, initially in 62 cities. Mr. Manoj Kohli said, The penetration of the market is just about 3 percent. We have just seven million DTH customers in the country. This is a right time…

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Lower USO – Reliance + Bharti Airtel + BSNL to Benefit

The Government of India (DoT) has issued an amendment to the license terms with access (wireless and/or wireline) service providers wherein an operator’s annual contribution to the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), currently pegged at 5% of adjusted gross revenues (AGR), will be lowered by 200 bps in each non-metro…

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Airtel i-mate Jama 101 + Shyam TeleLink Services

Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has tied up with mobile maker i-mate to offer its customers the latest smart phone JAMA 101. Suggested Retail Price is Rs12,900, the model will be available at all i-mate retail outlets and subscribers of Airtel will also get additional benefits for data download…

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