Category: telecom

Reliance Communications, India’s largest integrated telecommunications service provider and Alcatel – Lucent have formed a global joint venture. The JV company would foray in the fast growing $ 16 billion Managed Network Services Industry and will cater to telecom operators, both CDMA and GSM, across the globe. The first assignment…

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal’s bid for telecom major MTN Group has to contend with some tough negotiations with Lebanon’s former prime minister Najib Mikati, one of the wealthiest men in his country, as well as stiff black economic empowerment policies in South Africa that provide for a major share…

India’s number one mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel Ltd, has cut long distance and roaming tariffs, effective from April 30. This is a very significant move by Bharti Airtel which is a truly Integrated Telecom operator in India with services ranging from Cellular telephony to broadband services. Bharti Airtel said…

Tata Communications has launched a suite of security services designed to protect the applications, IT systems and networks that power its customers critical business infrastructures. The high-quality, cost-effective security services, which include premise and managed services as well as professional services, enables Tata Communications to provide its customers with security…

The merger guidelines, in line with TRAI proposals, include 1) Merged entity’s share of subs or adjusted gross revenues (AGR) cannot be >40% and 2) Minimum four operators required in a service area post-mergers. DoT will permit merger of operations only upon completion of 3 years from the effective date…

GSM sub additions were at ~7.5m in March ’08 (including Reliance GSM). India could therefore record its highest ever net monthly additions at ~9.5m (assuming CDMA maintains its monthly run rate of ~2m net adds) as tariff cuts and increased coverage flow through in numbers. Idea’s net adds crossed the…

Putting to rest all controversy over the Tata Teleservices-Virgin alliance, the department of telecom (DoT) on Friday gave it a clean chit after receiving answers to its queries on whether the tie-up was above board. The DoT said Virgin Mobile India, the company formed under the tie-up, was not operating…

Potential New Entrants:In our assessment we found that new licensees are indeed serious about network roll-out, but a few may turn out to be spectrum traders. New entrants estimate that they could need ~US$4bn for a nation-wide GSM rollout even after allowing for tower-sharing. Companies are yet to buildup their…