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GTL in alliance with Ericsson UK

GTL and Ericsson UK have announced a strategic alliance to Jointly address the managed network infrastructure services market in the UK. The partnership marks Ericsson UK first ever partnership to offer managed network infrastructure devices (MNIS) to network operators and service providers in the United Kingdom. Ericsson and GTL will…

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ATLANTIC-ACM global Best-in-class Award for VSNL

Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has announced that the company was presented with the ATLANTIC-ACM global wholesale best-in-class data price award at the 4th annual global wholesale carrier excellence awards. The awards, which were held during the 30th annual pacific telecommunications council (PTC) show in Honolulu, Hawaii, rank all viable carriers…

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TRAI’s Formula for Spectrum + CAPEX

Government on Monday informed the Delhi High Court it will implement telecom regulator TRAI’s recommendations for spectrum allocation as an interim measure. As predicted earlier, the Telcos are in a rapid CAPEX mode. RCom hasp laced an order of $600 million to Huawei for GSM equipment. Vodafone Group PLC has…

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TRA on ADC + Revised Spectrum Policy + 3G Auction

Telecom regulator TRAI will next week initiate discussions on the fate of Access Deficit Charge, a levy paid by private firms for subsidising rural telephony in the country. “A consultation paper will be released on Monday where the issue of ADC wouldbe discussed in three major points”. Reliance Communication will…

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BSNL IPO + Spectrum on Seniority

BSNL plans to raise as much as 400 billion rupees in about a year in what would be India’s largest initial public offering. The New Delhi-based company may sell a 10 per cent stake in India and overseas. The government said spectrum to new telecom players, who were last week…

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GPS + GSM in Indian Railways

Indian Railways proposes to adopt End of Train Telemeter EOTT devices in all its goods train. The EOTT device is an advanced telemetric system which continuously monitors train brake system integrity, train completeness, train speed & train position. This cutting edge high technology, sophisticated device incorporating latest GPS, GSM &…

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VSNL sells 10% equity in its Sri Lanka subsidiary

Videsh Sanchar Nigam has sold 1,517,936 shares representing 10% of the paid up capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary VSNL Lanka. The shares have been acquired by Sunshine Holdings PLC, a Sri Lankan conglomerate for about Sri Lankan Rs 75 million. Sunshine Holdings PLC has interests in pharmaceuticals, travel & tourism,…

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Wireless Subscribers Base in GSM Segment

With the exception of Reliance Communications’ GSM segment we have figures of all the leading GSM mobile service providers till the end of November-2007. Bharti Airtel added 2.05 mn. Subscriber base at 52.96 mn Vodafone India added 1.37 mn. Subscriber base at 38.56 mn BSNL added 0.912 mn . Subscriber…

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