Flag Telecom Lanuches FALCON
Reliance Communications controlled, Flag Telecom today launched, Falcon. Falcon connects India, Middle East and Europe. It has an initial bandwidth capacity of 90GigaBits which can be scaled to 2.5 TeraBits. Falcon will be further connected to the Flag Global Network which would now become the largest undersea cable system in…
Indian Internet companies minting cash
It’s just not ICICIDirect or 5paisa.com’s online stock trading thats booming, other Indian Dot Coms – BharatMatrimony, Shaadi, Naukri, eBay India and others are busy counting cash. Business Standard reports that, Bharat matrimony is growing at the rate of 100% YoY. Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, BharatMatrimony saidWe will be a Rs…
Tata Telecom plans to be amongst top 3 in 5 years
Tata Indicom plans to be amongst the top 3 telcos in India within the next 5 years.“Tatas don’t enter a market to be number five or six. We have to be number one or two. We have a scenario that’ll get us there by 2011” said Tata teleservices CEO, Darryl…
Mobile Retailing in India
Branding and Retailing is the new buzzword in corporate India. After Bangalore based Mobile NXT, Pantaloon quietly ventured setting up ConvergeM mobile retail chain under the brand name M Bazaar, M Port and Gen M. It is now Essar groups turn to enter cell retailing. Esaar Telecom has done due…
Cable TV operators also want 3G slice
The GSM lobby is busy bargaining for cheaper 3G entry. Reliance humiliated by step motherly treatment from Qualcomm has thrown bids and applied licenses for 3G GSM spectrum. Enter, Cable TV operators who also want to offer Mobile TV and Broadband in India over 3G networks. Zee which currently offers…
After Nokia N series it’s now Meridian’s Fly Mobile
After Nokia N Series, Indian consumer now has the choice to choose a Meridian Fly Mobile.Four models were introduced in India. The one that you are seeing is FLY SL 500 M.It is a feature-rich handset with a 262K colour screen and a 1.3 Mega-Pixel camera with Flash. It also…
Airtel outsources network operatiosn to Ericsson.
Earlier this year, I had reporetd on the unique business model adopted by Airtel for network expansion, upgradation and management – outsource the entire networking operation to GSM equipment manufacturer, Ericsson. Airtel has done it again. It has outsourced a Billion dollar(Rs4,600 crores) contract to Ericsson for the next 3…
3G India – Tug of War
Their doesn’t seem to be a consensus on the license fees for 3G services. If media reports are to be believed, TRAI wants Rs85 Crores for every MHz of spectrum. Insane!!! For any operator to offer 3G services efficiently, he has to have atleast have 5MHz of spectrum. However, recall…