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| Tata Indicom reaches subscriber base of 7 lakh | 11-NOV-09 |
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| Tata Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), one of India's fastest growing cellular operators, has reached a subscriber base of around 7 lakh in Orissa by the end of September this year. |
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| Two-in-one phones catch on | 09-NOV-09 |
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| Users are increasingly taking to dual-SIM handsets, which enable two connections on a single device. |
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| Go long | 09-NOV-09 |
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| The increased competitive intensity between wireless telephony service providers has not only had a dampening effect on the stock prices but is also reflecting in their September 2009 quarter results. India’s largest wireless telecom companies by subscribers—Bharti Airtel (Bharti) and Reliance Communications (Rcom)---have seen their revenues and net profits register a drop in growth for the first time in the last three quarters. |
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| Vendors to share BSNL's 3G ad spend | 08-NOV-09 |
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| Communications Minister A Raja is pushing an innovative plan under which vendors which supply equipment for 3G mobile services to state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will share the bill for advertising and marketing the services in the first six months of the launch. |
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| Trai mulls fixing SMS termination charges | 06-NOV-09 |
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| In the next few months new operators offering a large number of free short messaging service (SMS) deals to attract mobile subscribers might soon find it difficult to do so. Telecom operators that have contracted bulk deals with companies to send unsolicited messages to operators in other networks might also find it more expensive. |
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| Newsmaker: Andimuthu Raja | 30-OCT-09 |
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| Controversy and the telecom ministry have been closely connected ever since the business was opened to private competition in the mid-nineties. With last week’s raids by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Andimuthu Raja is continuing a tradition. |
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| India to be test-bed for Qualcomm PC | 28-OCT-09 |
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| Last November, US-headquartered Qualcomm announced it was working on a low-cost personal computer (PC) alternative project, codenamed ‘Kayak’ — a sleek, simple yet very fast boat used by American Indians. |
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| TTSL bags top slot again with highest subscriber addition | 27-OCT-09 |
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| Continuing its growth momentum, Tata Teleservices today said it has added over 40 lakh (4 million) new subscribers in September, becoming the top grosser in the industry in terms of new subscriber additions for the second consecutive month. |
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| Sunil Jain: Can Manmohan ditch Raja? | 26-OCT-09 |
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Readers of this column have reasons to feel vindicated by last week’s CBI raids in the telecom ministry as on various telecom firms that benefited from telecom minister A Raja’s largesse in early 2008 — he gave a handful of favoured firms valuable spectrum at prices exactly equal to those paid by buyers in June 2001. Readers would recall every vicissitude in this saga, from the wishy-washy Trai recommendations that allowed Raja to do what he wanted, to his announcing a |
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| BSNL, MTNL eye Russia, Europe | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Not content with its joint bid for Kuwait-listed Zain Telecom, state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahangar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) are planning to set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) with Delhi-based Vavasi group to participate in a joint venture for Russian and western European telecom operations. |
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| Analogics Tech setting up Rs 150cr plant in Hyd | 15-OCT-09 |
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| Analogics Tech India Limited, a Hyderabad-based handheld terminals maker, is setting up a manufacturing plant at the Hardware Park, on the city outskirts, with an investment of Rs 150 crore. |
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| Coolpad expects Rs 800-cr revenue from India in 5 yrs | 13-OCT-09 |
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| Coolpad Communication, China’s largest dual handset maker and a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed China Wireless Technologies Ltd, is expecting revenues of Rs 800 crore in five years from India. The company is also planning to launch dual-SIM smartphones in the sub-Rs 8,000 range and will invest Rs 400 crore over three to four years in the country. |
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