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India’s largest Telecommunications company Bharti Airtel achieved a new milestone by recording Rs 9,000 crore revenue in Q2FY2009 [@ Rs 45 / $] and also added the highest number of customers in any single quarter since its inception, 8.2 mn taking the total tally to 80 mn [79.89 mn]. TelecomContinue Reading
Reliance Communications has unveiled a Free Notebook offer with a 24 month subscription to Reliance Wireless Internet / Netconnect. If you notice, RCom brands this service as Internet / Netconnect and not broadband or broadnet, that means the speed one gets is definitely less than 256 Kbps. Why is RelianceContinue Reading
Indian companies – ISPs, Banks, Consumer Products, etc known for their arrogance towards consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to accept the new age media [Internet and Mobile], mostly because these companies don’t have the courtesy to acknowledge customers problems and willing to learn from them. Few days ago, oneContinue Reading
WiMax, the disruptive Wireless Technology, mostly suitable for providing broadband and data services is getting a big boost from the Government of India. The Ministry for Communications is hosting a two day expo cum conference at Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi on the 15th and 16th of this month. ThoughContinue Reading
On this blog I have consistently covered about hurdles in CDMA operators way. Various factors have led to the decline and fall of subscribers and market share. At the end of Dec-2006, CDMA operators had 27.85% market share. 20 Months later [Aug-2008] CDMA operators have 76.5 mn subs[ RCom CDMAContinue Reading
At the end of August 2008, Indian Telcos reached a big milestone of serving 300 million wireless subscribers. The big news is that Tata Teleservices focused on providing CDMA cellular services has slipped out of the Top 5 ranks and Idea Cellular is the new entrant. Bharti Airtel has consolidatedContinue Reading
Acknowledging that the National Do Not Call Registry hasn’t been effective in curbing UCC even after a years operation, the TRAI has issued amendments to the existing act to make it more effective. TRAI has asked service providers to give an option to consumer to opt of of UCC atContinue Reading
In spite of the Inflationary pressure prevailing in the Indian Economy, GSM Wireless Operators continue to add record users though the m-o-m growth has tapered now, at least in case of Bharti Airtel. As usual, Reliance Communications numbers are not yet available and assuming the same number of adds asContinue Reading
Analysts do give a company sometime before they react on recommending a stock and the amount of time Tata Communications got was more than anybody expected. What is really commendable is the report released by HSBC Telecom Analysts – Sharma and Grinnan who have openly expressed their views against TataContinue Reading
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