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Last week I had written that Vodafone-Hutch-Essar has unseated BSNL from the number two spot in GSM Mobile space. State owned “Fat” company, BSNL is seeking the help of management consultants to immediately arrest the falling market share in Mobile and Wireline Communication business. The company is in talks withContinue Reading

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Dismissing Tariff wars in the roaming segment, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Hutch-Essar and Idea have rejected proposals to lower roaming tariffs calling it a pricing gimmick by BSNL and Reliance, where the latter have been collecting higher rentals to offset the lower romaning per call charges. Airtel also said that its theContinue Reading

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TRAI in a notification has authorized National Informatics Center [NIC] to build a Do Not Call / Disturb registry of India. I am still skeptical about the timing of 3 Months. The final notification includes unsolicited SMS under the Telemarketing clause and hence the Telemarketer is liable for a fine 🙂 Each UnsolicitedContinue Reading

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Good News for residents of Bangalore. Just a while ago a reader of this blog tipped me with a mobile number. Bingo!!! Reliance Communications, a Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group company is the first company to launch Wimax for residential consumers in Bangalore / Bengalooru. [Sify has it for Corporates. Bangalore UnwiredContinue Reading

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Nokia and Bharti Airtel are the top Mobile brands in India. Nokia is the 4th most trusted brand by Indians according to ET Brand Equity Survey. Nokia is also the favorite brand across different categories. Bharti Airtel leads the pack among mobile service providers at all India rank – 2.Continue Reading

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Darryl Green, CEO of Tata Teleservices  / Indicom [PAN India CDMA Wirless operator] has resigned after a two years stint @ Tata Tele. Darryl was the first foreign CEO in the Indian telecom industry. It is not clear why he has put in his papers. Under him, Tata’s launched India’s firstContinue Reading

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If BillG thought of having a Microsoft Web in late 90s, it’s another Harvard drop out Mark Zuckerberg actually moving closer to BillG’s goal, Facebook – the new WWW.  Facebook a social networking site which took off after Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s house websites to harvest images of students. Facebook isContinue Reading

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Earlier this month, Tata Teleservices had opposed the entry of foreign players in 3G space. [I have supported Tata’s views] Now, TRAI sources have  said, Last year, Trai in its recommendations has said that only existing service providers be allowed to bid. If the DoT wants to make changes toContinue Reading