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After Hutch-Essar acquistion by Voadfone, everybody is busy to digest the impact it will have on Vodafone Group Plc. I don’t know the health of Vodafone Group Plc but all I can say is it will make money from Vodafone India [Yes I would like to call it Vodafone India and noContinue Reading

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Vodafone’s bid of $19 Billion for Hutch-Essar [EV] was accepted by HTIL. It is reliably learnt that Reliance Communications bid was at $17 Billion. Vodafone however has few hurdles and the biggest hurdle is behind them as Essar groups Shashi Ruia said that he is delighted by the value created by Vodafone 🙂 EssarContinue Reading

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IndiaPlaza is running a Price Challenge offer on Mobile Phones and Books. The offer is as simple as this, find a retailer – either online or offline (Brick and Motar) who is selling a Book or Mobile phone at cheaper price than IndiaPlaza and collect twice the difference of the amountContinue Reading

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I was travelling when the Audio Video Revolution 2007 was held in Bangalore. However, I found these interesting reviews on Kicker Car Audio and JBLs blockbuster package which inclueds a Harmon Kardon AVR. I am sure many of us have thought of using our cell phone camera as a webcam. A Bangalore basedContinue Reading

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Its official now, one of my trusted sources working for a brokerage firm in Mumbai called a while ago to inform that, HTIL will divest its 67% stake in Hutch Essar by an auction. HTIL has set a reserve price of $14 Billion to discourage non-serious bidders – Hindujas / Maxis ?Continue Reading

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The TRAI in an order issued just a while ago has asked to slash domestic romaing rates for mobile users on the go. Tariffs have been lowered between 22%  and 56%.The maximum permissible per minute roaming charges according to new schedule are as follows, Rs 1.4 for outgoing local calls RsContinue Reading

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At the end of December 2006, India has 146.1 Million Mobile subscribers. [40.7 Million CDMA + 105.4 GSM]. Top 5 Mobile Service Providers in India [GSM and CDMA]: Bharti Airtel Ltd – 31.2 Million subscribers Reliance Communications Ltd – 29.7 Million subscribers [26.3 Million CDMA + 3.4 Million GSM] BSNL Cellone – 23.61 MillionContinue Reading

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Emerging Asian Telecom Giant, Bharti Airtel Ltd has received permission from the Sri Lankan Telecom Regulatory Commission to provide 2G and 3G cellular services in Sri Lanka. Airtel was directly competing with Reliance Communications and Maxis Telecom to become the 5th GSM operator in Sri Lanka. In Sept-2006, Airtel bagged cellular license to provide servicesContinue Reading

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Last October, Manoj Kohli, President, Bharti Airtel Ltd had unveiled plans about a common Mobile Instant Messaging platform being undertaken by the 10 GSM cellcos in India. The promise has inched closer to reality as COAI said in a release that the service will be launched in 3 weeks from now.Continue Reading