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In August I had written about the historical fall in STD / NLD / ILD charges in India. Today, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani controlled Reliance Communications Ltd dropped STD / NLD charges on calls within the Reliance network to Zero. Subscribers of Reliance pre-paid and post-paid phones have to buy a new RelianceContinue Reading

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Atlast Indian companies have realized the importance of Creativity and Innovation. AirVoice Infocom Erode Limited a Erode, TamilNadu based company has been awarded a patent by Controller of Patents, India for Mobile Advertising technology known as HapAd. With HapAd technology, a consumer gets paid to listen to an advertistement before he makesContinue Reading

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It is probably hard for you to believe if I say that Bollywood producers earn in excess of 50% of their revenues from non box-office channels like DVDs, Cable & Dish TV, Internet and Mobile[Ringtones, Clips, Wallpapers, etc] Mauj Telecom has been the front runner in m-enabling the bollywood contentContinue Reading

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Coinciding with the visit of Chinese President Hu Jinto to India, telecom equipment major ZTE is all set to operate in India through a partnership with B K Modi’s MCorpGlobal. Unconfirmed reports in the past have said that, ZTE wasn’t entertained in India on the grounds of national security. ZTEContinue Reading

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If you are regular reader of this blog, then you are aware of the cold war between Hutchison and Essar in Hutch. Here are some of the recent developments. Essar group obtains permission from the FIPB to increase stake in the venture as a Foreign Investor – Smartest Move. EssarContinue Reading

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Since several days, I wanted to cover about the Social Networking space in India and finally the ET article has trigerred me to write this. Hindustan Lever Limited which has tasted some success with social networking site SunsilkGangofGirls, may take the model global. Fair enough 🙂 However, from the article, I am a bit skeptical aboutContinue Reading

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Several multiplexes are already offering mobile ticketing in India. Bharti Airtel Ltd in association with TravelGuru kicked off EasyTravel for Airtel customers in Karnataka – a new channel for flight booking using mobile phones. I tested the SMS part of the service and it works pretty good. Infact I  noticed several cheaper dealsContinue Reading

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The real answer to why Ratan Tata is proposing change in 2G spectrum allocation is because Airtel plans to launch Mobile TV and other 3G applications on existing networks. The GSM operators are in a bliss with easy availability of equipment to run 3G services on 2G and 2.5G networks. The Tata group which powersContinue Reading