Reliance Telecoms GSM conspiracy
Earlier last week, Reliance Communications through its GSM subsidiary, Reliance Telecom moved to DOT seeking fresh GSM spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai & more spectrum in its existing 7 circles of operations. DOT had sought further clarification from Reliance Telecom which has been totally confidential. Apart from the royalty issue, letsContinue Reading
Hindujas out of Hutch. Shady deals in the past 6 months.
Hindujas have finally settled at $450 Million for their 5.1% stake in Hutch. Earlier I had reporetd that the Hindujas were demanding $600 million valuing Hutch @ $12 Billion. After Hinduja’s selloff, Hutchinson Telecommunications Ltd(HTL) stake in Indian venture is at 48% while Essar groups Ruias stake will be atContinue Reading
Reliance Communications gets Aggressive in the US.
Earlier I reporetd on RelianceTelecom’s push for GSM spectrum. Now it is another arm, Reliance India Call. Reliance has now tied up with Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS, mobile service providers in the US to provide roaming services to the customers of those companeis in India on Reliance India MobileContinue Reading
Update: 3G Association meet at New Delhi
For the first time, an India – Bharti-Airtel’s founder and Chairman, Sunil Mittal was inducted on the board of 3G Association. Sunil stepped up to host the 3G Association conference in India @ New Delhi. Some of the key highlights from the meet are as follows. Their are 2 BillionContinue Reading
Why Anil Ambani wants to revive the GSM arm, Reliance Telecom ?
PTI & Hindu have reported that Reliance Telecom, GSM arm of Reliance Communication’s has applied for additional spectrum. It is well known fact that Reliance Infocomm , the CDMA arm of Reliance Communication’s is the third largest mobile telecom service provider in India. While its GSM arm, Reliance Telecom hasContinue Reading
AOL gets serious to conquer mobile market in India
Late last month I had reported about Google Mobile’s ambitious plans for India. Now AOL has gotten serious about its ambitions in India, especially the cell phone market. AOL through its wireless division, Tegic, is trying to develop localizations for the Indian market. They are mainly targetting Class B &Continue Reading
Spice Communications plans aggressive expansion.
In my earlier report on Spice Tele, they had spoken about major expanison plans. But the latest corporate roadmap unveiled by Spice looks very ambitious. Telekom Malaysia, CEO Abdul Wahid Omar, has IPO plans. Spice has applied for NLD and ILD licenses as well. It also wants to expand inContinue Reading
Kudos to TRAI. IPTV not to be under Cable TV act.
3 cheers to Nripendra Mirsa, Chairman, TRAI for keeping IPTV out of CableTV act. What’s the big deal ? CableTV networks in India are highly unorganized and controlled by local politicaians or men with muscle-power except SitiCable and Hinduja’s TMT. You might want to recollect how Siticable MD was murderedContinue Reading
Serious QA issue with Bharti-Airtel Broadband Portal
I am trying to access www.airtelbroadband.in and seeing this picture. Looks to me like its mis-configuration of iplanet server. Big deal ? Well, Bharti-Airtel broadband is India’s number two broadband service provider and you don’t expect their Dev/Test Manager to run such a poor show. They have exposed some sourceContinue Reading