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Maxis Telecom controlled Aircel today secured clearances from FIBP and also Unified Access Service License [UASL] [2G] from DoT to operate in the cellular circles of Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh (east) and Uttar Pradesh (west). Read about Aircel’s current operations and the licenses it secured in AugustContinue Reading

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Time for some self praise ? Indeed 🙂 While I was tracking the Essar’s Foreign Investment decision, I had a call from one of my acquainted friends who alerted me about Mark Mobius’ (Templeton’s Emerging Market Head) investment ideas in the Indian telecom sector. According to my friend, Mobius said that, heContinue Reading

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The Department of Telecommunications accepting TRAI’s recommendation on implementation of 3G is likely to go ahead with the spectrum auction said a PTI press release. Most of the bandwidth required for 3G is currently held by the DoD. TRAI in its proposal had recommended a reserve base price of Rs1,050Continue Reading

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ET reports that Egyptian Telecom giant, Orascom Telecom Holdings is in talks with Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL) to take control of HTIL. Late last year, Orascom bought 19.3% stake in HTIL, giving it an indirect stake of 10% in Hutchison India and a board reprsesntation as well. This move byContinue Reading

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Looks like telcos and cellcos in India are in no mood to slowdown. Reliance Communication’s GSM arm, Reliance Telecom has announced to expand aggressively in 4,000 cities and towns. Reliance has also sought a license fees of Rs150 crores and Rs100 crores for 3G licenses for Metro circles(Delhi, Mumbai, ChennaiContinue Reading

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Hindujas who exited out of Hutch in a shady deal, have said that they see a great potential in Indian GSM based mobile market and want to re-enter if they good stake at the right price – right price ? I doubt if Hindujas know what the right price is,Continue Reading

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I had earlier reported about the Asian corridor deram which Maxis, Singtel, Bharti and others are pursuing. It was formed under the brand name Bridge Mobile Alliance(BMA). BMA partners include CSL (Hong Kong), Globe Telecom (Philippines), Maxis (Malaysia), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), SingTel Optus (Australia), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan) and Telkomsel (Indonesia).Continue Reading