By:
On:
In: Mobile, Telecom

Idea Cellular, Tata’s and Birla’s JV(after exit of AT&T) for providing GSM cellular service ran into rough weather when, Kumar Birla declared that Telecom was a thrust area for the A V Birla group. Tata’s kicked off their telecom venture in early 90s with investment in Idea and later whenContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Mobile

Telekom Malaysia has bought 49% stake in the Modi’s controlled Spice Telecom. Spice Telecom is a GSM operator operating in the circles of Punjab and Karnataka since 1995. Though Spice has competed well in Punjab it is far behind in the number of subscribers it has in Karnataka, a mere 400,000.Continue Reading

By:
On:
In: Mobile

Orascom of Egypt controls upto 65% of Pakistan’s and 8% of Bangladesh’s cell phone market. It paid USD 1.3 Billion to buy 19.3% stake in HTIL – Hutchinson Telecom International Limited. HTIL is a subsidary of Hutschinson Whampoa group. HTIL operates with various Indian partners with Essar being the majorContinue Reading

By:
On:
In: Mobile

C Sivsankran is an ambitious and cut-throat business man. ET reports that he is hitiing the JackPot again.(Recollect he has already built and sold DishNetDSL to Tatas after he was unsuccessful to win controlling stake in VSNL from the Government of India). He was in talks with the Hutchinson group earlierContinue Reading