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Though Bharti Airtel declined that it was in talks with MTN Group, the latter in a filing with a stock exchange has confirmed its exploratory talks with Indian telco. As I said earlier, it will be difficult for Bharti Airtel to go solo in its bid for MTN and mayContinue Reading

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It is reliably learnt from various analysts that India’s leading mobile service provider, Bharti Airtel is likely to bid for MTN South Africa. Bharti’s management recently stated that Bharti’s business model could be replicated in other emerging markets and it may opt to go for oversees acquisitions. Bharti Airtel’s modelContinue Reading

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The Silicon Valley of South Asia, Bangalore is under hectic political activity to elect a new government. If you have read newspapers that politicians are going for a door to door campaign through mid-night [24/7 working class], one of the candidates chose to target viewers of the IPL Twenty-20 cricketContinue Reading

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A year after then IT Minister, Mr. Maran declared 2007 as the year of broadband, BSNL DataOne and Bharti Airtel have quietly launched a tariff war and are ready to serve customers’ higher bandwidth needs. It was BSNL DataOne which announced the launch of 512Kbps unlimited data transfer plan atContinue Reading

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After perusing through various documents and reports I have found that India currently has around 60MHz of 3G spectrum of which 30MHz will be made available for 3G services. Spectrum available in 1920-1980MHz paired with 2110-2170MHz. This means 5 operators are likely to be accommodated for 3G services as oneContinue Reading