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Dismissing Tariff wars in the roaming segment, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone-Hutch-Essar and Idea have rejected proposals to lower roaming tariffs calling it a pricing gimmick by BSNL and Reliance, where the latter have been collecting higher rentals to offset the lower romaning per call charges. Airtel also said that its theContinue Reading

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Nokia and Bharti Airtel are the top Mobile brands in India. Nokia is the 4th most trusted brand by Indians according to ET Brand Equity Survey. Nokia is also the favorite brand across different categories. Bharti Airtel leads the pack among mobile service providers at all India rank – 2.Continue Reading

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Earlier this month, Tata Teleservices had opposed the entry of foreign players in 3G space. [I have supported Tata’s views] Now, TRAI sources have  said, Last year, Trai in its recommendations has said that only existing service providers be allowed to bid. If the DoT wants to make changes toContinue Reading

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Bharti Airtel has reached the 40 Million mobile subscribers milestone. It is the first Indian company to reach this milestone leaving BSNL & RCom behind in the race. It took Airtel 11 years to get the first 20 Million subscribers while the next 20 Million came in just 13 months.Continue Reading

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Continuing the intensified battle for wireless supremacy in India, Reliance Communications has introduced lowest ever roaming rates on certain plans. Mr Shukla, President Wireless Business said, The roaming rates had already been reduced in Feb 2007 for our customers. Now, we have taken a step further by reducing roaming ratesContinue Reading

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China Telecom’s signals are reaching the summit of Mt. Everest. Rod Baber a Briton sponsored by Motorola, conquered the Mt. Everest and made a phone call to his friend and said, …….It’s cold, it’s fantastic, the himalayas are everywhere….. Congratulations to Rod!!! Indian Govt, better watch out, the Chinese haveContinue Reading

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With the entry of Vodafone, the fastest growing Wireless market in the world is witnessing an intensified war from Bharti Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone-Essar. Reliance Communications still starving to get PAN-India GSM spectrum introduced  low cost handset through its CDMA division. Day later, Nokia introduced low cost handset to upholdContinue Reading

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Tata Indicom has entered into a joint venture with Virgin Mobile of the UK. Virgin is one of the well known MVNOs. However, due to lethargic decision making by TRAI on allowing MVNOs, Virgin is taking a different route as an agent of Tata. Virgin mobile will be targetted forContinue Reading