India Telecom
In a move that will speed up the proposed auctions of third generation (3G) spectrum, the key for telcos to launch high-end telecom services such as video-conferencing and high speed internet on the mobiles, the Cabinet is expected to take up the issue soon for discussions. Communications and IT ministerContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel has entered into an exclusivity agreement (till July 31) to enter a complicated and circular ownership structure with MTN Group – Bharti owning 49% stake in MTN and MTN owning 25% of Bharti in return. The structure envisages a 25% swap of new shares (MTN pays $2.9bn). TheContinue Reading
Vodafone Essar’s rev/min declined 2.3% qoq and MoU declined 5.6% qoq. This also confirms a trend – MoU/ARPU hit has been more for operators with greater metro/urban presence. In case of Vodafone, lower roaming and diversion to RCOM’s free mins can be seen as the primary reason for the decline.Continue Reading
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the GSM operator lobby, is protesting the 11-digit mobile numbering on the back of inconvenience to the subscribers after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recommended for the new numbering plan. Instead, they are demanding to put up an end to the exclusive two-digit operatorContinue Reading
The Bharti Airtel Analyst call is on and here is a quick share of management views on various topics. Many Questions on decline in MoU – The management is of the view that as 52% of its customers are now coming from rural India where MoU is significantly lower, theContinue Reading
I have just received the results of Bharti Airtel Ltd for the FY ending March-31st 2009. Here is a quick look into the results. Revenues touched an all time high of 36,961 cr [+37% YoY] and a Net Profit of Rs 8,469 [+26% YoY] The company for the first timeContinue Reading
Aggressive marketing tactics has worked at RCom as the company is all set to take-off in adding more GSM subscribers to its platform. At the end of March-09 [FY 09] Reliance Communications wireless subscribers market share went up to 18.8% from 17.9% in Dec-08. Airtel lost its subscriber market shareContinue Reading
According to figures released by the COAI, the Indian GSM Wireless Subscribers base has touched 288 mn [ 288,363,482] excluding Reliance GSM. GSM operators added a record 10.8 mn subscribers in the month of March-09, the highest ever addition since they began operations in India. Vodafone Essar India added 2.84Continue Reading
Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal [popularly known as SBM within Airtel] surely thought out of the Box and outsourced the IT + Infrastructure of Airtel to IBM, the first kind of its deal which others copied 🙂 ET reports that IBM has bagged another contract from Bharti Infratel and other businessContinue Reading
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