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Reliance Communications [RCOM] has acquired privately held leading provider of managed Ethernet and application delivery services for the global enterprise – Yipes Enterprise Services. RCOM is shelling out $300 Million for the acquisition in an all cash deal. Yipes was funded by JP Morgan Chase, Norwest Venture Partners, Sprout and Crosslink Capital.Continue Reading

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Vodafone CEO, Arun Sarin said – Losers Club tried to derail the Hutch-Vodafone Deal earlier this year. I really did not expect people — the ‘good and great’ of India — to be calling cabinet secretaries, ministers, to say, ‘You have to unwind this deal, because we want a piece ofContinue Reading

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A year ago, Qualcomm and Reliance talks over CDMA royalty issues were deadlocked. Qualcomm didn’t budge despite repeated pleas from then IT Minister, Dayanidhi Maran. Immediately, Anil Ambani announced massive GSM expansion and applied for PAN India licenses which he also secured after few months. Meanwhile, Hucth’s stake in Hutchison-Essar was forContinue Reading

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TRAI, DoT and Ministry of IT have a unique spectrum allocation policy. Call it the upper hand of early GSM mobile operators or the short sightedness of TRAI and its associates. We have a subscriber-linked spectrum allocation criteria which is far from perfect as it does not factor in subscriber densityContinue Reading

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In view of GSM spectrum scarcity, Bharti Airtel a member of Fixed Mobile Convergence Alliance [FMCA] is exploring options of deploying the dual use network in India. Airtel is already testing Fixed Mobile Convergence service with limited number of its employees. So what is Fixed Mobile Convergence Phone ? You will have a singleContinue Reading

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Last week I had written that Vodafone-Hutch-Essar has unseated BSNL from the number two spot in GSM Mobile space. State owned “Fat” company, BSNL is seeking the help of management consultants to immediately arrest the falling market share in Mobile and Wireline Communication business. The company is in talks withContinue Reading

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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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TRAI in a notification has authorized National Informatics Center [NIC] to build a Do Not Call / Disturb registry of India. I am still skeptical about the timing of 3 Months. The final notification includes unsolicited SMS under the Telemarketing clause and hence the Telemarketer is liable for a fine 🙂 Each UnsolicitedContinue Reading