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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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Darryl Green, CEO of Tata Teleservices  / Indicom [PAN India CDMA Wirless operator] has resigned after a two years stint @ Tata Tele. Darryl was the first foreign CEO in the Indian telecom industry. It is not clear why he has put in his papers. Under him, Tata’s launched India’s firstContinue 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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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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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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I normally don’t like to write about politics and is beyond the scope of this blog. Dayanidhi Maran has done a commendable job as the IT & Communications minister of India. However, i was shocked to read about some of his wrong doings which came to light only after his fall . DayanidhiContinue Reading

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A. Raja will takeover the IT & Communications ministry from Dayanidhi Maran. Family feud and greed which led to the departure of Maran has created a vacuum in the telecom cricles. Some of Maran’s bold proposals for this year were to get rid of mobile roaming charges and bring a regimeContinue Reading

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India’s telecom regulator, TRAI has classified Google Talk, Yahoo! Voice Chat and other innovative VoIP applications as Grey Market operations and maybe cracked down. The report says [PDF] VoIP can also pose a threat to National Security. Good Grief!!! Looks like Mr. S.K. Gupta is following the footsteps of Mr. FailureContinue Reading