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ET reports that Egyptian Telecom giant, Orascom Telecom Holdings is in talks with Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL) to take control of HTIL. Late last year, Orascom bought 19.3% stake in HTIL, giving it an indirect stake of 10% in Hutchison India and a board reprsesntation as well. This move byContinue Reading

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Mobile operators In India continued to add subscribers in the third quarter(Sept-2006) as if their is no tomorrow, which has made India the fastest growing mobile market in the world. Bharti Airtel Ltd, continues to be the single largest Mobile service provider in India with 26,267,593 subscribers representing 28% ofContinue Reading

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American telecom giant Motorola and Chinese gear manufacturer – ZTE have been disqualified from BSNL’s mega $5 Billion 3G GSM tender. Motorola and ZTE failed to meet the stringent technical norms. The vendors now in race are all the European telcos, Nokia, Ericsson and Siemens. Part of the tender($1 Billion) hasContinue Reading

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TRAI today released its recommendations (PDF) for 3G spectrum allocation in India. The allocation and also the waiting list, if any of telecom service operators should be determined through a process of auction. Only licensed telecom service operators will have the eligibility for participation (Zee which had sought 3G spectrumContinue Reading

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Bharti Airtel India’s best GSM service provider is all set to operate globally. Bharti bagged the 2G and 3G license in the channel island nation of Guernsey. Guernsey is roughly 78 Sq Kms in area and has a small population of just 66,000 people. Sure the deal won’t benefit theContinue Reading

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Earlier I had reported about Toll Free number incompatabilty in India. The situtation is heading towards a mess. Bharti-Airtel has started its own toll free series beginning with 1-800. For instance I can dial 1-800-102-2455 to use Airtel’s “Phone Pay” service(Pay your bill). If I dial the same number fromContinue Reading

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CyberMedia India Online’s Voice & Data honoured Sunil Mittal, founder and CEO of Bharti-Airtel as the telecom man of the year for 2006. Bharti-Airtel is India’s numero uno mobile carrier. Bharti-Airtel also received the “Top Cellular Services Company” and “Top Fixed Phone Company” award. WOW! They beat long time and India’s favoriteContinue Reading