India Telecom
MobileNXT, mobile retailer which started operations in April this year with initial funding of $5 Million is now planning to raise another $10 Million in Venture Capital funding. Mobile NXT CEO, Vijay Menon said that, At present, the firm’s exclusive outlets are located in Gurgaon, Mangalore, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai, HubliContinue Reading
Anil Ambani controlled, Reliance Communications subsidiary Flag Telecom today connected India, Middle East and the Europe by Falcon. Falcon has an initial capacity of 90GigaBits which can be scaled to 2.5 TeraBits. Falcon will be further connected to the Flag Global Network which would now become the largest undersea cableContinue Reading
On one hand the GSM operators are lobbying hard for cheaper 3G entry. On th other hand, Reliance a CDMA operator which feels humiliated by Qualcomm’s indifferent treatment on tax issues has thrown its bid for 3G space in both GSM and CDMA. Enter, third player, the Cable TV OperatorsContinue Reading
With the opening of telecom sector and the Government of India allowing 74% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the same, we are now hearing of companies from Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong which have have high interest in the Indian telecom business, especially the mobile business. SingTel (Singapore Telecom )Continue Reading
Earlier this year, I had reporetd on the unique business model adopted by Airtel for network expansion, upgradation and management – outsource the entire networking operation to GSM equipment manufacturer, Ericsson. Airtel has done it again. It has outsourced a Billion dollar(Rs4,600 crores) contract to Ericsson for the next 3Continue Reading
TRAI and the telecom ministry together had put a hefty demand of $2Billion for all India 3G license. COAI represnting the GSM assoication have offered just Rs300 crores($66 Million) for all India 3G license. Recall that the government wanetd to price the 3G spectrum on the European model of TelecomContinue Reading
If ET is to be believed, then TRAI is proposing Rs85 crores for every MHz of spectrum to offer 3G services. TRAI is considering auctioning the spectrum on European model of Telecom business – Price it for every MHz. For any operator to offer 3G services efficiently then he hasContinue Reading
TRAI and DOT are determined to impose license fees for 3G spectrum. They have proposed three options – auction, beauty parade and fixed fees. Industry associations, COAI and AUSPI in their presentations didn’t want any fees as they have already paid a hefty entry fees. India has one of theContinue Reading
DoT has cleared the deck for Aircel to operate in seven more circles in India. Aircel currently operates in the circles of Chennai, TamilNadu, Assam, Orissa, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir and North East India. It has receievd approval from the DoT to start operations in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan,Continue Reading
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