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May-2010 |
| Indian wireless subscriber base crosses 600 million[Date:-29-05-2010] |
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The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 638.05 Million at the end of April-2010 from 621.28 Million in March-2010, thereby registering a growth rate of 2.70%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches 54.10. Wireless subscriber base increased from 584.32 Million in March-2010 to 601.22 Million. ---(TID) |
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| 3G auction ends with revenue generation of Rs 70K cr[Date:-19-05-2010] |
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3G auction ended today after 34 days of bidding process with top 3 Indian operators winning in the major potential 3G service areas. According to information available on DoT website Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications won licenses in Mumbai & Delhi.
Delhi topped the 3G bidding list with 3,316.93 cr almost touching the government expected revenue generation of 3,500 cr followed by Mumbai at 3,247.07.
Nine operators took part in the bidding process but no one emerged as the sole winner for 3G spectrum across 22 circles. Bharti Airtel lead the list winning radio waves in 13 circles and also paying the highest fees 12,295 Cr for the same. Vodafone follows with 9 service areas paying 11, 617 Cr. |
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February-2010 |
| 3G Spectrum auction by April 9[Date:-25-02-2010] |
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The government will invite applications from prospective bidders from Feb. 25 and the last day for submitting bids is March 19. It will announce the pre-qualified bidders on March 30 and hold mock auctions on April 5 and April 6, an official statement said. |
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January-2010 |
| TTML ends Q3 10 with 16% growth in revenues compared to Q3 09[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited today announced its quarterly, consolidated financial results for the period ended 31st December, 2009. Sequential quarter on quarter revenue growth of 10%. TTML revenues at an all time high of Rs. 1666 crores for the nine months ended 31st December 2009. Highest ever incremental wireless market share of 28.7% for the nine months and 33.8% for the third quarter. |
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| Roamware deployment base crosses 400 networks in 150 Countries[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Roamware Inc., global leader in mobile roaming and financial solutions, today announced that its solutions now benefit more than 400 networks in 150 countries worldwide. Speaking on achieving this milestone, Bobby Srinivasan, President and CEO, Roamware said, "This is a great moment for the Roamware family and is a testimony of our innovation-led growth. The feat is particularly remarkable considering we have achieved this in a span of less than eight years." |
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| Bharti Airtel announces Q3 09 results with 9% Y-o-Y increase in revenue[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Bharti Airtel Limited today announced its audited US GAAP results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2009. The consolidated Total Revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 of Rs.29,559 crore grew by 9% and EBITDA of Rs. 12,205 crore grew by 9% on a year on year basis. The Company continued to leverage its scale and strategic partnerships to secure cost efficiencies. |
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| Tata Communications launches managed two-factor authentication service[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Service makes strong authentication more accessible and affordable; Helps businesses protect information assets without the cost of deploying new infrastructure. Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced the launch of its managed two-factor authentication service that adds to its portfolio of Managed Security Services. The new service helps all enterprises to further secure their networks. |
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| Idea Cellular to be the main sponsor for 55th Filmfare Awards[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Worldwide Media Pvt. Limited, the Times Group- BBC Worldwide joint venture today announced a continuation of its long term sponsorship agreement on the Filmfare awards with IDEA Cellular Ltd., to present the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards. It's time to gear up for this year's most sizzling event - The Idea Filmfare Awards 2009; a time when your favorite stars walk down the red carpet for India's oldest and most coveted cinema awards. |
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| Reliance Communications offers Cartoon Network Comics on Mobiles[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Reliance Communications, India's leading service provider that has spearheaded the launch of several unique services, has announced the launch of yet another value added service- Cartoon Network Comics on Mobile. With this service, Reliance users can now browse through comics of Cartoon Network's globally popular and iconic toon stars on their mobiles. The service is available to all Reliance GSM customers nationally. |
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| How will 3G Impact PE/VC Investments in Telecom?[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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A recent survey of leading Private Equity and Venture Capital investors by research firm Venture Intelligence revealed that a majority of investors are willing to bet that the introduction of 3G services can be a game changer for various players in Indian telecom. Venture Intelligence is now organizing a special panel discussion as part of its APEX'10 PE & VC Summit that will explore how exactly entrepreneurs. |
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| Sterlite Technologies posts 4-fold jump in Net Profits for 9-months of FY10[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Sterlite Technologies Limited , a leading global provider of transmission solutions for the telecom and power industries, today announced its results for the quarter and nine-months year ended December 31, 2009. Strong growth in operating performance, Q3FY10 EBITDA of Rs. 117 Crores (Vs. Rs 71 Crores in the last fiscal) backed up by strong volume growth and improved profitability. |
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| Tata Communications acquires BT Group's Mosaic Business[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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New media management platform empowers digital content creators with global collaboration capabilities without incurring time and cost of integrating separate services Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire British Telecom Group plc (BT) Mosaic business, which offers an on-demand digital media management platform |
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| Vodafone launches Unlimited SMS offer in Mumbai[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Vodafone Essar, one of India's leading cellular services providers has launched its new tariff advisory number 121 for its Prepaid and Postpaid customers. Vodafone customers can now dial 121 (toll free) and get advice on the best offers suitable for them based on their budget and usage pattern. Prepaid customers can get to know about the most suitable tariff offer, right recharge and Bonus Card, also current offer customized to their usage. |
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| Tata Communications and Tomizone join hands to bring a Wi-Fi revolution in the country[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Tata Communications Internet Services Limited and Tomizone have announced a partnership deal by which TCISL will use Tomizone proprietary software to usher in a Wi-Fi revolution in India. Auckland headquartered Tomizone is a leading Wi-Fi hotspot and metro Wi-Fi zone solutions provider across Australia, China, India and New Zealand. There is a need for higher penetration of Wi-Fi hotspots where laptop and Wi-Fi enabled device users can connect to the internet. |
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| Bharti Airtel acquires 70% stake in Warid Telecom Bangladesh[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Bharti Airtel Limited, Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced that it has agreed to acquire 70% stake in Warid Telecom, Bangladesh, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dhabi Group. Warid Telecom offers mobile services across all the 64 districts of Bangladesh and has a total customer base of over 2.9 million. Under the agreement, Bharti Airtel will make a fresh investment of USD 300 million to rapidly expand the operations of Warid Telecom. |
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| Uninor debuts with 1.2 million subscribers in first month [Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Uninor today announced its first month-end subscriber numbers since the launch in December 2009. By the end of the month, Uninor had secured 1.2 million subscribers in the eight telecom circles where its GSM services are available. "We are building on our launch - scaling up our network and our distribution. We will continue to focus on customer experience, and compete for every new subscriber. |
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| REC signs multi-year contract with Airtel for Network Management services[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Bharti Airtel, Asia's leading integrated telecom service provider, today announced completion of Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) project for end to end Network Management services. REC is a Navaratna Public Sector Enterprise with the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The contract agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. P. Umashankar (IAS), CMD REC and Mr. Manoj Kohli CEO & Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel. |
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| Now get Postpay connection at your doorstep, courtesy TATA DOCOMO[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, today announced the launch of "Postpay @ your doorstep", an initiative where Tata DOCOMO would assist potential customers with their queries on new post pay connections. Through a simple process, a customer can readily get access to a postpay connection, at his doorstep with expert guidance from Tata DOCOMO. |
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| Telenor Group places third round of investment into Uninor[Date:-27-01-2010] |
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The Telenor Group today announced that it has placed the third round of investment of INR 14.9 billion into Uninor, taking its ownership up to 60.11%. Prior to this, Telenor has made two transactions, investing a total of INR 41.1 billion."This third investment will as the earlier transactions provide Uninor with working capital to fund the roll out of services across India," said Mr. Sigve Brekke, Executive Vice President, and Head of Telenor Group Asian Operations. |
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| Cisco and Ashok Leyland sign MoU for intelligent vehicles[Date:-09-01-2010] |
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Hinduja Group flagship Ashok Leyland and Cisco today signed a MoU under which the companies intend to develop sector-specific solutions that help enable Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication. The companies intend to work together to deliver solutions that will focus on transportation management, incident & emergency medical response as well as mobile security targeted |
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| Use Mobile, Save Paper - for a Green Planet [Date:-09-01-2010] |
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The talk here is about IDEA Cellular's new ad campaign which goes on air, today. After a successful series of What an Idea, Sirji! campaigns with Brand Ambassador, Abhishek Bachchan, the leading mobile brand will now be seen promoting the idea of mobile VAS usage for vast number of day to day activities, to save paper. |
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| TATA DOCOMO collaborates with NTT DOCOMO to launch DOCOMICS in India[Date:-09-01-2010] |
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DOCOMICS is a sequel to TATA DOCOMO's recently announced, unique, industry first, m-Comics; a service that enables consumers to read full comics along with special effects like character vibration, sounds, zooming text bubbles, and above all download smoothly on a 2.5 Edge Network. |
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| Home Minister acknowledges IDEA's contribution to internal security[Date:-07-01-2010] |
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8.36 p.m., November 26, 2008; as the first terror bullet smashed the Mumbai eventide calm, something deeper was stirred across India. Valiant men and women lost their lives, saving those of others. The 60 horrific hours generated contradictory impulses; a feeling of being wounded, yet stronger; of being united, yet without a glue; of anger without focus. |
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| Bharti Airtel warns its customers for fake lottery calls[Date:-07-01-2010] |
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Bharti Airtel would like to inform the general public of some fraudulent activity that has potential to impact customers of several mobile operators. Airtel has learnt that customers are arbitrarily being targeted by callers who pretend to be calling on behalf of the customer's telecom operator and inform the recipient that he/she has won a lottery/award conducted by the respective telecom operator. |
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| MTS starts Pune operations with MBlaze, voice services to follow[Date:-07-01-2010] |
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MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices Limited (SSTL), has launched its high speed mobile Internet service, MBlaze, with download speeds up to 3.1 Mbps in Pune. This is the eleventh circle to be launched by MTS thus further expanding its presence in urban India. |
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| MTS launches services in its 10th telecom circle in India[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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In a milestone achievement, MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of SSTL, has launched services in its 10th telecom circle in India. MTS is offering both its highâspeed mobile Internet service, MBlaze, and voice services, with an introductory offer of one paisa per two seconds for local mobile phone calls in Haryana. |
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| Bharti Airtel to Observe Silent period from December 31, 2009[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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Bharti Airtel, India's leading private telecom services provider would observe a 'Silent Period' from the close of business on December 31, 2009 (Thursday), till the declaration of results for the third quarter ending December 31, 2009, as a commitment towards highest level of corporate governance. |
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| IDEA Cellular bags Title sponsorship for Bangladesh Cricket Series[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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IDEA Cellular, has bagged the Title sponsorship for the ODI Cricket tri-series & the Test match series, to be played in Bangladesh, starting January 4, 2010. The Cricket tournament which includes a seven match ODI tri-series between India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka and two test match series between India and Bangladesh will be titled 'The IDEA Cup'. |
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| Vodafone launches Unlimited SMS offer in Mumbai[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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Vodafone prepaid customers in Mumbai can now avail 500 free local or national SMS daily with a Bonus Card of Rs. 89 with a validity of 30 days. To activate the offer, prepaid customers can SMS ACT SMS89 to 144 (toll free) from their mobile phones. First SMS of the day will be charged at Re1 and thereafter the customer can send up to 499 SMS free. |
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| S Tel launches GSM services in Jharkhand, a day after Bihar launch[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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S Tel Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Siva Group and BMIC Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain Telecommunications Company, today announced the commencement of services in Jharkhand within a day from launching its telecom services in Bihar and within a week of successfully launching in Himachal Pradesh and Odisha. |
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| Tata Indicom partners with Samsung to launch data services[Date:-04-01-2010] |
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Tata Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices today announced the launch of a high speed data enabled phone that will allow both prepaid and postpaid subscribers to access high speed data on the fly. Introducing the new Samsung Corby, it's the first high end open market handset device that will be available to all Tata Indicom customers across India. |
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