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Reliance Infocomm subscriber alleges fraud

Dalal, a legal adviser, has filed documents which show that to become a subscriber under the

Telecom Tax Reforms

Indian Telecom sector happens to be one of the highly taxed sectors vis-a-vis other countries. Levies on the Operator are: – Duties on imported equipment – Annual license fee – Contribution to the universal services obligation (USO) fund – Spectrum fee And the consumer pays: – Service tax – Interconnection charge – Access deficit charge [...]

Scorpio’s Turbanator

Business Standard reports that auto-maker Mahindra and Mahindra is launching a racing game on mobiles based on its SUV Scorpio model. Bollywood uses mobile games as a form of merchandise around films and there have been various cases of leveraging mobiles, especially SMS, for marketing. But M&M is probably the first company in its category [...]

Other Notable News & Articles

Gartner praises development in telecom sector Airtel launches a IVR based railway enquiry in Mumbai Bharti waives STD deposit to boost usage DoT issues notice to Tata Tele on Push-to-Talk Cellcos to follow user verification norms from March 1

Mittal at Cannes

Telecom Asia covers Bharti chief Sunil Mittal’s talk at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes saying that India can be a model for GSM operators in other emerging markets. According to Mittal, India is still bursting with untapped potential, citing over 11 million households that can afford mobile service. As prices drop, that should increase to [...]

How to buy a mobile phone!

Rediff has a guide on do’s and dont’s when buying a mobile phone. Nokia’s checklist in the article is more useful: * First, what’s your profession (executive, student, housewife)? * Second, what do you want the phone for (only voice, or imaging and music). * Third, are you an outdoor person, a family person, a [...]

Corporate customers want less cellular fluff

Pauly claimed that the sheer number of operators involved in remote workers’ lives–one for their mobile phone, one for fixed office telephony, one for wireless Internet access and one for fixed broadband access at home–made it almost impossible for budget controllers to keep track of costs… Obermann added that the next challenge for the mobile [...]

GSM ARPU below 400

The national average revenue per user (ARPU) for GSM operators has fallen below the Rs 400 mark to Rs 396.41 during Oct-Dec 2004, down 1.42 per cent from the previous quarter. Hutch (Rs 484.08) and Bharti (Rs 433.35) are the only private GSM service providers having above average ARPUs. Despite the decline in the APRU, [...]

Intel Capital halves stake in Subex Systems

Business Standard story on Bangalore based Subex Systems. The company makes fraud management and revenue maximisation software products for telecom service providers. Intel Capital has drastically reduced its holding in Subex Systems by more than 50 per cent since November last year. Intel Capital’s holding as on February 4, 2005 stands at 4.073 per cent [...]

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