BPL close to strategic partnership
BPL Mobile is in advanced stages of negotiations for a strategic partnership; will go the IPO way if the talks fail.
Consolidation in the industry is inevitable as the small / regional operators will find it increasingly difficult to survive against the deep pockets and presence of national operators.
Essar mounts hostile bid for Spice
Economic Times reports that the Essar group is trying to buy out the stake of foreign partners in Spice Telecom. Essar has a 33% equity in Hutch Essar (India’s third largest operator) while Spice is a provider in Punjab and Karnataka circles.
However, it will not be easy for the Essar group to buy out the [...]
Roaming charges reduced
Hutch and Airtel have announced cuts in their roaming charges after Communication & IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran urged the private cellular operators to do so.
Airtel, Hutch and Idea have announced a 33 percent cut in roaming airtime rates, from the current Rs 3 to Rs.1.99 effective from May 1. BPL and Idea are yet to [...]
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Indian phone users hit 10 crores
The number of telephone connections in India has crossed 10 crores and the customer base is likely to touch 25 crores by 2007. India is currently the world’s fifth-largest telecom market.
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Markets on Mobiles
Airtel and IDEA have each launched monthly subscription-based services which provide market information for a monthly fee of Rs. 150. IDEA has it for the commodity markets and is delivered by SMS. Airtel’s is in association with the Bombay Stock Exchange and is a downloadable application.
The way these two services are delivered, one by SMS [...]
Rajasthan Patrika introduces SMS services
Rajasthan Patrika is a leading newspaper of Rajashtan. It has launched SMS services on the 6969 shortcode.
One can understand TV channels launching shortcode SMS services to add the interactive element to shows and profiting from it. But what is the synergy for a newspaper in being just another provider of ringtones, wallpapers, games etc. I [...]
Cellphonies
I think everyone will relate to this story on mobile subterfuge in social situations.
“People are turning the technology on its head,” Katz said. “They are taking a device that was designed to talk to people who are far away and using it to communicate with people who are directly around them.”
All in a SMS game
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