TDSAT rules fixed wireless is mobile

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal on Friday described Tata Tele-Services’ Walky as akin to a wireless in local loop mobile (WLL-M) service. Such a classification means that TTSL and other such providers including Reliance Infocomm, MTNL, Shyam Telelink in Rajasthan and HFCL in Punjab, would have to fork out access deficit charges (ADC) [...]

Celeb RingBack Tones

Ever wondered how does your favourite celeb personalise his/her cell? Hindustan Times has a story in its Mumbai edition today on the RingBack tones / Caller tunes set by Hindi film stars. This is what you would hear if you call them up. So here is what you were dying to know. Hrithik Roshan: Still [...]

Orange wants to enter India

Speaking at the India-EU Business Summit earlier this week, Sanjiv Ahuja CEO of French mobile giant Orange said the company would be very keen to provide 3G services in India. Mr Ahuja said that, although India’s potential is huge, Orange has so far refrained from entering its mobile sector because of the government-imposed limits on [...]

Mobile base surges to 63 million

India added 2.73 million new mobile users in August, taking the total to 63 million. The number of net additions in August was higher than the 2.49 million added in July 2005. GSM = 48.914 million (+20,39,000) CDMA = 13.035 million (+6,93,876) Airtel = 13.413 million (+6,24,209) BSNL = 11.319 million (+5,95,130) Reliance = 11.134 [...]

Mobiles not music to carrier profits?

After digital cameras, the mobile may be turning it’s sight towards iPod. The phone may well become the portable music-player for the masses, relegating the iPod to the hardcore music fan. After Sony Ericsson’s Walkman series W800i, Motorola has announced the launch of Rokr – an iTunes phone, the music store software from Apple, whose [...]

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Airtel installs third switch in MumbaiAdditional capacity of 9,000 erlangs and 6 lakh customers. BSE Quotes Live On R-WorldRs 4 per ticker session and Rs 2 for searching stocks not there in ticker. DoT may set up panel to review decision on FWTMay set up a committee to look into its decision to restrict landlines [...]

OMS bags Spice Mobile Phones deal

The BK Modi Group has awarded its media planning and buying to Optimum Media Solutions for the launch of Spice Mobile Phones across the country. The account is pegged between Rs 120 – 150 million range. Speaking on the size of the current mobile handset market in India, which has been pegged at between Rs [...]

Nokia N90

Nokia has launched the N90 multimedia phone in India. The N90 boasts a camera with a lens from 159-year-old optical equipment specialist Carl Zeiss, auto focus and 20x digital zoom, integrated flash, macro mode for sharp close-ups and high quality video capture with on-phone editing capabilities. Read the full review of the phone on Mobile [...]

Desktops anyone?

“Will PCs become obsolete with the emergence of hi-tech mobile devices?” asks George Paul, executive vice-president of India’s leading PC vendor HCL Infosystems. He then goes on to claim that first-time buyers will prefer desktops over mobile devices. My belief is that the first computing device for most Indians and consumers in emerging markets will [...]

Jataayu on mobile VAS infrastructure market

According to Mahesh Jain, MD, Jataayu Software, the country’s mobile value added services infrastructure market accounts for 10% of total sales, and is presently at Rs 100 crore. Jataayu Software is a Bangalore-based VAS infrastructure and mobile terminal solutions provider that offers solutions to cellular operators, handset manufacturers and hardware design vendors. With a head [...]

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