DoT issues notice to Bharti

Department of Telecom has issued a notice to Bharti Televentures alleging violation of the National Numbering Plan of 2003 through one of its plans. The Airtel 2-in-1 plan violates the NNP 2003 as the subscribers are made to dial ‘#’ (hash) while making a call. Use of any such keys is against the NNP and [...]

InstaCharge

BPL has launched a battery-operated emergency cellphone charger for Rs 200. The charger operates on two pencil cells which provide 90 minutes of talk time to your mobile phone. The device comes with four different adaptors that can help charge almost any mobile phone in popular use in India today. It looks like a cigarette [...]

Coruscant launches Airblog for BREW

Coruscant Tec has launched Airblog – a moblogging application developed for Qualcomm’s Brew solution. This application enables users to update their blogs from their mobile phones. Airblog has a simple, user-friendly interface that allows users to download the application over the air and install it on Brew-enabled handsets after filling out a brief registration form. [...]

Airtel and Hutch networks poor in Mumbai

Telecom regulator TRAI says the quality of services by operators such as Airtel and Hutch is poor in Mumbai mainly due to less number of cell sites being put up by the service providers. All the service providers, in common, have coverage problems in several locations as these are currently being covered remotely by sites [...]

Recharge through e-charge

Prepaid users now have the flexibility to request a recharge over phone and pay later. Here’s how the

Why Ratan Tata took charge of Tata Tele

With just 2.4 million mobile subscribers and only 2.5% share of India’s burgeoning mobile market, TataTele has been a disappointment for the group. Tata Teleservices has just 2.5% market share in India’s booming mobile market, which is growing at a scorching CAGR of 70%. The company is a poor ninth in the top 10 list [...]

Low tariffs could sink telcos

Tata Tele’s new tariff plan Non-Stop Mobile, which offers a mobile connection for two years at zero price except the handset, has been pegged as potentially ‘destructive’ to the telecom industry by a report from Bric Securities (wasn’t able locate any information on this firm on the internet). RK Dhanvada dismisses the story. 1. That [...]

Amar Chitra Katha on Mobiles

Ananth Pai of Amar Chitra Katha / Tinkle fame, has tied up with Coruscant Tec to push folktales and mythological comics into cellphones. Mobile comics can be read via a WAP connection or as MMS, with the frames being read individually, using the scroll key. The idea is to tap the pester power of India’s [...]

Mobile growth past their peak

Article in DNA has a good analysis of growth trends in Indian telecom. It starts with the point that since India now has a large user base, the percentage of growth will be lower. Year-on-year growth in the past four months was 52%, much lower than the comparable period growth rate of about 80%. ARPUs [...]

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