National rural telecom licence

In yet another move to increase the rural tele-density, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has recommended that the government create a national rural telecom licence, that allows companies to operate all kinds of telecom services, exclusively in rural areas.
The regulator has proposed that companies which offer services under the new licence be charged [...]

Airtel rated best service provider: TNS Celltrack study

Airtel has been rated as the best cellular service by subscribers among the national players according to the latest annual TNS CellTrack 2005 study.
The final tally for the top performer among national operators has been bagged by Airtel, which led with a TNS TRI*M Index of 82, followed closely by Hutch and Reliance with a [...]

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Mobile phones banned in Rajasthan government collegesMobile phones are already banned in all schools in the state.
Telecom infrastructure solutions provider Tanla Solutions planning an IPOTo meet demand for telecom products, aggregator services and offshore development.
Pradip Baijal: 3G spectrum auction may create problemSuggests issuing separate licenses for such services as an alterantive.
Deloitte ranks ACL Wireless as [...]

1.17 million new CDMA users in Nov

CDMA based operators added a total 14.6 lakh subscribers in November, which includes about 11.8 lakh in the CDMA mobile segment and 2.2 lakh in the fixed wireless and the rest through wireline.
The total CDMA-based mobile base has touched 1.55 crore subscribers. The overall growth in November 2005 has been 6.68% as compared to 5.51% [...]

66% of India’s mobile population is on pre-paid

ET story talking about various entry level talk plans of Reliance, Airtel and Hutch.
Operators are aiming to convert a section of their pre-paid customers into regular users. This is because the revenue per month is higher in this category though the numbers are small.
At the same time, telecom companies are also targeting the low-end of [...]