Siva, Temasek may buy into Tata Tele
ET reports that C Sivasankaran is close to buying a stake in Tata Teleservices (TTSL). It is believed that he may buy just under 10%, because he has a no-compete agreement with Maxis. Also, Singapore-based equity fund Temasek is believed to be in negotiations to pick up 9.9% in TTSL.
In all, Tata group may be [...]
Nokia gets Hutch networks management deal
Nokia has struck a 5-year deal to run network operations in nine areas for Hutchison Essar Ltd.
The deal is intended to allow the operator to focus on customers and core activities, and will mean Nokia takes over network planning, operations and management, among other tasks. More than 600 Hutchison Essar staff will move to Nokia.
Hutch [...]
Your number forever?
Business Standard article nicely covers the issues related to number portability in India.
Voices for MNP say:
* Cost per subscriber to introduce MNP in Australia is Rs 675
* Cost per subscriber to introduce MNP in Europe is Rs 900
* Cost per subscriber in India to introduce MNP is expected to be around Rs 300
* Pakistan to [...]
Kirana dot Comm
According to a study conducted by GFK Asia Marketing Services of the distribution channels used for mobile phones from February ‘05 to November ‘05, mom and pop general stores and kirana stores have been giving substantial business volumes for handset makers in recent months.
Percentage of sales in units:
Specialised telecom shops = 41%
Multi-product (General stores) outlets [...]
IMS for higher ARPU
The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture presents a huge opportunity for telecom service providers, infrastructure vendors, handheld device suppliers and subscribers. Financial Express reports on the potential of the technology, since its very early days for it in India.
The IMS architecture sits at the core and the access level of a telephone network.
At the core [...]
Is postpaid expensive for low-end users
ET does some calculations, comparing lifetime prepaid plans with postpaid plans for users with low daily usage.
The conclusion: if you don’t make too many calls, it’s worth considering a switch to the lifetime pre-paid scheme, despite the higher call rates.
Say, you make calls for about 10 minutes a day. At Rs 1.99/minute for local calls [...]
BSNL unhappy with Ericsson and Nortel services
BSNL has taken private telecom equipment suppliers Ericsson and Nortel to task, saying the poor quality of their network had caused massive revenue losses in just two months.
The Principal General Manager of Calcutta Telephones, in a letter to the top management, has asked them to issue instructions to both Ericsson and Nortel to resolve all [...]
India set to become 3rd largest market in 2006
India is expected to be the world’s third-largest mobile market by number of users, behind China and the United States.
It is widely seen as the last big market for mobile phone growth. Less than 40% of the country’s total area is covered by mobile networks, and fewer than eight in every 100 Indians use mobiles, [...]
Lifetime free and handset sales
90% of the new subscribers enrolling for the 2-3 years and lifetime-free mobile schemes are very low-end subscribers or first-time users.
Nearly 30% of the demand comes from rural and semi-urban India. New subscribers in these areas have started looking at mobile phones as a necessity and buy very basic phones. Nokia’s basic model 1100 sells [...]
Riya receives $15 mln funding
Riya Photo Search, a Silicon Valley startup developing digital search technology for images, said it has received a $15 million in second round of funding from Bay Partners. The company received a $4 million initial funding in venture capital from LeapFrog and BlueRun Ventures.
Riya, which works on facial recognition technology, sorts and tags customer’s snapshot. [...]
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