Court bans cricket score updates on mobiles

The Madras High Court has asked service providers across the country not to give score updates of the India-Pakistan one-day international cricket series on mobile phones and websites after a firm said it had exclusive rights on the information.
The court was acting on a civil suit filed by Marksman Marketing Services, which said it had [...]

Almost 80

India’s mobile user base stood at 79.94 million users at the end of January. Record 3.5 million GSM users were added in January 2006 as compared to 3.2 million additions in December 2005.
The new additions by nine GSM carriers raised total GSM user base to 62 million customers. The CDMA subscriber base in the country [...]

Telekom Malaysia eyeing stake in Spice

The Hindu reports that Telekom Malaysia is in talks with Spice Telecom to pick up a stake in the mobile operator. Spice offers cellular services in Punjab and Karnataka with a total subscriber base of 1.7 million users.
BK Modi’s Spicecorp (India) holds a 51% stake in Spice Tele, while the balance 49% is shared between [...]