XL Tele plans Rs 60cr IPO

Secunderabad-based XL Telecom, an assembly partner and distributor of Kyocera Wireless Corp, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) of around Rs 60 crore in the next few months. Kyocera Wireless is a global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones. XL Telecom plans to set up an assembly line based on surface mount technology, which is [...]

Kamera and Cellebrum to sell mobile video in India

Mobile content aggregator and Bulk SMS provider Cellebrum has signed a deal with Sweden based Mobile TV provider Kamera for the distribution of its video content to mobile users in India. Kamera provides TV and video content for online and mobile distribution, including content from Associated Press Television News, entertainment channel WOW! TV and sports [...]

BSNL floats world’s largest mobile tender

Business Standard reports that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today issued the world’s single largest GSM mobile tender for a total of 45.5 million lines. Going by current estimated equipment prices, this order can be worth anywhere between $2.5 billion and $4 billion. The list of prospective bidders includes most global telecom equipment companies, including Nokia [...]

Nripendra Misra is new TRAI chief

Nripendra Misra is the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Pradip Baijal, the existing chairman, retired on Tuesday. He will be the first TRAI chairman who has prior experience in the telecom sector. Misra has worked as chairman of the telecom commission and as secretary of the department of telecommunications (DoT). [...]

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SifyMall to use NGPay

Shopping portal SifyMall.com has announced that its users will be able to buy products and services over their phones and pay using JiGrahak’s m-commerce/m-payment platform

Taking Stock

Krishnan Thiagarajan takes stock of Bharti Tele-Ventures, Reliance Communication Ventures and Hutchinson Essar from a financial markets perspective. While BTV and RCV are integrated (mobile, fixed and long distance) players, Hutchinson Essar is a mobile pure-play. Operating profit margin: Across the three companies, the sequential (quarter-on-quarter) revenue growth of the mobile business for the third [...]

CAG pulls up BSNL, MTNL, ITI for losses

According to a latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), three telecom PSUs – BSNL, MTNL and ITI – have suffered a loss in revenues of Rs 527.52 crore during 2004-05 due to various reasons including short or non recovery of dues or unproductive expenditure. BSNL was on the top with revenue loss [...]

Reliance facts and figures

Reuters has compiled some facts and figures about Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd., which made its stock market debut recently and was trading at Rs 322.40 on Friday. Reliance Communications is the holding company for top CDMA operator Reliance Infocomm Ltd., GSM operator Reliance Telecom Ltd., bandwidth company Flag Telecom Ltd. and Reliance Communication Infrastructure Ltd. [...]

Sydus Mobile Radio

Indiantelevision.com interviews Saumil Nanavati, president of Singapore based 3G radio service provider Sydus. Last year the company, in partnership with Virgin Radio, introduced MobileRadio, claimed to be the world’s first 3G radio. Indian users are amongst the top six users of Sydus’ MobileRadio technology for Virgin Radio UK’s service. According to a recent study, The [...]

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