Sasken acquires iSoftTech for Rs 6.5 cr
Sasken Communication Technologies Ltd, a telecom research and development outsourcing solutions company, announced that it has acquired 100% stake in Chennai-based Integrated SoftTech Solutions for about Rs 6.5 crore ($1.45 million), in an all-cash transaction. iSoftTech, which employs 100-plus professionals, has been focussing on data networking, VoIP and wireless domains and has nine active customers. [...]
CII forms Mobile VAS task force
India’s premeir industry association, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has formed a Mobile Value Added Services (VAS) Task force bringing together the content providers, network operators, media companies, handset manufacturers, technology providers under one platform. The objective of this group is to introduce and share best practices, bring companies in the value chain to work [...]
DoT places security hurdle for 3G
In a move that is likely to further delay the introduction of 3G services in India, the Department of Telecom has directed all operators to start the services only after monitoring arrangements are tested and approved by security agencies. The launch of 3G services has been delayed for over an year as the government is [...]
Reliance trialing BlackBerry
Financial Express reports that Reliance is testing the BlackBerry push-email service for use on its networks. The two-year exclusivity agreement Research In Motion had with Bharti Televentures for BlackBerry comes to an end on March 31, 2006. In most countries, BlackBerry is available on more than one network. Worldwide, BlackBerry has partnerships with 150 carriers [...]
My lifetime is greater than yours
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had recently issued a clarification that ‘Lifetime Validity’ product should be valid till the license period of the mobile operator. Therefore the ‘Lifetime Validity’ products offered by mobile operators such as Airtel, who had received their license in 1994, are valid only till 2014. And since Reliance has a longer [...]
Mobile TV in India
Was reading some articles on Mobile TV in India and thought they were mixing up things and raising hype-alarms. Therefore this post. I don’t claim to be an expert in this and welcome feedback from knowledgeable readers. Strictly speaking Mobile TV refers to live TV transmitted through digital broadcasting technologies such as DVB-H and DMB. [...]
Other Notable News and Articles
Hutch brand begins replacing BPL in Maharashtra and GoaAlso replacing existing infrastructure with the latest Nokia equipment. Nokia raise its growth forecast in the global mobile market as demand grows in China and IndiaThe company expects the number of mobile users to touch 3 billion in 2008. GSM operators will continue getting double the spectrum [...]
1 World, 1 Number
Reliance Infocomm and Tata Indicom have launched international roaming dubbed “1 World, 1 Number”, with single number on international CDMA & GSM networks. This means that when the customers of their CDMA networks are roaming on a GSM network internationally, the caller line identification of the customer would still be their CDMA number. Ok – [...]
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