Motorola has 14% market share in India

Motorola has become the No. 2 in handset sales in India with a market share of 14%. Market leader Nokia has a market share upwards of 60%. The ET story says Motorola had a 2% market share in December 2005. I think thats incorrect. According to this post — Motorola was already No. 3 in [...]

Access IN services of other operators

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has passed a regulation allowing mobile subscribers to access Intelligent Network (IN) services such as toll-free number of other service providers. At present, consumers can access special services through Intelligent Network (IN) deployed by the telecom operator in their network only. Free phone or toll free number, Virtual Calling [...]

80% of Reliance handset sales are of LG make

According to H S Bhatia, LG national group head (GSM Mobile Phones), over 80% of CDMA handsets sold through Reliance are of LG make. LG Electronics is planning to increase its focus on GSM handsets in India, which is a shift from its current focus on CDMA-based mobile handsets. “GSM handsets also makes sense as [...]

Every 6th person in Himachal has a mobile

With a population of more than 62 lakh (6+ mn), the number of mobile phones in north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh have grown to 11,21,431 (1+ mn). According to the latest figures, until October this year, Bharti Airtel = 468,667 customers BSNL = 309,821 customers Reliance Telecom = 108,915 customers Tata = 64,386 customers [...]

Idea to enter Mumbai

The Department of Telecom has issued Letter of Intent (LoI) to GSM operator Idea Cellular for the Mumbai and Bihar circles. This clears the way for entry of Idea as the seventh operator in Mumbai. But there is still a hurdle for Idea to cross before it can start operations. The entry is at least [...]

Events Alert: 2nd Telecom & Broadband

Telecom & Broadband Summit & Expo 2006 Theme: “India

Hutch shelves IPO

Differences between the two JV partners of Hutch — Hutchison International and Essar Group — have led to the scrapping of plans to list Hutchison Essar. Hutchison group MD Canning Fok was quoted as saying: “the original plan to list the business was largely to fulfil the commitment made by the group to JV partner [...]

250 million by end of 2007

The number of telecom subscribers in India will reach a staggering 250 million by end of 2007, according to Fitch Ratings in its latest report on ‘Indian Telecoms Sector – Sustainable Growth Ahead’. Over the medium term, Fitch anticipates the emergence of six operators BSNL, Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications Limited, Hutchison Essar, Idea Cellular and [...]

How to Save a Wet Mobile Phone

So what do you do if your mobile gets wet? Here is what.

The Economist honors Sam Pitroda

Sam Pitroda, chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission has been honored by the presitigious British weekly The Economist for pioneering India’s communications revolution. “In 1987 Mr Pitroda was asked by Rajiv Gandhi, the Indian prime minister, to help democratise access to telecommunications. His response was to deploy instantly-recognisable yellow telephone kiosks in every town and [...]

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