Do-Not-Call registry from April
Irritation level of mobile owners is set to reduce drastically. Subscribers harassed by telemarketing calls can expect some relief from the proposed do-not-call (DNC) registry that will come into effect this April.
ET reports that Trai, in its guidelines on the DNC registry, will specify that subscribers will only have to inform their service provider to [...]
Roaming rates slashed
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a tariff order substantially reducing the tariffs
for national roaming for mobile subscribers. This would result in reduction of roaming tariffs to the extent of 22% to 56% compared with the current market rates.
Distance neutral composite ceiling tariffs specified.
No rental for roaming in any form.
Mobile operators can not charge any [...]
Almost 150
India added 6.48 million new mobile subscribers in December 2006, slightly lower than 6.80 million added in the month of November 2006.
At the end of 2006:
Total wireless (GSM, CDMA and WLL-F) subscriber base stood at 149.50 million
Wireline subscriber base reached 40.43 million
Gross telephony subscribers in country reached 189.93 million
Overall tele-density reached 17.16%
Sunil Mittal is Fortune’s Asian businessman of the year
Sunil Mittal has been adjudged “Asia businessman of the year” by Fortune magazine for making Bharti Airtel the telecom leader in India.
This Fortune article talks about how he built a mobile-phone empire by turning outsourcing on its head.
The epiphany.
The more he pondered, the more Mittal doubted his ability to build out a network fast [...]
Mobile Monday - January event
Mobile Monday Mumbai’s first event in 2007 will be held on 22nd January on the topic “Mobile VAS = .com bubble?”.
Thanks to Indiagames for hosting the event and supporting the Mobile Monday community.
Agenda:
Presentation by Vishal Gondal - CEO, Indiagames
Discussion on the topic
When:
Monday, 22nd January, 2007
6.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Where:
Indiagames
423, Sai Commercial Complex Annex,
Next to MTNL [...]
Mobile payment service mChek launched in Delhi
Airtel post-paid users in Delhi can now pay their mobile phone bill from the mobile itself by using mChek’s newly launched mobile payment service.
mChek is a payment system using mobile phones. Currently any credit card issued by any bank can be used with mChek. mChek transactions will be reflected as any other transaction in [...]
Reliance inks telecom deal with Bharti
The Mobile Pundit is back. With a scoop. Well, almost.
The story is really about Reliane Retail signing a deal with Bharti Airtel to source mobile and enterprise communication services.
Reliance Retail CEO Raghu Pillai confirmed that talks are on.
“All stores would be connected to each other and to the logistics chains to meet our high-end communication [...]
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