Record 6.1 mn new GSM users in March

GSM mobile operators added a record 6.1 million customers in March, taking total GSM users to 121.4 million.

Bharti Airtel = 1.7 million new, 37.1 million total
BSNL = 2.0 million new, 27.4 million total
Hutchison Essar = 1.1 million new, 26.4 million total

COAI (GSM body) has released the data for March. Since AUSPI (CDMA body) releases its [...]

The Re-verification

The March 31 deadline for subscriber re-verification process is past.
DoT had strictly instructed operators to complete the re-verification by March 31. Failure of operators to verify would mean disconnection of the mobile numbers or the operator will face a penalty of Rs 1,000 for each unverified subscriber.
DoT took up the subscriber verification issue after it [...]

Windows Mobile’s India sales

Indicative sales numbers from a credible source are difficult to come by, especially on handset sales. But we got twice lucky.
India sales numbers in calendar 2006:

Number of Windows Mobile smartphones = 50,000
Number of Blackberry devices = 29,000

This Deccan Hearld article gives the impression that Microsoft wants to take Blackberry head-on and is positioning itself [...]

Top management exit at Aircel

ET reports that India’s fifth largest GSM service provider Aircel Cellular has lost its top management brass. Aircel CEO Jagdish Kini and its CFO Ganapathy Subramaniam have tendered their resignations while the company’s legal council head Rajinder Singh is also set to leave.
The article speculates that the exits are related to Hutch-Essar’s former deputy managing [...]

MoMo Mumbai - April Event

Mobile Monday’s Mumbai chapter is going international!
The April event of Mobile Monday’s Mumbai chapter will happen on the 2nd Monday of the month, that is April 9th. It is sponsored by Singapore based BuzzCity which operates a global direct-to-consumer mobile community and content portal myGamma.
Topic:
Interactive marketing opportunities on mobile internet
Agenda:
* Dr. Lai Kok Fung, CEO, [...]