MoMo Mumbai - June Event
Inviting the mobile developer community for the June event of Mobile Monday Mumbai hosted by Reliance Communicatons.
So far the events of Mobile Monday Mumbai had business-centric themes. Thanks to the support of Reliance Communications we will be hosting a mobile developer centric event for the first time.
Added attraction this time will be a 15 min [...]
Full roll-out of Reliance GSM this year
Announcing the company’s results, Reliance Communications chairman Anil Ambani said: “We are presently operating our GSM business in 8 circles and in 8,000 towns. We plan a full roll-out in all our circles this year.”
The company would need Rs 4,500 crore for the nationwide GSM roll-out. It would also be setting up 20,000 towers. However, [...]
Nepal launches 3G
State-owned GSM operator Nepal Telecom launched Nepal’s and Indian sub-continent’s first 3G service on May 17.
The 3G SIM card reportedly cost Nepali Rs 4,195 (US$64.50) with 3G tariffs similar to that of prepaid rates.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has released guidelines for the running of MVNOs. Pakistan had 58.39 million mobile subscribers at the end of [...]
In our lifetime
An analysis by telecom regulator Trai on the success of lifetime validity schemes over six months revealed that in revenue proportion, lifetime schemes are no different from the general tariff plans offered by mobile operators.
“The big picture emerging from the analysis based on empirical data is that the scheme has been very popular. The scheme [...]
Idea signs $500m deal with Nokia Siemens
Idea Cellular, India’s sixth largest operator, has signed a $500 million network expansion contract with Nokia Siemens.
The two-year deal will double Idea’s capacity in six of its eleven existing circles - Delhi, Haryana, UP (East), UP (West), Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It will allow Idea to expand reach to 6,000 new centres besides the existing [...]
Virgin Mobile entering India
Virgin Mobile is entering the Indian market through a 50:50 joint venture with Tata TeleServices, possibly in the next month.
Virgin will exclusively license the Virgin Mobile brand and technology expertise in the area of value-added services (VAS) and handsets to TTSL. This will allow CDMA operator TTSL to use Virgin’s core expertise in marketing and [...]
World Telecommunication Day
India along with 189 member countries of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will be observing the 39th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day today.
This year’s theme for the day is “Connecting the Young: The opportunities of ICT“.
Read “From Morse code to source download” for some historical background.
Bharti Airtel Q4 net up 98%
Bharti Airtel has reported a whopping 98% increase in its fourth quarter net profit at Rs 1,353 crore as its revenue increased by 58% to Rs 5393 crore. For the year ended March 2007, Bharti’s net profit increased 89% to Rs 4,257 crore while sales rose 59% to touch 18,520 crore.
Bharti chairman and MD, Sunil [...]
Bharti Airtel to begin operations in Sri Lanka
Bharti Airtel has received approval to become the 5th operator in Sri Lanka. It will invest $150 million to start its 2G and 3G services in the country.
Outside India, Bharti Airtel operates in the Seychelles and the UK Channel Islands.
The other companies which placed their bids for the license were Reliance Communications and Maxis [...]
m.yahoo.com
Yahoo! has launched OneSearch, its mobile search service, in India.
OneSearch is a keyword search on the mobile at http://m.yahoo.com, which can be accessed on a mobile browser with a GPRS connection. All that users need to do is enter a zip code or the city name for OneSearch to start delivering local search results. The [...]
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