Darryl Green quits Tata Tele

Tata Teleservices CEO Darryl Green has quit the company after a two-year stint.
Darryl was heading Vodafone’s Japan operations prior to joining Tata Tele. Mr Green was the only foreigner holding the CEO’s post in any of the telecom companies.
Darryl has joined staffing services giant Manpower Inc. as its Executive Vice President and President of the [...]

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 [...]

Tatas to invest in South African telco InfraCo

ET reports that Tatas are picking up 26% in InfraCo, a new telecom company in South Africa. The remaining stake in the company will be held by the South African government.
The joint venture will be the third network operator in South Africa, and apart from offering long distance services within the country, it will also [...]