Indian Telecom Industry

TRAI exempts machine to machine and person to machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM

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TRAI has exempted the machine to machine and person to machine messages from the limit of 200 SMS per day per SIM. TRAI has received representations from the stakeholders that in view of the limit of 200 SMS per day … Read More »

23 Jan

SMS Spam: TRAI to Block Bulk International SMS Beginning with Alphanumeric Combination

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When TRAI issued the regulation to block SMS spam messages, many of the spammers took international routes and started routing SMS through servers located outside India. Generally such SMSes originated from Germany, Sweden, Nauru, Fiji, Cambodia, Bosnia, Albania, Grenada, UK, … Read More »

20 Jan

Vodafone Wins $2.5Bn Tax Case, Also Planning an IPO

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In a big relief to Vodafone, the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Vodafone regarding the tax lawsuit which has been pending for the last 3 years. The court has said that the Indian tax department cannot tax the … Read More »

11 Jan

Micromax gets new CEO, also hires HTC’s Ex Country Head for its Smartphone division

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Micromax has announced appointment of key positions further strengthening its management team in India. Deepak Mehrotra whose last assignment in Bharti was as the operations directors- mobility business joins as the new Micromax CEO. Important hires: – Deepak Mehrotra joins … Read More »

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10 Jan

India added only 2.74 mn mobile subscribers in November 2011

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As per the latest data issued by TRAI, telecom operators added only 2.74 million million subscribers in November 2011 taking the total number of subscribers to 884.37 million. Although the gross addition in number of wireless subscribers during the month … Read More »

19 Dec

Show Off Your Fancy Mobile Number – BSNL Lets You Choose One Online

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If you fancy nice premium looking numbers BSNL’s latest feature might just entice you. State owned telecom operator BSNL has launched a feature that allows you to select your favorite number online from the set of all numbers available in … Read More »

10 Dec

India to Provide Broadband Connectivity to All Panchayats [National Optical Fibre Network]

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The Indian government has approved creation of National Optical Fibre Network [NOFN] for providing broadband connectivity to all Panchayats. The plan is to extend the existing optical fibre network initially upto Panchayats by utilizing the Universal Services Obligation Fund (USOF) … Read More »

08 Dec

2011 Recap: Kolaveri Di Downloaded 2,10,000 Times [airtel Mobitude 2011 Report]

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airtel has released its Mobitude 2011 study that looks at customer preference through their mobile usage patterns and trends. Read More »

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31 Oct

Vodafone (re)launches App Store in India

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Vodafone launched its app store in India (developed by Arvato) in the month of March, 2010 and has relaunched its appstore with a new partner, Appia. Appia provides white labeled app marketplace to operators with a ready-to-launch catalog of paid … Read More »