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Telecom Operators Seek Govt. Subsidy to Deploy LBS Infra in India

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LBS is the next killer app in 3G & mobile broadband ready India and while it hasn’t really taken off yet, operators are blaming the lack of activity to monetary hurdles in setting up the infrastructure for LBS deployment in … Read More »

03 Feb

Of Mr Raja, 2G licences and Honorable Supreme Court

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If government had intentions to have low prices then they should have prevented trading after the allocation which was not the case Read More »

31 Jan

Telecom Subscription Data: Urban Down, Rural Up. Wireless Teledensity reaches 74.15%

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Total Wireless subscriber base has increased from 884.37 Million in November 2011 to 893.84 Million at the end of December 2011, registering a growth of 1.07%. – The share of Urban Subscriber has marginally decreased from 65.73% to 65.59% where … Read More »

27 Jan

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 »