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Etisalat Reliance Communications Tie up—Tangles untangled

The latest buzz is Etisalat is in talks with Reliance Communications for buying stake in Reliance communications (RCOM). Etisalat will buy 25% from RCOM and then make an open offer for additional 20%, trying to take its stake to 45%.

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News Roundup: Uninor’s new offering – discounts based on tower congestion level

3G Auction Update

At the end of Day 19 and 110 clock rounds, 3G Auction in India has touched Rs. 10,000 crores with Mumbai leading the race (Rs. 1617.08 Cr) followed by Delhi (Rs. 1549.75 Cr) and Maharashtra circle (Rs. 1020.73 Read More →

Vodafone to Launch the Cheapest Mobile Handset in India – Rs.700

Vodafone is all set to launch the much awaited ultra-low cost Vodafone 150 in India that it announced back in Feb. The handset is reported to cost a mere Rs.700. The phone has 1.0” monochrome graphic display, polyphonic ringtones, Read More →

Telecom News : GSM Market Share (Vodafone pips Airtel in subscriber additions), 3G Auction

Seventh day of 3G auction and after 6 rounds,  the auction witnessed 63% jump in the bid price over the base price, touching the revenues to Rs. 22,841.44 crore. While Gujarat was leading the race earlier, Delhi has regained its top Read More →

More Indians have access to Cellphones than basic sanitation, i.e. Toilets

United Nations has published an interesting report that says more Indians have access to a mobile phone, as compared to basic sanitation faciilty, i.e. toilet.
India has some 545 million cell phones, enough to serve about 45 per cent of the Read More →

What Rural India Wants? A Reliable Phone, Privacy Control and Direct Communication [Market Report]

70 percent of all future mobile subscribers in the country will come from rural areas - I have mentioned this earlier and I do strongly believe that urban India is still looking at Rural India with an urban lens. A Read More →
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