According to
Telecommunications
Minister Dayanidhi Maran,
India will overtake the
U.S. and assume the second
position in subscriber
terms in 20 months.<More>
Maxis Budgets Rs. 2000
Crore
(March 12, 2007)
Malaysian company Maxis
Communications owning 74
per cent stake in mobile
telecommunications
operator Aircel Cellular
plans to invest Rs. 2000
crore (USD 454 million)
and reach eight million
subscribed in 2007-08.<More>
Vodafone Headsets in India
(February 19, 2007)
China's leading telecom
gear maker the
$7.3-billion ZTE Corp has
reportedly met with
Vodafone Group to set up a
world-class GSM handset
manufacturing hub in India
to meet low-cost handset
requirements for Indian,
Brazil, and Russian
markets.<More>
Tele-Density Rises
(January 17, 2007)
Keeping pace with a smart
economic growth, tele-density
(the number of telephone
subscribers) surged to 17.16%
or 189.33 million users in
December 2006 with wireless
subscribers registering the
largest segment with 149.5
million. <More>
Venezuela to Nationalize
Telecom
(January 11, 2007)
Bucking the global trend
to privatize and
globalize businesses and
state-owned enterprises,
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez announced
plans to nationalize his
country’s electrical and
telecommunication
companies.<More>
Hardware Blossomed in 2006
(January 09, 2007)
Having established itself as a major
information technology and related
services sector, India saw an
increasing number of hardware
manufactures attracted to the
country driven largely by the
promising domestic market.<More>
Security and Telecom Investment
(November 08, 2006)
After a year of deregulation in the
Telecommunications space allowing
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)
from 49% to 74%, the Government has
received only 2 applications while
others complain that the security
restrictions are too harsh for
viable investment.<More>
Macro Indicators Strong, Agri
Worrisome
(October 11, 2006)
Although economic growth is at
7.5%-8%, inflation in check at
5%-5.5%, investments in Telecom & IT
estimated at USD 16 billion, and
more reforms on financial and retail
sector in the offing, the Indian
economy continues to roar but
Agriculture continues to be a major
worry.<More>
TRAI Releases 3G Roadmap
(September 29, 2006)
Breaking the suspense, the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
announced a roadmap for third
generation (3G) mobile services to
start next June, but Minister for
Telecommunication Dayanidhi Maran
said that he will formalize a report
in 3 months.<More>
Fastest Mobile Growth as Margins
Drop
(September 15, 2006)
India raced past the capture the
fastest growing mobile market in the
world but operators say that the
average revenue per user (ARPU) has
steadily fallen correlating to steep
declines in tariffs because of
intense competition and cheaper
short-message service.<More>
Review of FDI in Telecom
(March 09, 2006)
The Government is reviewing foreign direct investment
(FDI) in telecom after the Essar Group notified it of
its Honk Kong partner Hutchinson selling a stake to
Egypt based Orascom.<
More>
5th Largest, Fastest Growing Mobile Population
(June 09, 2006)
India became the fifth country in the world to host
more than 100 million mobile subscribers and also has
the fastest growth rate-- China has the most with 404
million subscribers, the US 185 million, Japan 150
million, and Russia 140 million.<More>
ICA Predicts Large Telecom growth
(June 08, 2006)
The Indian Cellular Association (ICA) of India says
that the nation has the potential to manufacture
around 100 to 110 million handsets or 10 per cent of
the world’s requirements by 2010 and is set to become
an export hub for mobile phones. <More>
Tata Wants Spectrum Policy Review
(May 4, 2006)
Rata Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group and an important
player in the Telecommunication space, has appealed to
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review the spectrum
allocation plan that treats the scarce resource
inefficiently.<More>
Reneging Huwawei Bids for BSNL
(May 4, 2006)
Chinese networking vendor Huwawei Technologies said
that it will bid for a major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
(BSNL) GSM contract even though it had reneged on its
earlier CDMA contract after winning the bid by quoting
the lowest price.<More>
BSNL Plans 45.5 m GSM Lines
(March 25, 2006)
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the largest phone company in India has issued a contract seeking bids for the supply of 45.5 million GSM
lines in the next 3 years.<More>
Govt to Release Spectrums, Boost Telecom
(March 22, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that his Government
would release a part of the spectrum that it owns.<More>
BSNL Plans 60m GSM Lines
(February 27, 2006)
Government owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
is planning to invite bids for 60 million GSM lines
valued at USD 4.5 billion.<More>
India Competes with China in Telecom
(February 02, 2006)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said
that since the launch of cellular telephony, India
added 4.5 million users in a month thus matching the
"add-on" rate of China. <More>
TRAI to Resurrect Convergance
(January 17, 2006)
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is
planning to resurrect an old plan to converge telecom,
Internet, and broadcasting sectors. <More>
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