Archive | February, 2009
3i Infotech to Offer Services to Rural India
3i Infotech Ltd. has partnered with ICICI Lombard, Airtel and Max New York Life to offer a range of services to rural consumers under the I-SERV brand. The company said the announcement follows its commitment to constructively harness the rural consumption through its recently launched I-SERV initiative. Through this partnership ICICI Lombard, Airtel and Max [...]
Continue reading...Telecom Commission to take up 4 TRAI plans
23. February 2009
Under fire from the telecom regulator for going slow on key telecom policy reforms, the Telecom Commission has decided to take up recommendations made by the TRAI on four initiatives : allowing unrestricted Internet telephony, improving the effectiveness of National Internet Exchange of India, provision of calling cards by long distance operators and issues relating [...]
Continue reading...Unitech gets spectrum space
23. February 2009
Unitech Wireless, the telecom arm of real estate major Unitech Ltd. said it has received 4.4 megahertz (MHz) of spectrum in the 1,800 MHz GSM band in the West Bengal telecom circle. With this, the company has been allotted initial spectrum in 21 service areas of India out of 22, a company statement said. In [...]
Continue reading...Trai rules out separate VAS licence
23. February 2009
The Trai ruled out the possibility of a separate licence for value added services (VAS) such as videos on cell phones. In its recommendations on the VAS, the Authority said that it does not envisage any separate category of licence for value added services. However it said that there’s need for uniformity in various licences [...]
Continue reading...Airtel Lifetime Prepaid cost lowered to Rs. 99
23. February 2009
Bharti Airtel Ltd. has lowered the price point of its popular Lifetime Prepaid to Rs. 99. The company said this move further reinforces its commitment to make mobile telephony more affordable and provide greater value to the Airtel prepaid customer.”As an industry leader, Airtel has always been at the forefront of driving affordability and expanding [...]
Continue reading...TRAI wants more than one CDMA player to get 3G spectrum
23. February 2009
The telecom regulator has told the Government that it should explore allotting 3G spectrum to more than one CDMA-based mobile operator. There are four CDMA-based mobile players in the country for whom the Department of Telecom is yet to specify the roadmap for adoption third generation mobile technology. As of now, the DoT is planning to [...]
Continue reading...DoT kicks off MNP process to meet June timeline
23. February 2009
Working towards meeting timeline of June 2009, the Department of Telecom (DoT) will shortly issue clarifications to the bidders on the mobile number portability norms, after which it will start accepting applications from the prospective firms to act as agencies for porting numbers. The Government has already held the pre-bid conference last month and is about [...]
Continue reading...Intel Capital invests $ 23 million in three Indian Cos.
23. February 2009
Intel Capital, the corporate venture capital arm of chip maker Intel, has invested a total of $ 23 million in three Indian companies – One97 Communications, IndiaMART.com and Global Talent Track. Though individual investment amounts were not disclosed, sources say that $ 13 million will be invested in One97 Communications, a Delhi-based mobile value added [...]
Continue reading...RCom merges GSM, CDMA services in Orissa
23. February 2009
Reliance Communications (RCom) has integrated its GSM and CDMA mobile services in its Orissa circle. The twin services will now be offered to the subscribers of the state under a single platform called Reliance Mobile. The operational merger of the two services will enable the telecom service provider to achieve effective utilization of its resources, leverage [...]
Continue reading...TRAI Proposes to improve quality of broadband services
23. February 2009
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has proposed to improve the quality of broadband services by specifying the maximum number of subscribers that can be packed into a single unit of bandwidth. In a consultation paper the telecom regulator said that under international practice, ISPs ensure that only 50 subscribers are accommodated in a single 2 Mbps [...]
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23. February 2009
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