India’s 3G and WiMax license auction now scheduled for December
India’s Department of Telecommunications has announced that the auction to sell the 3G and Wimax licenses would be held in December this year.
The auction was to take place earlier this year but it was delayed.
DoT said in its website that the auction process [...]
Virgin Group and Spice Group interested in MTNL 3G marketing service
MTNL recently announced that they were looking for a partner to market their 3G services in the country.
The response to this project has been less than impressive.
Industry sources say that only Virgin and Spice have shown interest in this venture.
AT&T and France [...]
BSNL could look for partners to run their 3G operations
Both MTNL and BSNL have failed to generate any excitement with the launch of their 3G services in the Indian market.
MTNL has reportedly gained only 1000 subscribers while BSNL could get only around 10000 customers.
MTNL has already announced that they are now looking for [...]
3G coming to Gurgaon soon
MTNL has announced that they would soon start providing 3G services to mobile users in Gurgaon region.
They are aiming to offer this service starting next month.
MTNL has already launched their 3G Jadoo services in Delhi and Mumbai regions.
The company is hoping to achieve a target of 800,000 customers in the [...]
A. Raja: 3G in India is a priority
India’s newly appointed minister of communications and information technology A Raja has admitted that the launch of 3G services in India is a priority.
Currently, only MTNL and BSNL are allowed to provide 3G services in the Indian market.
The private sector has yet to get the appropriate licenses [...]
MTNL set to launch 3G services in Delhi
Government owned telecom company MTNL is all set to launch their 3G services in Delhi.
MTNL CMD R S P Sinha said in a statement: “We will launch 3G operations in Delhi in next 10 days.”
The services would be launched in their Mumbai market next month.
The company [...]
MTNL Jaadu 3G services launched in Delhi
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited has now launched their 3G services in the Delhi region.
They have branded this service Jaadu (Magic).
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke at the launch event: “I congratulate MTNL and the communications minister for launching the 3G service. Competition has to be the major propeller of [...]
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to launch 3G services tomorrow
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited has announced that they would be launching their 3G mobile services on Thursday.
They would hence become the first mobile service provider in the country to offer 3G services.
MTNL’s 3G services would be provided to their existing customers for a period of two months [...]
MTNL could test launch 3G in Delhi this month
Department of Telecom has hinted that stated owned telecom company MTNL is all set to test launch their 3G services in Delhi this month.
Both MTNL and BSNL have already received the permissions to start their 3G network operations in the country.
MTNL could start providing these services in [...]
BSNL 3G before the end of the year
Government owned telecom company BSNL has announced that they would be launching their 3G services before the end of the year.
BSNL Chairman and MD Kuldeep Goyal said in a statement: “We will be commencing the operations by the end of December starting from North and Eastern parts of [...]
