Department of Telecom against Chinese telecom equipments
Department of Telecom has stated that they are not in favour of Chinese telecom equipments from being installed in the country on the basis of potential security issues.
This view is not being supported by the telecom giants in the country as they claim that a ban would escalate [...]
Reliance Communications in talks with China Mobile
Industry sources are claiming that Reliance Communications is in talks with China Mobile.
This news resulted in Reliance Communications stock jumping in the stock market.
The reports in the media claim that the two companies are in talks for potential strategic alliance.
Reliance Communications is one of the leading telecom [...]
Mobile phones without IMEI number would be disabled from April 15
Indian mobile service providers would disable access to phones with IMEI numbers starting April 15.
The aim is to prevent the usage of mobile phones which cannot be tracked as they lack the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number.
This move is a result of an [...]
ZTE to provide equipment to Loop Telecom
Chinese networking industry giant ZTE has announced a deal with Indian mobile service provider Loop Mobile.
As part of this deal, ZTE would provide end-to-end network equipment to Loop which has won a licence to offer pan-India based GSM mobile services.
The deal includes supply of telecom equipments and other [...]
Mobile phones a necessity in these tough times for Indians
India remains one of the few markets where mobile phone market continues to see a massive growth.
Along with China, it accounts for millions of new connections every month.
Anshul Gupta, principal research analyst at Gartner stated in a report that even in these tough times, Indian [...]
BSNL plans to offer bundled handsets on CDMA platform
Government owned telecom company BSNL is planning a mega entry into the CDMA market.
The company is planning to offer bundled handsets with their CDMA based mobile service packages.
They have now invited global CDMA handset makers to collaborate with them for this mega project.
BSNL has plans to [...]
Deal Represents Another Joint Win with Ericsson; Redback to Help Airtel Deliver Pre-Paid and On-Demand Broadband Services
Redback Networks Inc., an Ericsson company (NASDAQ:ERIC) that makes video-centric routers for 75 percent of the world’s largest triple-play networks, today announced a deal to deliver broadband-on-demand services for Bharti Airtel LTD (Airtel), India’s largest private integrated telecom [...]
India set to overtake US in number of mobile users
The Indian mobile market saw an addition of 8.53 million subscribers in the month of February.
Market analysts believe that the country could soon overtake USA to become the second largest mobile market in the world by April.
China remains the top market in terms of mobile [...]
