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 [...]
Bharti Airtel now serving 50 million customers
Bharti Airtel is the largest private telecom service provider in the country. The company has now announced that they have now crossed a subscriber base of 50 million customers.
These customers are for their mobile, broadband and wireline services.
Bharti Airtel President and CEO Manoj Kohli added in a statement: “Our [...]
Parsvnath Developers to launch mobile services in India!
If telecom players in India can enter the retailing sector, the real estate companies are now planning to enter the telecom market.
Parsvnath Developers is one such company which has now announced their plans to offer mobile-phone and Internet services in the Indian market.
The company is planning to invest [...]
Telecom operators don’t want ISPs to get permission to provide VoIP services
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is the Indian body which represents the GSM operators in the country.
They have now objected to the Trai’s recommendation that the internet service providers in the country should be allowed to offer VoIP based telephony services.
COAI has stated [...]
TRAI tells telecom service providers to set up call centers
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has now brought in a new regulation which makes it mandatory for the telecom providers in the country to set up call centers within 60 days from the date of implementation of the regulation.
The telecom companies are now also required [...]
AT&T launches their business operations in India
US based tech giant AT&T has launched their business operations in India through their entity AT&T Global Network Services India.
AT&T Global Network Services India is a joint venture project between AT&T Inc. and Mahindra Telecommunications Investment Private Ltd.
AT&T Asia Pacific Vice-President V. S. Gopi Gopinath spoke on their business [...]
Mobile Penetration: Higher in Pakistan when compared to India
India is one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world. The market adds lakhs of new users every month. This has prompted UK based Vodafone to enter the Indian market by acquiring a majority stake in Hutch.
However, this is still not enough to challenge the [...]
BSNL to invest a lot to expand presence
State owned telecom company BSNL has said that they are planning to invest a lot in the Indian market to expand their presence.
The company is working hard on expanding their network and infrastructure. BSNL is now expecting to double its gross annual revenue to around Rs 90,000 crore [...]
Bharti Airtel now has the highest average revenue per user in India
This is big news for the largest private sector telecom company in India Bharti Airtel. The company has now emerged as the leader in the market in terms of average revenue per user (ARPU).
Hutch used to be the market leader in this factor. The [...]
Indian government approves 74 per cent FDI in telecom
The Indian government has now approved an increase in the foreign direct investment in telecom from 49 per cent to 74 per cent.
For this the cabinet had to make amendments in the Press Note 5 of 2005 that imposed stiff monitoring needs for telecom service providers.
Indian information [...]
