India now has more than 500 million telecom customers
Indian market continues to grow at an amazing rate when it comes to telecom and mobile services.
The country now has 500 million customers of landline and mobile services.
India reached this milestone in September this year.
At the end of September month, India had 509 million telephone subscribers. [...]
Google wants to enter the 3G race in India!
Business Standard has reported that Google might be looking for a partner to enter the 3G race in the Indian market!
The company could partner an existing telecom company in India to apply for a license in the upcoming auction.
Google has declined to comment on [...]
3G auction in India now set for January
Indian government has announced that they would launch the much delayed 3G spectrum auction in January 2010.
This auction would be open to interested companies in India and abroad.
India has one of the fastest growing mobile markets in the world and 3G is likely to become the next [...]
Bharti Airtel calls off merger talks with MTN Group
Bharti Airtel has announced that they have ended their talks with MTN Group.
The two companies had been discussion a possible deal to merge their operations.
Bharti Airtel is a leading telecom player in the Indian market while MTN Group is based in South Africa.
Bharti Airtel said [...]
Tata DOCOMO GSM service is now available in Haryana
Mobile users in Haryana have something to cheer about. They can now get themselves a GSM connection from Tata DOCOMO.
Tata DOCOMO is currently the hottest mobile player in the market today. The company registered the maximum number of new subscribers last month.
Tata DOCOMO has been [...]
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 [...]
AT&T considering buying a stake in BSNL
Economic Times is reporting that US based telecom giant AT&T is considering acquiring a stake in BSNL to enter the Indian market.
India remains one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world and AT&T wants to become a bigger player here.
It is however not clear if [...]
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 [...]
India gained 14.4 million new mobile subscribers in July
The numbers are out and they are phenomenal.
India gained around 14.4 million new mobile subscribers in the month of July.
With this, the country now has 442 million mobile users as per the latest information released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
Market analysts believe that [...]
Hungama and BSNL launches music portal
Government owned telecom company BSNL has announced the launch of a new music portal in collaboration with content company Hungama.
This service is now available to BSNL broadband subscribers in the country. The two companies said that the service is available to as many as 4 million BSNL broadband subscribers [...]
