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Airtel Profits Decline Rapidly: What’s The Cause Of Distress?

Airtel seems to have succumbed to pressures of high loan repayments costs and competitive pressure in the Indian market. This coupled with low Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) has resulted in 22 per cent...
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Smaller Operators Lead Pack As 7.5M New GSM Subscriber In December

India’s GSM Market has made analysts from around the world marvel at its growth. With Mobile Number Portability having been around for a year and 3G networks being available on most providers, consumers...
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Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Touches 884.37Million, Says TRAI

According to data released by TRAI, Telecom companies added somewhere around 2.74 million new subscribers in last November. This brings the number of mobile users in the country to 917.33 million. The...
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Airtel Services Still Down And Customer Woes Continue

Indian telecom major, Airtel is facing a tough time stabilizing its operations and its network due to the outage that happened 3 days ago. A major fire in its data center resulted in the breakdown of all...
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DoT Instructs Providers To Stop 3G Roaming Immediately

With the number of controversies 3G has caused in the past year, telecom providers must be wondering whether it was really worth it. Providers like Vodafone, Idea and Airtel had entered into roaming agreements...
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TRAI Probes Into Alleged MNP Violations By Airtel & Vodafone

Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been available in India following TRAI’s directive since a year now. We earlier blogged about how the service has not become very popular among consumers. Besides,...
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Bharti Airtel To Renew Network Maintenance Contract With NSN

India’s largest mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel is set to renew its network maintenance contract for its 8 circles and 3 years with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). NSN is a joint venture between...
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Telecom Head Honchos In Consensus Over ‘Key Areas’

In India’s cut-throat Telecom Sector, operators have to be on top of their game. Severe competition with over 10 service providers and some of the lowest prices in the world have made it a tough...
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MNP Seems To Be A No Go In India: Why The Lack Of Popularity?

Earlier we blogged about MNP and 1.5 crore customers who adopted it. The picture doesn’t look so rosy now. Mobile number portability was going to be the biggest change agent in the Indian Telecom segment...
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Free Access To Your Twitter Account Soon To Become A Reality On Airtel

If you prefer tweets over status updates and your tweets are frequent, then there is some excellent news for you. Airtel is slated to launch a free service, which will allow you to access your Twitter...
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Airtel Rules Africa With Subscriber Base Crossing 50 Mn: What About Quality Though?

Bharti-Airtel confirmed yesterday that its subscriber base in Africa has surpassed the 50 Million Milestone. World’s fifth biggest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, started operations in Africa by acquiring...
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Airtel Releases iRadio For DTH Subscribers

Giant Indian telecommunication player Airtel makes its foray into digital music by launching all new iRadio. This will have 21 radio channels for all DTH subscribers across the country. Airtel is all on...
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New Telecom Policy To Ease Tensions: Say Bye Bye To Roaming

Telecom companies have a reason to smile. A New Telecom Policy (NTP) expected to be launched early next year will introduce a pan-India mobile permit, doing away with the existing system of having 22-individual...
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Private Players Airtel & Vodafone Accused By The CBI In 2G Scam

The spectacular 2G scam worth 1.76 Lakh Crores (US$ 39Bn) which was hereto limited to government officials, has spilled on to the private sector. India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered...
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India Is Turning Out To Be An Expensive Affair For Vodafone; £2Bn Investment Still Not Paying Off

Vodafone’s wish to enter big in India seems to be giving it nightmares with the company’s bill for 4 years coming close to UK Pounds 12 Billion. In an irony of sorts, Vodafone has been pretty unlucky...
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VoIP By Verizon Now Available In Asia Pacific. Commercial Hubs Can Cheer Up Now.

Soon large companies in India, Hong Kong & Singapore will be able to connect using, Verizon’s expansive global IP network. The VoIP network, unlike what BSNL is currently offering, is operated...
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