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Real estate major Unitech’s telecom arm, Unitech Wireless has just sold a 49% minority stake in the company to Telecom Italia, Italy’s largest telecom company.

Unitech Wireless has managed to win licenses to operate in all 22 circles in the country and were on the look out for partners. We’d reported about Norwegian telecom giant, Telenor, who was [...]

The country’s Department of Telecom (DoT) have come up with some new set of guidelines for auctioning off the spectrum for WiMax in the country, something which has greatly upset the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. As per the new guidelines laid down by DoT, the reserve price for the auction has been [...]

Amidst news of companies launching iPhone and Nokia getting ready to combat that, how many of us actually take into account that we do not actually have a 3G infrastructure in place, yet, to take advantage of the goodies these Super-phones have to offer? Well, ofcourse we do have our Bluetooth enabled handsets and our [...]

The Indian Telecom industry is abuzz with activity and we’ve been paying close attention to the details to bring you news as it happens (or in this case, as it is about to happen). Not too long after we reported that Norway’s Telenor and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo were ready to pick up stakes in the [...]

It has now become almost certain that India is fast becoming the top destination for global telecom firms to strategically expand their businesses. With all the activity surrounding the launch of 3G services for the 300 million (almost) subscribers in the country, international telecom companies are finding out that it would be wise to invest [...]

The country’s leading state-owned mobile carrier, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has been in the news for quite some time lately. After they were allotted the 3G spectrum, the undertaking has already begun testing their 3G services. Even though the company already offered EVDO services in southern India, official test practices are underway in the [...]

Whether the Apple iPhone is really worth Rs. 31,000 and Rs. 36,100 is an argument that’s debatable for hours together, but it is now almost certain that iPhone has almost failed in India. There was a lot of hype generated a few months before its launch, but all that seems to have died down owing [...]

Come September 15th, prepaid subscribers in the country will start rejoicing as a new directive released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today allows them to use almost the full value of recharges done for their mobile phones. The regulator, with this directive, has directed the mobile service providers in the country to discontinue charging the processing fee that is levied on the recharge coupons currently.

IOL Netcom, who had so far become synonymous with broadband and IPTV services in Mumbai and Delhi with its tie-up with MTNL is now all set to enter as a player into the Indian telecom market. The company has entered into an agreement with state-owned telecom service provider MTNL, which has presence in the Mumbai [...]

In a major step up Shyam Telecom is said to have got Pan India spectrum to launch mobile services. This is a huge feather in the cap the Sistema controlled for Shyam Tele which now becomes only the third player in market to have a Pan India spectrum. They have been allotted spectrum in the CDMA platform. Among the new crop of mobile telecom players, Shyam is perhaps the first and only player to have a nationwide reach with this announcement.

It shouldn’t come to you as a surprise that the Indian Mobile Market is growing at an alarming rate, with the total mobile subscriber base almost touching the 300 million mark. We’ve been covering the industry’s every move here on WATBlog as it happens and as your may know, everyone is eagerly anticipating the [...]

Idea Cellular, one of the major telecom companies in India led by the Aditya Birla group have announced that they have begun their operations on Mumbai. The company so far has heavy presence in the Northern and Southen parts of the country.

We have 3 different, each with its own set of views and claims about the issue. RCOM claims that as per the license issued to it, it is allowed to offer both GSM and CDMA services in the country. Although TRAI is mum on RCOM’s claim, it maintains that the COAI is required to provide inter-link, failing which would be against the licensing agreements they agreed upon. COAI on the other hand claims that re-negotiations should take place since RCOM’s GSM services require a new network and hence should be considered a new service.

It would be interesting to see who bows down to whose demands

iPhone 3G - This is undoubtedly the only gadget, ever released by any company in the market, that has managed to generate so much hype that users all over the world are desperately awaiting the launch of the phone in their respective countries.

So, amidst all the speculations in the market, how much is the iPhone actually worth?

It seems that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Department of Telecom (DoT) are all pumped up with their workings, so much so, that all the activity in the telecom market just refuses to die down. Barely a week after DoT released the guidelines for the auction of 3G spectrum in India, allowing even international players to participate, TRAI has now released guideline recommendations for allowing Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in the Indian Telecom Market.