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Vodafone To File For IPO. Essar Not Part Of It. New Changes?

by | posted: February 8, 2012
With Essar abandoning the Vodafone- Essar Partnership, Vodafone India Limited [VIL] is one step closer to a partial stock market listing of its Indian operations. As Essar sold its stake in Vodafone India,...
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Customized Opera Mini for Idea Users: Where’s The Novelty?

by | posted: February 3, 2012
Idea Subscribers will soon get a customized version of Opera Mini. Country’s third largest Mobile Service company has signed a deal with Opera Software to offer customized or “Co-Branded” Opera Mini...
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Govt. Issues Show-Cause Notices To TelCos For Under – Reporting Revenue: Demanding Its Slice Of The Pie?

by | posted: February 2, 2012
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) has issued Show Cause Notices to India’s five private operators, including Bharti Airtel , Vodafone and Reliance Communications, for under reporting revenues. As...
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Smaller Operators Lead Pack As 7.5M New GSM Subscriber In December

by | posted: January 23, 2012
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

by | posted: January 10, 2012
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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Vodafone Wants to Triple Data Services Revenue

by | posted: January 10, 2012
Vodafone Group Plc hopes to triple the revenue share of its data services in its India operations over the next two years. Vodafone hopes to achieve this growth riding on increase in the use of smart-phones for...
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DoT Instructs Providers To Stop 3G Roaming Immediately

by | posted: December 23, 2011
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

by | posted: December 15, 2011
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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Blackberry Users Affected By Faulty Vodafone Balance Deduction System

by | posted: December 12, 2011
Vodafone India, the 2nd largest cell phone GSM provider in India, offers a variety of services. For RIM users, they offer special Blackberry Plans. These enable users to access Blackberry Internet Services...
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Telecom Head Honchos In Consensus Over ‘Key Areas’

by | posted: December 5, 2011
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?

by | posted: December 5, 2011
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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Telenor Wants To Own 3/4th Of Uninor

by | posted: November 30, 2011
Telenor has approached Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) with its plans to increase its shareholding percentage in Uninor to 74%. After the amendment of Mergers & Acquisitions rules by TRAI...
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Vodafone To Launch ‘m-paisa’ Mobile Money Service In India In Association With HDFC Bank

by | posted: November 28, 2011
Using your mobile to carry out monetary transactions is not exactly a new idea. A lot of companies have surfaced recently which handle payments from your mobile namely Obopay, C-SAM, NGPay, Paymate etc....
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New Telecom Policy To Ease Tensions: Say Bye Bye To Roaming

by | posted: November 23, 2011
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

by | posted: November 22, 2011
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

by | posted: November 22, 2011
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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