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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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Vodafone Wants to Triple Data Services Revenue

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

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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Blackberry Users Affected By Faulty Vodafone Balance Deduction System

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’

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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Telenor Wants To Own 3/4th Of Uninor

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

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

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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Airtel Furious Over Govt’s 3G Policy Changes

World’s 5 largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, lashed out at the Government of India for its sloppy handling & frequent penalties on the 3G service agreements between Mobile operators. What...
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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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Vodafone Destroys Estimates Ups Forecast

Supported by a strong growth in India and stellar performances in Germany and Britain, Vodafone has doubled its target for cost savings to help combat sluggish demand in the economic downturn. The profit...
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Appia Empowers Vodafone’s New Mobile App Store For India

Appia has been a great player powering the mobile application marketplace with an investment of $10 million from Venrock. It empowers almost 350 million mobile subscribers in 175 countries along with 280...
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