Telenor Says It Will COver Half Of India By End Of Year
TMC.Net
Unitech Wireless, the Indian subsidiary of Norwegian telecoms group Telenor ASA (OSL: TEL), aims to cover about a half of the Indian market by the end of 2010, Sigve Brekke, head of Telenor’s operations in Asia, was quoted as saying yesterday in an interview for an international media.
Topics: Africa, Pakistan, India, Telenor, telecoms, wireless, [...]
Ufone Nominated for Best Brand of 2009
TMC.Net
Telecom sector announced its nomination for Telecoms World Awards Middle East as the Best Brand of the Year 2009. It is pertinent to mention here that Ufone is the only Pakistani Telecom company to be amongst the finalists for these awards from nominations of over 30 operators from the Middle East.
Topics: India, Ufone, Pakistan, [...]
India Federal Agency Searches Telecom Department Offices
Wall Street Journal
India’s federal investigating agency said Thursday it is carrying out searches at the offices of the Department of Telecommunications, or DoT, after registering corruption cases Wednesday against “unknown” DoT officials and “unknown private persons/companies and others.”
Topics: telecom, licensing, telecommunications, wireless, India, telecoms
Evolving Landscape of the Indonesian Telecoms Market
TMC.Net
Indonesia’s wireless communications market has made significant progress over the last five years. By the end of 2008 there were over 150 million mobile devices active in the market and industry revenues grew to nearly US$80 billion. Indonesia is also one of the most competitive markets in the region with 11 mobile operators, which is [...]
MTN Ends Talks With Bharti On U.S. $24 Billion Deal
TMC.Net
TALKS to create the world’s third- biggest cellphone group through a $24bn tie-up between MTN and India’s Bharti Airtel collapsed yesterday after the Indian telecoms group said the South African government did not accept the deal as it stood.
Topics: Airtel, Bharti, telecom, VoIP, MTN, India, telecoms, government, Africa, phone
Legalities Could Delay MTN-Bharti Deal
TMC.Net
MTN and Bharti Airtel could, once again, extend the self-imposed deadline that expires tomorrow to create the world’s third-largest telecoms giant as political temperatures rise with both SA and India scrambling to protect national interests .
Topics: MTN, telecoms, Bharti, India, telecom, countries
Zain Restarts Talks on Africa Unit Sale
Zawya
Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain is in talks with three international telecom operators, including one from India for the sale of its African operations, according to its chief executive officer.
Topics: India, Bharti, phone, New York, telecom, telecoms, telecommunications, Africa
RCOM, Etisalat Ink Rs 10k CR Deal
Times of India
Reliance Communications and Etisalat DB Telecom on Wednesday announced a 10-year passive infrastructure agreement worth Rs 10,000 crore ($2.2 billion) claiming that it was the largest deal of its kind in the telecom sector.
Topics: telecoms, telecom, India, telecommunications
Telenor India Arm Looking to Raise $2.1 bln
Reuters
Indian mobile firm Unitech Wireless, in which Norway’s Telenor (TEL.OL) is taking about 67 percent stake, is preparing to raise up to 100 billion rupees ($2.1 billion) via debt and other options to fund its network expansion, the Economic Times reported on Wednesday.
Topics: Unitech, telecom, Russia, telecommunications, India, wireless, telecoms
Alcatel Sees Telecoms Equipment Market Down 8-12%
Reuters
Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA) still expects the global telecoms equipment market to fall 8-12 percent in 2009 at constant currency exchange rates, the chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent France said on Thursday.
Topics: Alcatel-Lucent, merger, VoIP, telecommunications, telecoms, telecom, wireless, India
India Defence Agrees to Release Spectrum
Reuters
India’s defence ministry has agreed to release 45 MHz of wireless radio spectrum, the Business Standard reported on Monday, a move that will help fast-growing mobile telecoms firms reeling under shortage of radio waves.
Topics: 3G, ISP, India, wireless, telecoms, telecom, telecommunications
India Government Asks Bharti for MTN Plan Details
Reuters
A spokesman at Bharti Airtel, India’s top telecoms firm, said he had no comment for now. Regulatory approvals are key to closure of the deal that would create the world’s No.3 wireless group with more than 200 million subscribers and combined revenue …
Topics: telecommunications, telecom, Indonesia, India, telecoms, Airtel, MTN, wireless, Bharti
India Looking for Investors for Three ITI Units
Wall Street Journal
“We are looking at telecom equipment manufacturers to invest in the units,” Siddartha Behura, secretary at the Department of Telecommunications, told Dow Jones Newswires. But he didn’t specify how much money the government plans to raise. India’s …
Topics: telecom, government, telecommunications, telecoms, India
BSNL Set to Invite Fresh Tenders to Run WiMax Ops
Economic Times, India
India’s largest telecom firm BSNL will invite fresh tenders to run its WiMax operations, after the previous attempt was aborted in light of dubious operators making it to the final shortlist.
Topics: telecoms, MTNL, MTN, telecommunications, Iran, merger, telecom, WiMax, India, BSNL
BSNL Unlikely To Bid For Tunisia’s Telecoms Licences
Wireless Federation
BSNL, the Indian state owned telco, is improbable to bid for a telecoms licence in Tunisia, a senior executive at BSNL said.
Topics: telecom, telecoms, 3G, BSNL, India, wireless, telecommunications, Tunisia
