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| Monday, July 31, 2006 |
| Birla's Idea Cellular to invest Rs2500 crores |
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Idea Cellular is planning all India footprint. Idea plans to apply for licenses in 12 more circles, where its services are not currently available - Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta amongst the Metros. Karnataka and Tamilnadu in Circle A. Punjab & West Bengal in Circle B. Bihar, Orissa, Assam, North East India and Jammu and Kashmir in Circle C. Idea is considering investing Rs2500 crores for these 12 circles through its holding company Aditya Birla Nuvo. This means we will have 5 telcos - Bharti-Airtel, Reliance, BSNL, Hutch and Idea operating all over India. Sanjeev Aga MD of Aditya Birla Nuvo said,
"We are hopeful of getting licences in all circles and would start operations depending on the receipt of the approvals. We will invest over Rs 2,500 crore to strengthen our existing network and extend our presence to new circles. We will invest in brand promotion to increase our visibility. More promotional activities will be seen in national TV and print, other than regional media houses". |
Published on Monday, July 31, 2006 at 11:37 PM  |
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| Thursday, July 06, 2006 |
| Fixed Wirless Phone from Airtel |
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 The concept of fixed wireless phone is somethign new in India. It is a sub-class inheriting from GSM Cell Phone and LandPhone :-) A phone which is similar to your land phone but operates using Mobile Networks(GSM in case of Bharti). That means unlike your routine landline phone which requires wire till your home is not necessary in Fixed Wirless Phones.
Bhari-Airtel launched fixed wireless phone today, known as Airtel Mega. This phone came into existence mainly to service the rural areas in India which were left behind in the telecom revolution. Bharti announced that the service will be made available wherever Bharti’s Airtel Mobile networks. |
| Published on Thursday, July 06, 2006 at 8:28 PM |
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| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 |
| STD Rate War breaks in India |
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| MTNL is close on the heal of launching NLD/STD service between Mumbai and Delhi at the rate of Rs0.40/Minute(less than a cent). Reliance Communications, didn’t take long time to react and immediately announced that its fixed wireless phone customers can avail of similar benefit and call between any state capitals at the same rate as announced by MTNL. However, to avail this benefit, you have to have the phone in any of the state capital. That’s the spirit of free markets. Good job Reliance! |
| Published on Tuesday, July 04, 2006 at 8:15 PM |
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