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| Thursday, August 30, 2007 |
| Reliance Passport International Calling Card from RCom |
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 Bipasha Basu, brand ambassador for Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications Ltd has launched calling cards for Indians going abroad under the brand name Reliance Passport.
These calling cards and can be bought at any Reliance World outlet before you fly overseas. [They ask for your Passport though, not sure why, National Security ?]The card can be used to make outgoing calls in the following countries - USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. However, you can place a call to any country in the world from the above said countries.
Our readers already know that Reliance offers calling card service through Reliance India Call, which is mainly targeted at the Indian diaspora permanently residing outside. Call rates under both the plans are almost the same.
Do let us know about the quality of these calling cards / plans.Labels: Calling-Card, Reliance-Passport |
Published on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 10:57 PM  |
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| Monday, August 13, 2007 |
| RCom Plans Online venture for Infrastructure Sharing |
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The tower business unit of RCom aims to launch an exchange platform for sharing infrastructure. The exchange, to be set up by Reliance Telecom Infrastructure, would help operators, tower owners and people who want to rent out space for towers to transact business and book tower space online.
Indian telecoms operators are looking to share infrastructure such as mobile phone towers to keep costs down amid intense price competition and surge in low-income subscribers.
Reports further said the exchange would rope in rival tower businesses being set up by companies like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone's India joint-venture partner Essar Group and CDMA operator Tata Teleservices. Reliance Communications recently sold 5% of the equity in Reliance Telecom Infrastructure Ltd to Private Equity funds. |
| Published on Monday, August 13, 2007 at 1:37 PM |
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| Friday, August 10, 2007 |
| Month of record GSM net Subscriber Additions |
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GSM operators (excluding RCL) added 5.8 mn subs in July 2007, an increase from 5.4 mn in June 2007 (5.9 mn including RCL) led by strong subscriber additions by Bharti and Vodafone-Essar. Bharti and Vodafone-Essar together contributed to 65% of July 2007 GSM net adds.
BSNL - The Loser:
BSNL improved on its June 2007 performance adding 556,000 subs (as against 429,000 in May 2007) but continues to struggle with capacity constraints. In addition, the falling pricing of handsets, along with attractive life time validity plans, is also fuelling the current momentum.
Bharti Airtel Limited - The Star Performer:
Bharti had another record month adding 2.06 mn subs in July 2007, higher than 1.96 mn in June 2007. Bharti's share of overall GSM subscriber base increased to 31.6% from 29.5% at the end of June 2006.
Vodafone-Essar - Steady Rise:
Vodafone-Essar had another month of impressive performance, adding 1.69 mn subscribers. Vodafone-Essar's pace is impressive given its limited presence 16 of 23 circles.
Idea Cellular Limited - Fighting for Spectrum:
Aditya Birla group controlled, Idea Cellular added 878,000 subs (15.3% of GSM market net adds ex-RCL). This comes on the back of a strong 860,000 net adds in the month of June.
Note, Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group controlled Reliance Communications Limited has not disclosed its GSM subscriber numbers to COAI. Reliance group is traditionally known for manipulating and cooking up numbers, making best use of loopholes. |
| Published on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 10:15 AM |
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| Sunday, August 05, 2007 |
| Statistics: Top 10 Service Providers |
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Here are the top 10 Telecom Service Providers in India based on their audited revenues for the FY 2006-07.
 If the Tata group considers a proposal to merge VSNL, TTSL [Tata Teleservices Ltd / Tata Indicom] and TSML [Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd], they will be the third largest Telecom company in India.
Source: Voice & Data Magazine. |
| Published on Sunday, August 05, 2007 at 9:24 PM |
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