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| Tuesday, November 27, 2007 |
| BSNL Seeking CDMA License + Ambani to PM |
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State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has applied to launch nationwide mobile telecom services on the CDMA platform, the telecoms minister said in a statement in Parliament on Monday.
Putting at rest the controversy over issuance of new telecom licenses on 575 applications, the government on Monday said in the Lok Sabha that these would be issued as per the existing policy which does not put any restriction on the number of operators.
At a time when GSM operators such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea are protesting new spectrum allocation norms, Reliance Communication Chairman Anil Ambani is understood to have told an official committee that the new rules were a tamed version of the draft. Mr. Ambani further alleged that if spectrum was not available, how did the GSM operators manage to add 52 million subscribers within the past 3 quarters without any spectrum allocation ? |
Published on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 10:14 AM  |
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| Wednesday, November 21, 2007 |
| VSNL optimizes Asian SCCP transport |
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) has announced that the company will significantly improve intra-region signaling connectivity in Asia with the integration of two additional signalling transfer points in Mumbai and New Delhi to its global SS7/C7 network. The new STPs will enable Asian mobile operators to locally connect and utilize the VSNL signalling connect control part (SCCP) service to transport roaming and SMS traffic throughout the globe.
VSNL, the sole SCCP provider to operate STPs in Asia, Europe and North America, is currently the only International SS7/C7 gateway provider (IGP) with a true global physical presence. The addition of the Mumbai and New Delhi STPs enables VSNL to efficiently manage the routing of traffic without the need to unnecessarily route traffic across regions while reducing the number of points of failure.
VSNL currently has six signalling transfer points spanning three continents. The newly launched STPs will provide localized intelligent routing, reporting and troubleshooting to a growing list of operators throughout Asia. |
| Published on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 12:39 PM |
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| Tuesday, November 06, 2007 |
| RCom + Microsoft for IPTV |
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Reliance Communications and Microsoft have announced a strategic partnership to deliver a highly connected, personalized TV experience to consumers in India though Reliance's IPTV service, which will be powered by the award-winning microsoft Mediaroom Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) software platform.
The announcement was made by Anil D Ambani, Chairman, Reliance Communications, and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, at a press event in Mumbai, India. Reliance Communications shall have the exclusive deployment right for the platform in India.
Under erstwhile Chairman, Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Communications was building its own IPTV platform but it is now evident that the project has been abandoned.
However, in the United States its widely speculated on Wall Street that, Apple is all set to capture the action in American Living Room with their world class products. Lets see how the passionate folks at Redmond perform in this battle.
Reliance communications is still struggling to offer good broadband services, wonder how good their IPTV will be especially when it is a Microsoft software powering it :-) Dish TV seem to be far more matured than empty IPTV and Triple play promises. |
| Published on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 at 12:52 PM |
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