India’s telecoms industry looks to be facing yet more delays in the licensing of spectrum for 3G and WiMAX services. Having already put the spectrum auctions off until this year, because of the government’s failure to clear the relevant radio spectrum in all circles, or operating regions, new delays are anticipated in the wake of [...]
The world’s biggest operator in terms of revenue, Vodafone, looks to have lost its fight against the Mumbai High Court and now faces the reality of a $2bn tax bill. The bill is based on capital gains tax resulting from Voda’s $11.7bn acquisition of a 67 per cent stake in Indian GSM carrier Hutchison-Essar in [...]
Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo struck a deal Wednesday to acquire 26 per cent of India’s sixth largest cellco, Tata Teleservices, for $2.7bn. In addition, DoCoMo said it also expects to make a further offer for up to 20 per cent of the outstanding common shares of Tata Teleservices Maharashtra. The move will give DoCoMo, which [...]
Norwegian carrier Telenor said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy 60 per cent of Indian mobile licensee Unitech Wireless, for just over $1bn. Mobile start up Unitech has spectrum licences for all 22 telecom circles, and plans to launch services mid 2009. The attraction of the Indian telecoms market is no secret. The country [...]
India’s much anticipated auctions for 3G and WiMAX licences look to have been delayed further and may now not take place until next year. The hold up appears to be a result of the government failing to clear the relevant radio spectrum in nine circles, or operating regions, out of India’s total of 22. In [...]
After a summer of regulatory wrangling, WiMAX supporters can claim significant progress in India. Some obstacles, however, still remain. When India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) finally announced on 1st August 2008 its guidelines for the country’s upcoming BWA (broadband wireless access) and 3G spectrum auctions, there was much for WiMAX supporters to cheer about. For [...]
UK-based carrier Cable & Wireless said Monday that its Indian operation has signed an asset sharing agreement with Indian operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). Under the memorandum of understanding, both companies will share their networks and other telecom infrastructure, allowing BSNL to expand its global network and giving C&W a better foothold in India. [...]
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has proposed that winners in the upcoming licence auctions for broadband wireless access (BWA) – read mobile WiMAX – will be able to offer voice as well as data services. But the dispensation comes at a price. Instead of calculating the BWA licence reserve price at 25 per cent of [...]
Indian operator Idea Cellular has announced plans to acquire a sizeable stake in rival operator Spice Communications for around $509m and merge the two companies. Under the deal, Idea will snap up 40.8 per cent of Spice and will also make an offer for an additional 20 per cent. Altogether, the deal could cost $800m. [...]
Ten ways for operators to cut costs
Issue 151 June 2008
Featuring:
Handsets: The arrival of the iPhone has been the catalyst for renewed terminal design everywhere.
India: The fastest growing mobile market in the world.
A step in the right direction but does it go far enough?
Sharing an allowance among family members is one ...
I agree with Dan about this being a excellent read, and that QNX is not well known but sooner or ...
Excellent read with some actual facts compared to the hack journalist/bloggers on the interest. Many don't understand what QNX ...
The main issue with Telenor is that whether they made underhand payments to ge the licenses. If they did, then ...
Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.
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