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Bharti Airtel's Foray Into Digital Media
(Friday, March 12, 2010 10:44:16 AM IST)
Bharti Airtel has added one more feather to its cap by venturing into the digital media domain, where it will distribute content to a range of users, including producers and media companies, according to Business Standard.
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TRAI Planning 4G Service
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:03:30 PM IST)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has already started consultations for the next level of telecom services known as 4G, which offers faster downloads and high-definition video on demand. TRAI's intentions are clear as the 3G auctions is still delayed, reports Yahoo! News.
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BSNL Disinvestment Will Reduce Workforce
(Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:27:00 AM IST)
In tune with the recommendations of the Sam Pitroda panel, BSNL is ready for a 30 per cent disinvestment, which will reduce its workforce by a lakh. However, BSNL is understood to have informed the government that over a period of the next five years between 50,000 and 60,000 employees will retire on their own, reports Deccan Chronicle.
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Regus Expands Global Telepresence Reach
(Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:49:29 PM IST)
Cable and Wireless Worldwide selected Polycom to provide the Polycom RealPresence Experience (RPX) immersive telepresence suites for the Regus centres.
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Broadband To Cover Rural India: Sachin Pilot
(Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:26:08 PM IST)
Telecommunications is one sector where India is improving with every passing day. As more than half of India lives in villages it becomes imperative to disseminate telecom and broadband services to this sector. To do so, Sachin Pilot, minister of state, Communications and IT, is planning to set up 11,000 communication towers in rural areas along a number of villages bordering Bangladesh and Pakistan. Many of the towers will be located in the tribal belts of Nagaland, Tripura, Mizoram and Assam, reports SiliconIndia.
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BSNL Alleges Inflation Of Mobile User Base
(Tuesday, March 09, 2010 4:32:08 PM IST)
JS Deepak, the government's nominee on the board of BSNL, has told the department of telecom that 28.73 per cent of BSNL's network capacity was lying unutilised and charged it for artificially inflating its user base, reports Business Line.
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Broadcom Invests in Multicore Processor Developer Tilera
(Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:20:15 PM IST)
Telecom services provider Broadcom has taken a stake in Tilera, a multicore processor developer firm. The amount of investment or the percentage size of Broadcom's stake is undisclosed. "Broadcom is a natural partner for Tilera, given its leadership position in providing complete system solutions to a common set of end customers", said Omid Tahernia, CEO, Tilera, reports EE Times.
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BSNL Unveils Its 3G Services In Mangalore
(Tuesday, March 09, 2010 11:11:44 AM IST)
After launching its 3G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru, BSNL has now targeted Mangalore. According to Techtree, expansion of services to Mangalore is a part of BSNL's expansion plan to equip 32 towns across Karnataka with 3G. All district headquarters in the state are slated to be 3G-enabled within the next two months.
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Watch IPL Live On Your Mobile!
(Monday, March 08, 2010 3:20:51 PM IST)
Now anyone with an Internet-enabled mobile phone will have access to live ball-by-ball video updates, action replays, video score cards and much more of this season's IPL which is slated for 12 March 2010.
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Now, Carry Forward Your Unused Free Talk Time!
(Monday, March 08, 2010 2:55:50 PM IST)
Now you can enjoy the facility of carrying forward the unused free talk time and SMS for a period of three months.
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DLF IPL Season III Tickets On Vodafone M-Shop
(Saturday, March 06, 2010 4:32:00 PM IST)
For the first time in India IPL tickets can be purchased through your mobile phones.
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Intex Launches India’s First Dual SIM, 2G Phone
(Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:16:33 PM IST)
The phone brings live chat facility named as “UM (U & Me) Chat” allowing a maximum group of four people to have a live voice, video and text chat with each other.
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Telcos Price War Hitting BPO Profits
(Saturday, March 06, 2010 12:36:05 PM IST)
Ever since telcos announced their per second billing scheme, BPO partners in India have started facing low margins. Since the revenue model of BPOs is subscriber or call-linked, a fall in these impacts their bottom line, reports Business Standard.
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DoT Stops S Tel Citing Security Concerns
(Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:35:24 AM IST)
S Tel, a joint venture between Chennai-based Siva Group and Batelco (Bahrain Telecom), has been instructed to stop its activities immediately by the department of telecom (DoT) citing security concerns, reports The Economic Times. This move from DoT might affect some 8 lakh mobile users.
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BSNL Cancels $10 Billion GSM Deal
(Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:22:57 AM IST)
Following the report given by a committee led by Sam Pitroda, advisor to the prime minister on public information, infrastructure and innovation, BSNL has decided to scrap its tender worth $10 billion for GSM lines and invite fresh bids, reports The Economic Times.
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TATA DOCOMO Launches GSM Mobile Services In Gujarat
(Friday, March 05, 2010 3:24:03 PM IST)
TATA DOCOMO also announced its industry-changing "Pay-for-what-you-use" model in Gujarat, which includes the game-changing per-second pulse and a plethora of innovative applications and services.
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Intel, Orange Collaborate On MeeGo Platform
(Friday, March 05, 2010 3:17:01 PM IST)
MeeGo, a result of a merger of the Linux-based Moblin(tm) and Maemo software projects unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, enables an open software environment for rapid development of a range of smart, PC-like devices and exciting new services.
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Cellular Sales Verizon Wireless Offers Free Classroom Courses
(Friday, March 05, 2010 1:05:51 PM IST)
Started at its unique Knoxville Training Center where the company has state-of-the-art classroom facilities, the free courses have been popular with businesses wanting to maximize their investment in today’s latest technologies.
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TTSL Launches DIALOG Service For TV
(Friday, March 05, 2010 10:50:43 AM IST)
Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL) has launched a new service called DIALOG for its customers, reports The Economic Times. The new service transforms the TV set into a multimedia device with the help of DIALOG and allows people to surf Internet on thier television. Abhijit Sanyal, head, national sales, TTSL, said, "We are launching the product first time in the country, and simultaneously in Chennai and Kolkata".
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IPL, vRock Mobile To Bring IPL News To Mobile Users
(Friday, March 05, 2010 10:30:06 AM IST)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has partnered with Gurgaon-based vRock Mobile Communications (vRock Mobile) for taking the event and news related to it to mobile subscribers. With this partnership vRock Mobile will be getting exclusive worldwide rights for transmitting the live and lag information relating to IPL through mobile-based mediums, reports India Today.
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Conflict Over 11-Digit Telephone Numbering System
(Friday, March 05, 2010 10:25:38 AM IST)
Considering the huge demand and widespread usage of mobile phones in India, ever thought that mobile companies might run out of numbers? The slots given to them are being filled up quickly and a lot of slots reserved for fixed numbers remain under-utilised. For this TRAI has proposed the 11-digit numbering scheme for the near future but it is being opposed by all mobile companies except Reliance and Tatas, reports The Economic Times.
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Tata Launches New Service For Subscribers
(Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:49:50 AM IST)
Tata Teleservices has rolled out an interesting service initiative in which it will compensate its subscribers if the company fails to meet pre-determined levels of service standards. However, this new service will be added only after the company pioneers per-second billing for mobile telephone calls, reports Business Standard.
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Top Brass Changes In Bharti Airtel
(Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:25:25 AM IST)
Bharti Airtel has announced changes in its top brass level. Sanjay Kapoor will be the new CEO (India and South Asia). The other changes include Jai Menon as group director of the Bharti Group and Amrita Gangotra as IT director of Bharti Airtel (India and South Asia), reports The Hindu.
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Pep Up Your Life With 'Cookie Pep'!
(Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:03:20 AM IST)
Get all the fun you need by being socially connected 24/7!
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IBM To Sell Its Cloud Services To Telcos
(Thursday, March 04, 2010 10:46:19 AM IST)
IBM is having discussions with some large Indian telecom companies to help them run its cloud-based social networking collaboration and communication tool called LotusLive, into their applications, reports Business Standard.
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