ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, added another major client win to its growing list of service providers deploying its GSM solution.
The company today announced the signing of a US$100 million deal with China Mobile's Pakistan arm (CMPak) to help them swell the capacity of their GSM infrastructure as part of its Phase 2 project.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian is in favor of market-based determination of prices of 2G licenses. The statement from the regulatory body came after the criticism of the union minister for Communication and IT, Mr A. Raja, on the issue of allotting spectrum without auction.
The chairman of TRAI, Nripendra Mishra said that the license should be allotted on the basis of the prevailing market prices. There is a need to develop a mechanism to capture the market prices for the license, for the maximum earning of state exchequer and bring more transparency in the system. He disclosed that the government had not asked for its views on spectrum allocation.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has announced the launch of BlackBerry services by next month. BSNL Director (Finance) S D Saxena, speaking on the sidelines of a CII conference said, "We are well on track to launch our BlackBerry services by next month."
Bharti Teletech, one of India's top makers and distributors of telecom & allied products, announced that it has pocketed a major order from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India's major telecom operator, to make fixed line phones.
Under the deal valued at over Rs 350 million, BSNL will make and supply more than 9 lakh CLIP phones for BSNL within the next 5 months.
The pact further strengthens Bharti Teletech’s association with BSNL.
Bharti Airtel, India’s top mobile service provider, was conferred the top honours at the GSMA Asia Mobile Awards 2008 at Macau for its Music-On-Demand service.
Among tough competition from worldwide leaders including Telstra Corporation, Australia, Geodesic Inc, USA, Artificial Life, Inc, Hong Kong and Gracenote, USA, Airtel received the high-status award in the category ‘Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service’.