Telecom Sector

Country adds 10.66 million telephone subscribers in December

Country adds 10.66 million telephone subscribers in DecemberIndian telecom sector continued to register growth in third quarter as well despite unfavorable conditions of financial market following global slowdown. It emerged as one of the fastest growing field of Indian economy by posting growth rate of 2.84 per cent last month. Telecom industry added 10.66 million new subscribers in December according to an official statement by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Campaign in virtual world launched by Tata Teleservices

Campaign in virtual world launched by Tata Teleservices An announcement was today made by Tata Indicom that they have entered in a partnership with Indusgeeks Solutions Private Ltd, according to which it will extend its ongoing "Suno Dil Ki Awaaz" campaign into the virtual world.

An interactive 'virtual competition' involving Virtual World and Talent Hunt would be launched by Tata Indicom with the aim to compliment the initiative.

Indian operator bought by Gulf telecom company

Indian operator bought by Gulf telecom company With the aim to buy a $225m stake in an Indian mobile phone company, Bahrain's national telecommunications operator has joined hands with a Dubai-based private equity business.

It was informed by Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Co) that it would take a 49 per cent stake together with Dubai's Millennium Private Equity in S Tel, an Indian mobile operator licensed to operate in six Indian states with a total population of about 230m people.

Airtel launches IPTV facility in the country

Airtel launches IPTV facility in the country By launching Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Bharti Airtel has become the first private player to offer the service in the country.

The company will now offer triple play service - telephony, broadband and television over a single line to customers in the NCR and will be followed by eight leading metros. The service will also offer features such as real-time interactivity, where customers can order pizzas and book movie tickets on their TV, record programmes for seven days, rewind, forward, and Movie on Demand (MOD).

Bahrain's Batelco picks up 49 per cent stake in India's S-Tel

Bahrain's Batelco picks up 49 per cent stake in India's S-TelNew Delhi - Bahrain Telecommunications Company Batelco has signed a deal to buy 49 per cent in Indian mobile telephone operator S-Tel for 225 million dollars, news reports said Monday.

Batelco partnered with Millennium Private Equity, a Dubai Financial Services firm, to purchase the shares in S-Tel, the Times of India daily reported.

S-tel director Santosh Robert told the newspaper the deal would enable his Chennai-based company to partner with an experienced operator for the new GSM rollout scheduled mid-2009.

BSNL to compensate for dead, faulty phones

BSNL to compensate for dead, faulty phonesBSNL landline phone service would offer a rent rebate to Pune customers whose phones had been dead or faulty for 15 days at a stretch during April 2007 to July 2008.

The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has issued an interim circular to give a “rent rebate” to 22,700 customers whose telephones had gone dead for three or more days in a row. The telephones went dead due to technical faults, and occurred intermittently over a 14-month period.

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