Telecom Sector

Aircel To Expand Operations In India with Wipro, Subex Support

Aircel To Expand Operations In India with Wipro, Subex SupportAircel, one of the fastest growing telecom companies, with a subscriber base of over 10 million, has announced handing over of Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management in the 23 circles across the Indian Subcontinent to Subex Ltd, the leading global provider of OSS/BSS solutions for communications service providers and Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT business of Wipro Ltd.

Bharti's $10-bn revenue target on course

Bharti's $10-bn revenue target on courseIndia's largest telecom major, Bharti Airtel has set a target of $10-bn revenue by next year. The view was asserted by chairman and managing director, Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal in the sidelines of a function, organized to launch new brand identity and logo of Bharti group. 

BSNL Launches Web Conferencing Service In Bangalore

BSNL Launches Web Conferencing Service In BangalorePublic sector telecom operator BSNL has launched its Web Conferencing that would permit audio, video and image transfer facility to its broadband customers.

Police commissioner Shankar Bidari inaugurated the BSNL Web Conferencing service in Bangalore on Monday.

While explaining the salient features of Web Conferencing, BSNL Karnataka Principal General Manager Subendu Ghosh stated that audio, video and image transfer could be done simultaneously through this new facility.

BSNL cuts international call rates to SAARC countries

BSNL cuts international call rates to SAARC countriesNow, BSNL customers can avail lower ISD call rates for the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries. The state-run telecom company slashed call rates by 15-35 percent on Sunday. The decision would cover landline as well as mobile customers.

The call rates for Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Bhutan would be Rs.9 per minute instead of the existing Rs.10 under post-paid plan of Rs 725.

Call charges for BSNL fixed line users would now be Rs.9.60 per minute for a 7.5 second pulse.

BSNL slashes its call rates to the SAARC countries

Bharti Q2 Revenue Up 42% At Rs 9020 Crore

Bharti Q2 Revenue Up 42% At Rs 9020 CroreBharti Airtel Limited, India’s leading integrated telecom services provider, has declared the results for the three and six month period ended September 30, 2008.

The company has once again maintained its strong growth momentum.

For the quarter, the consolidated total revenues grew 42% to Rs 9,020 crore, while EBITDA stood at Rs 3,699 crore, up 37%, on a year on year basis.

The company’s net income for the three-month period ended Sep 30, 2008, rose 27% to Rs 2,046 crore over last year.

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