Telecom Sector

BSNL Tender Attracting Big Guns

The state owned Telecom Company BSNL is all set to float a tender of $9b in the coming BSNL Tender Attracting Big Guns month. The company is due set up 93 mn GSM lines to expand its net work, especially in the rural areas of India. Leading telecom equipment manufacturers are vying for the world’s largest telecom equipment tender. The companies in the race are Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, ZTE and Nortel Networks. These companies have already submitted their bids to get this tender.

Airtel & Vodafone Introduce EMI Scheme For iPhone Customers

We all know that the iPhones came to India with a great bang, but were not that well accepted by the users due to its high costs. The 8GB model was introduced at Rs. 31,000 and the 16GB model was available at Rs. 36,100.

So in such a verge when the demand of these iPhones launched by Airtel Bharti and Vodafone is going down, both the companies have adopted the plan to sell the iPhones through easy monthly installments (EMI) scheme.

This scheme will be however be available to only to Visa Credit Card holders, as Bharti Airtel has entered in an agreement with Visa credit card and four banks, which include ICICI, HDFC, CitiBank and SBI.

BSNL To Invest Rs 499 Cr In Kolkata

To improve its telecom network, the state owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has BSNL To Invest Rs 499 Cr In Kolkataannounced it’s plan to invest Rs 499 crore this fiscal year in Kolkata. The telecom operator is also venturing to provide data services to its subscribers.

Speaking on this, S.K. Chakravarty (GM-Calcutta Telephones) said, "We plan to launch data card in October."

Chakravarty further added that the company will also come up with 575 3G BTS by the end of this December at a cost of Rs 60 crore. Another 97 crore will be invested for expanding its services in the field of CDMA.

Vodafone-Essar mobile phone dispute deepens

Vodafone-Essar mobile phone dispute deepensMumbai, Sept. 9: Differences between Vodafone and Essar, its Indian partner has reportedly deepened after the former won an order blocking the sale of shares of a mobile phone unit controlled by the Essar Group.

According to the London-based Financial Times, an arbitration panel has ordered Essar to freeze the sale of any shares of the mobile unit, BPL Mobile Communications, including those of one of its most important subsidiaries, Loop Telecom.

GTL Infra raises Rs 7265 crore; plans to setup 23,700 telecom towers by 2011

Telecom infrastructure provider GTL Infrastructure has raised Rs 7265 crore through a mix of debt and equity to fund the expansion of its telecom towers business.

BSNL ties with PNB for ‘Bill Payment System’

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