With a noble cause in mind, Nokia India has announced its “recycling campaign” for the Indian region. Under this program, the mobile phone users would be encouraged to dump their used handsets and accessories, no matter what brand they are, at any of the 1,300 green recycling bins put up across Nokia priority dealers and Nokia care centers. The basic aim of this effort is to actually spread awareness among the users regarding the recycling of e-waste.
With the aim to garner a subscriber base of 9 million within two years BSNL is all set to invest Rs 1,600 crore on technologies like WiMAX and optical fibre network.
Company CMD, Kuldeep Goyal said, “We are working on a target to have around nine million broadband connections in the next two years.” He further added, “While the combined market share of BSNL and MTNL could be 50 per cent in two years, on our own we should be having around 9 million broadband connections.”
Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Ltd (QTIL), a SREI Group subsidiary, has finally acquired a 49 percent stake in Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure (WTTL), Tata Teleservices' tower arm.
Under the deal, QTIL will pay Rs 2400 crore to Tatas, and transfer its 5000 towers into WTTI. In addition, QTIL will have management control in the firm.
A new service dubbed as Vodafone Friends Circle has been announced by major Indian mobile service provider Vodafone for its customers. The advantage of this service would be that a group of people would be able to call each other at cheap rates.
The service that works for a group of five people with Vodafone connections is available to both pre paid and post paid customers. The customers, who will take up the service, will be able to call each other at 20 paisa per minute.
It was informed by the company that the interested customers of Vodafone can activate this service through an SMS sent across as FRIENDS to a toll free number 144.
On Friday, a low-cost home computing device was launched by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Chennai-based IT solutions company Novatium, which could help the former achieve a target of 9 million broadband connections across the country in the next couple of years.
Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL Kuldeep Goyal informed at a press conference after the launch of “Nova netPC” on the BSNL’s network, “Affordability issues over buying a desktop PC or laptop would no longer stand in the way of broadband penetration, especially in rural areas.”
With a noble cause in mind, Nokia India has announced its “recycling campaign” for the Indian region. Under this program, the mobile phone users would be encouraged to dump their used handsets and accessories, no matter what brand they are, at any of the 1,300 green recycling bins put up across Nokia priority dealers and Nokia care centers. The basic aim of this effort is to actually spread awareness among the users regarding the recycling of e-waste. 
With the aim to garner a subscriber base of 9 million within two years BSNL is all set to invest Rs 1,600 crore on technologies like WiMAX and optical fibre network. 
As a part of the nationwide roll out of its GSM services, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications has finally launched its GSM Services in Mumbai.
Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Ltd (QTIL), a SREI Group subsidiary, has finally acquired a 49 percent stake in Wireless Tata Telecom Infrastructure (WTTL), Tata Teleservices' tower arm.
A new service dubbed as Vodafone Friends Circle has been announced by major Indian mobile service provider Vodafone for its customers. The advantage of this service would be that a group of people would be able to call each other at cheap rates.
On Friday, a low-cost home computing device was launched by the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Chennai-based IT solutions company Novatium, which could help the former achieve a target of 9 million broadband connections across the country in the next couple of years. 
