Telecom Sector

BlackBerry Services To Be Provided By BSNL Soon

Black Berry ServiceBharat 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 Receives Major Order From BSNL

Bharti Teletech Receives Major Order From BSNLBharti 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 Receives The 'Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service' Award

Bharti Airtel Receives The 'Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service' AwardBharti 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’.

ZTE Signs $194.73 Million RMB CDMA Contract With China Telecom

ZTE Signs $194.73 Million RMB CDMA Contract With China TelecomZTE Corporation, the leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has signed up a 1.33 billion ($194.73 million) RMB deal with China Telecom Corporation Limited for the initial phase of a CDMA network construction project starting this year, which will cover both wireless and service networks.

Alcatel-Lucent plans to expand India operations

Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent has chalked out a plan to expand its business in highly potential Indian market. The company is a leading global communication solution provider, which has already significant presence in the market. It has 5,000 employees in India and would start a recruitment drive to satisfy its manpower needs.

Alcatel-Lucent CEO, Ben Verwaayen said that the company sees a huge potential in India due to availability of resources, talent and big market. The country would grow despite uneven global financial condition and economic slowdown.

HC notice to telecom ministry on spectrum allocation

HC notice to telecom ministry on spectrum allocationAlleged unfair issue of 2G spectrum allocation by department of telecommunication has reached in Delhi high court. Petitioner Mr. Arvind Gupata challenged the First Come First Serve policy of government and alleged that telecom ministry is playing in the hands of some real estate majors and infrastructure giants. PIL alleged that government allotted 2G spectrums at throwaway prices causing huge loss to state exchequer.

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