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China Wireless and RCom partner up to sell handsets

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China based mobile handset maker China Wireless Technologies has officially entered the Indian high-end Smartphone market in partnership with Reliance Communications. This joint venture plans to retail high-end dual-sim handsets in the market under the brand name, ‘Coolpad’. The venture will unveil three Coolpad models initially and will further bring in four models by December.

China Wireless Technologies will invest Rs 400 crore as capital and operating expenditure in the Indian market over the next three years. It expects to clock in a revenue of Rs 800 crore in the next five years.

The company plans to recruit 300 people by the end of 2009 and is expecting to take the count to 1000 by the end of next year. It also has a proposal to start a Research & Development centre in India by the beginning of 2011. The company officials believe that its venture with RCom is in line with its strategy to penetrate overseas markets and take a leadership stance in the global dual-mode market segment.

Bharti unaffected by competition

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In times when the global slowdown is gradually recovering, Bharti Airtel Ltd. expects to add 3 million subscribers every month. When asked the firm’s CEO Manoj Kohli, he says that their franchise Airtel is unaffected by rising competition. He added, “Bharti would not respond to rivals’ moves and has its own strategies. We are very clear; we will maintain, if not enhance, market leadership.”

So is Airtel not even affected by the ongoing price war and the entry of new players in the market? To this he responds that, “New players have nothing but tariffs to offer.” Sounds like a confident reply. We wish them All the Best.

MTNL interested to invest in Zambia’s Zamtel

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The Private Indian telecom companies are keen on expanding their geographies. We saw them inclining for deals in South Africa, Nepal, Sri Lanka etc. Now, the public based telecom operators too are seen to be interested in foreign territories. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd operating in the Indian regions of Mumbai and Delhi has expressed interest to buy a stake in Zambian telecom firm Zamtel. “We have signed the non-disclosure agreement,” MTNL Chairman R.S.P. Sinha said.

State-run Zamtel is the leading telecom operator in Zambia. The company provides a modern Internet service through Zamtel On-line and is Zambia’s only licensed fixed-line provider of voice and data communications. The state plans to sell up to 75 per cent in it as part of a privatisation drive. Zamtel’s revenue for the year ended December 2008 were $100 million.

Bharti eying Millicom’s business in Sri Lanka

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After having an unsuccessful bid with South African based MTN, Bharti is now considering buying Millicom’s Sri Lankan assets. Millicom International Cellular, also known as Tigo, is a mobile phone network provider operating majorly in America, Africa and Asia. Based in Luxembourg, the company provides mobile services in 16 countries and has recently put its mobile operations in Sri Lanka up for sale.

Twin Treat from Tata Indicom

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Tata Indicom is offering a bundeled pack containing two handsets with consecutive numbers, having intercalling rates of 50 paise/call (yes, it is 50 paise/call with a pulse of 10 minutes). Customers are given the choice of two handsets ranging from the black and white display piece – Huawei C 2607 to the color display piece – Huawei C 2806. The additional information is detailed in the table below. [Read more…] about Twin Treat from Tata Indicom

TRAI becomes stern – Orders mobile operators to declare all hidden charges

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TRAI seems to be getting strict by the day, first it proposed to mandate the per second tariff option, now in a bid to bring more transparency in mobile tariffs, it intends to bring in a rule which will ask the operators to come clean on all hidden charges and other necessary details while announcing a new scheme/plan.

“There should not be any hidden charges and conditions when operators announce a tariff plan. Consumers should be able to understand the scheme being offered and operators should communicate their offers in an intelligible manner. We are planning to take up these issues in a holistic manner,” said Mr J. S. Sharma, Chairman, TRAI.

TRAI is also seeking additional data from operators who had recently announced tariff schemes to ensure that they offer what they promised. To further improve the quality of services, the regulator also proposes to come out with a report containing information on cell sites where call drops occur frequently.

TRAI’s per-second tariff – Good or Bad?

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Couple of days back TRAI chairman Mr. J S Sharma came up with a proposal to propel telecom operators towards a new tariff system based on per second usage. In India, telecom operators presently follow the pulse system wherein consumers are charged for a full minute of airtime even if the call is shorter. The per second tariff system was introduced by TATA DOCOMO when it hit the headlines few months back. Now, if this new tariff system is good or bad, the answer is obvious – good for the consumers, bad for the operators.

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‘Reliance E-Lite’ plan for BlackBerry users

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Reliance Mobile has finally accepted competition and has introduced the pocket friendly, BlackBerry E-Lite plan which offers unlimited access to email and instant messaging (IM) on BlackBerry smartphones for a monthly cost of Rs. 299. Airtel and Vodafone already offer similar plans costing the same. For a complete list of BlackBerry plans and our review, click here