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Vodafone pledges $5B for control of India operations

March 31 2011 - 11:52 am ET | Dan Meyer | RCR Wireless News Vodafone Group plc (VOD) has pledged $5 billion to acquire the remaining interest in Indian wireless operator Vodafone Essar Ltd. it did not previously control. The move was initiated by the Essar...

US to seek change in India’s telecom security policy, encryption rules

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...

US to seek change in India's telecom security policy, encryption rules

Economic Times | March 29, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: The United States government will seek changes in India's policies on telecom security and encryption in its next meeting with the telecoms department officials here, an executive aware of the development told ET. Also on...

Microsoft Names Oracle Ex-India Chief Bhaskar Pramanik As New Chairman

Fox Business News | March 28, 2011 | Dhanya Ann Thoppil BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: 25.41, -0.21, -0.82%) Monday said it named the ex-chief of Oracle India, Bhaskar Pramanik, as new chairman of the U.S. software giant's India unit. Pramanik, previously managing director of Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL:...

For Vodafone in India, a Swift but Bumpy Rise

The New York Times | March 27, 2011 | Heather Timmons NEW DELHI — When the British mobile phone giant Vodafone bought an Indian wireless company for $11 billion in 2007, the chief executive at the time, Arun Sarin, praised the new “tremendously exciting, fast-moving market.” But...

CIOs in India identify cloud computing as top technology priority in 2011

eGov Innovation  | Mar 22, 2011 MUMBAI -- The 2011 CIO Agenda survey conducted by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP) showed that chief information officers in India ranked cloud computing as their top technology priority for 2011. The worldwide CIO survey was conducted by Gartner EXP from September to...

Govt plans Chinese models for telecom infra projects

The Economic Times | March 23, 2011 | Kalyan Parbat KOLKATA: India is looking to replicate China's vendor credit models to finance greenfield telecom infrastructure projects worth Rs 5 lakh crore ($110 billion approx). The finance ministry, at the instance of the telecom department, is mulling a...

India telecom regulator: To send infrastructure policy proposals to government next week

Nasdaq | March 24, 2011 | R. Jai Krishna NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- India's telecommunications regulator will send its proposals to formulate a single country policy on setting up tower infrastructure to the government next week, Chairman J.S. Sarma said Thursday. Sarma, however, didn't elaborate on...

MTS launches MBlaze in Andhra Pradesh

MTS | March 23, 2011 | Press Release Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) today announced the launch of its high-speed mobile broadband service, MBlaze in Andhra Pradesh. MTS has rolled out its high speed mobile internet services in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Warangal, Rajahmundry and...

Bangalore-based Acropetal acquires two companies in the US

BANGALORE: City-based Acropetal Technologies Ltd today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire two US-based companies LineBeyondInc , and Optech Consulting Inc. LineBeyond is valued at $ 5 million and Optech at $ 7 million, respectively, the company said in a statement. Acropetal...

Buongiorno India* and IBM Agree Partnership

Buongiorno India | March 18, 2011 | Press Release Buongiorno India* and IBM Agree Partnership to Provide Leading Indian Telecoms Subscribers With a "Best in Class" Mobile Content Delivery Platform GURGAON, India, March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Buongiorno India, the joint venture between Mitsui & Co. Ltd and Buongiorno...

Intelsat 17 expands programming Reach for India’s Sun TV Network

Intelsat | March 21, 2011 | Press Release Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today announced that Sun TV Network Ltd. (Sun TV) has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for C-band capacity on the recently launched Intelsat 17 satellite (IS-17) at...

Nokia extends mobile money service to Union Bank in India

Bloomberg | March 21, 2011 | Vidya Root Nokia Oyj (NOK1V), the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, has started supplying mobile banking services for a Union Bank of India offering aimed at phone customers who don’t have bank accounts. The Union Bank Money Powered by Nokia service...

Bharti won’t buy Govt’s 30% stake in Hexacom

Economic Times | March 14, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the delays in executing the stake sale, Bharti Airtel has withdrawn its bid to buy out the government's 30% stake in...

Bharti won't buy Govt's 30% stake in Hexacom

Economic Times | March 14, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the delays in executing the stake sale, Bharti Airtel has withdrawn its bid to buy out the government's 30% stake in...

India asks Etisalat, Idea to respond to regulator

Reuters | March 10, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy * Notices sent to Etisalat DB for two zones and Idea for one (Adds Etisalat statement) NEW DELHI, March 10 (Reuters) - India's telecoms ministry has asked Etisalat's (ETEL.AD) Indian mobile joint venture and Idea Cellular (IDEA.BO) to respond to...

Airtel 3G service comes docking on the shores of Mumbai

Airtel | March 8, 2011 | Press Release • Announces significant network investment to offer comprehensive 3G coverage in aamchi Mumbai • Provides stock market and entertainment followers with multiple ways of staying tuned to the latest - all through the mobile device • Brings along enhanced...

Tata Communications launches international cloud services in Singapore

Tata Communications | March 8, 2011 | Press Release Asia Pacific businesses will benefit from Tata Communications’ Infrastructure as a Service offering, combining pay-per-use applications with an extensive and reliable global network Singapore – March 8, 2011 – Tata Communications, a leading provider of a...

Tata Communications launches international cloud services in Singapore

Tata Communications | March 8, 2011 | Press Release Asia Pacific businesses will benefit from Tata Communications’ Infrastructure as a Service offering, combining pay-per-use applications with an extensive and reliable global network Singapore – March 8, 2011 – Tata Communications, a leading provider of a...

Sharp to participate in e-Education proof-of-concept trial in India

Sharp | March 8, 2011 | Press Release Osaka, Mar 8, 2011 - (JCN Newswire) - Sharp Corporation will participate in a proof-of-concept trial for electronic education (e-education) from March 8 to the end of March 2011 at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad to...

Karbonn to buy South Korean design company for $40 million

Economic Times | March 8, 2011 KOLKATA: Homegrown handset maker Karbonn will buy a South Korean cellphone design house for about $40 million in an all-cash deal, an executive with the company said. The proposed acquisition is strategic to the company’s bid to market low-cost...

GSM operators to surrender excess spectrum during renewal in 2014

Economic Times | March 7, 2011 | Joji Thomas Philip NEW DELHI: All leading GSM operators will have to give up 'excess' airwaves they have when their mobile permits come up for renewal beginning 2014. This implies companies such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea...

Aircel to invest Rs 400 cr in AP

Business Standard | March 1, 2011 To launch mobile banking with ICICI in 60 days GSM mobile network operator Aircel, a 74:26 joint venture between Maxis Berhad of Malaysia and the Apollo Hospitals Group, will be investing Rs 400 crore in Andhra Pradesh for 2G and...

Alcatel-Lucent and Altair Semiconductor enable TD-LTE solutions for emerging markets

Companies to Jointly Participate in TD-LTE Field Trials in India and China BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 16, 2011 -- Mobile World Congress -- Altair Semiconductor, the world's leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, today announced that their TD-LTE solution,...