According to the sources Reliance Communication (RCOM) and MTN of S. Africa have agreed upon the swapping of majority shares in each other’s companies. Anil Ambani of RCOM may acquire 34% stake in MTN after direct investment. A delegation from RCOM has moved to Johannesburg the head office of ...

The decision of Idea Cellular to buy out Spice Communication has come after the decision by latter’s chairman that company is for sale. The main promoter Telekom Malaysia holds 39.2% share in Spice and has not yet given its consent on it and according to the Chairman of the Spice, they ...

The Apple Inc. declared on Wednesday 5 June that it is introducing movies to its software-based online digital media store, iTunes Canada. This announcement has come almost two years after this service was already introduced in the United States. A statement issued by the company revealed that one ...

An inside industry source has revealed that Verizon Wireless is in talks to purchase rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp. The purchase is going to be made for about $27 in debt and cash to create a company that would overtake AT&T Inc as the number one US mobile service provider. Last ...

Under the new scheme of Vodafone, the subscriber would be able to make phone calls even if they don’t have any balance in their account. According to the company sources, the Chhota Credit will enable the subscribers to make call in the event they do not have sufficient balance in their ...

Arun Sarin, Vodafone’s chief executive for the past five years is going to announce his departure from the company on Tuesday, May 27, 2008. The reins of the world’s biggest telecom company are likely to be handed over to his deputy chief executive Vittorio Calao. Mr. Sarin, who has led ...

In a statement issued on Monday, May 26, 2008 Reliance Communications has revealed that it has entered into exclusive negotiations with the MTN group. The announcement comes a day after Bharti Airtel revealed that it has ended takeover talk with the South African firm. The statement by Reliance ...

Bharti Airtel which was trying to buy out MTN has decided to get out of the deal. Both parties had initiated talks about three weeks ago and talks were cordial through out this period and conducted in good faith but later developments are believed to have led to collapse of deal. According to the ...

The Virgin Mobile, which is the US wireless unit of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, is said to be busy in merger talks with SK Telecom, the top mobile operator of South Korea. On Wednesday 14 May, this news was confirmed by Virgin Mobile USA Inc which said that it was engaged in preliminary talks ...

The long distance communication arm of the Tata group, Tata Communications has constituted a joint venture with US based Sonus to set up basic infrastructure to offer phone calls over internet. Tata Communications will work with Sonus services team to facilitate relocation from its current network ...

In order to acquire a substantial stake in the mobile operator MTN Group Ltd, India's Bharti Airtel Ltd is thinking of boosting its offer to around 175 South African rand or $22.63 per share. A reliable source has informed that there has been no official bidding yet and that MTN Group Ltd is ...

 
India’s prominent mobile operator, Reliance Communications has entered into an alliance with France’s telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent. As per the sources, the French Company has acquired a contract for providing managed services to the multi-vendor and ...

India’s number two mobile operator, Reliance Communications have taken a 47 percent jump in quarterly net profit. Reliance Communications, a part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has added 4.8 million mobile users between the months of January and March, taking its total to 45.8 million ...

Powered by Microsoft Live Search, Vodafone and Microsoft have announced the launch of "SMS Search" for the customers of Vodafone, in India. The “SMS Search” is powered by Microsoft’s Live Search. The idea behind the launch is to provide the users a strong mobile internet ...

The government has once again asked the Tata Teleservices (TSL) to refrain from going ahead with its plan to introduce BlackBerry services for its customers, unless the required monitoring system, being demanded by the security agencies, is installed. BlackBerry is a wireless email solution for ...

Merger and Acquisition (M&A) norms of telecom service providers within a circle have been tightened by the Indian government on Wednesday. From now onwards, the telecom service providers need to fulfill four criteria for any kind of merger. Firstly, for any kind of merger, approval by the ...

Skype which offers a software program allowing users to make calls over the Internet to other Skype users free of charge, has introduced a fetching international calling plan for its US customers. It is a $9.95-a-month international calling plan that will comprise landlines and some cell phone ...

Tata Teleservices (TSL) intends to go ahead with its plan to introduce BlackBerry services for its customers, despite the fact that it was asked by the government not to do so due to security reasons. BlackBerry is a wireless email solution for mobile professionals that provide easy access to ...

There are reports that telecommunication giant Vodafone may carry Apple iPhone in India, which is said to be launched in September 2008. It is to be noted that earlier this year Apple had declared that it is going to launch its iPhone in India by September 2008.
 
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Here is some good news for all mobile phone users. From June 2009, you can retain your mobile number even if you change operator, provided you keep on paying your bills. The Telecom Authority of India (TRAI) has given this deadline in a letter sent to the secretary of Department Of ...

First, it was Virgin Mobile who offered to pay consumers to chat on their mobiles and now it is a Chennai based company Airvoice Infocomm who is offering to pay consumers to listen to advertisements on their mobiles. It has also applied for a patent for its technology, which allows playing voice ...

Airtel has launched ‘airtellive.com’, which is an all-in-one internet portal or website for its customer base in India.  The ‘airtellive.com’ happens to be the first portal to be introduced by this prominent telecom company in India. It has been created in collaboration ...

The Indian government has permitted the telecom service providers (telcos) the sharing of active infrastructure. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has pointed out that active infrastructure-sharing among the telcos will be restricted to antenna, feeder cable, node B, radio access network ...