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Latest Telecoms News from India
Prepaid phone ban stirs anger in Indian Kashmir
A government ban on prepaid cell phones to prevent rebels from using them to clandestinely plan attacks has stirred resentment among Indian-controlled Kashmir's impoverished residents, who depend on prepaid connections for inexpensive communication....
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SingTel Subscriber Base Reaches 273 Million
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) announced that the Group posted strong growth in customer acquisitions with the addition of 57 million customers, or 26 per cent higher than a year ago, bringing its combined regional mobile customer base to 273 million as at 30 September 2009....
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Huawei Wins 9 Million GSM Line Contract from India's BSNL
India's BSNL has denied reports that it is considering retendering its already oft-tendered GSM network expansion contracts. Some reports had suggested that the Department of Telecommunications wanted the tenders put out again due to a lack of competition in the latest rounds....
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Vodafone's $2 Billion Indian Tax Battle Rumbles On
India's Income Tax department has issued a notice to Vodafone asking it to explain why the company feels that the Tax Department does not have the necessary jurisdiction to proceed with its tax liability claim against it. The tax liability relates to the US$11.2 billion purchase of Hutchison Essar in 2007....
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Reliance Communications Quarterly Profit Halved
India's Reliance Communications (Rcom) has reported a more than halving in its fiscal second quarter profits to Rs. 740 crore ($154 million), compared to Rs 1,531 crore a year ago. ...
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SingTel Boosts Stake in India's Bharti Airtel
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced that it is paying around US$393 million to increase its stake in India's Bharti Airtel to 31.95 percent from 30.43 percent currently. ...
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India Bans PrePay Phones in Kashmir
India's Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that no pre-paid mobile connections should be issued and existing pre-paid SIM cards should not be renewed in Jammu & Kashmir from the beginning of next month....
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Bharti Airtel Profits Up but Misses Expectations
India's Bharti Airtel says that its 3rd-quarter net profits grew by 13% to Rs. 2,321 crore (US$493.8 million), while revenues were up by 9% to Rs.9,846 crore ($2.1 billion)....
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Boosting Broadband Wireless Internet Access in Rural India
In support of the Indian Government's Bharat Nirman rural development agenda, BSNL, HCL and Intel have announced a series of wide-reaching initiatives to spur economic and educational opportunities in India by expanding access to wireless broadband Internet and affordable computers....
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Idea Cellular Expands its Indian GSM Network
India's Idea Cellular has launched its GSM mobile services in Kolkata Metro and Rest of West Bengal, to become a pan-India player with 98% coverage of the telephony potential of the country....
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