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Articles tagged with: Chennai and Delhi
WiMAX, 3G and Number Portability to Drive Indian Wireless Market in 2009
Defying the global economic slowdown, IndiaĆ's mobile-phone demand is expected to continue to rise at an accelerated rate in 2009 due to the rollout of 3G and WiMAX networks and the implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP), according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: iphone, wimax, apple, apple, rsa, isuppli, vodafone, mtn, mobile-number-portability, cdma, number-portability, wireless-broadband, mnp, testing, India
India's BSNL to Launch 3G Network in Jan 2009
India's state owned mobile operator, BSNL will launch its 3G network in the north-eastern states and chennai by January 2009, Communications and IT Minister A Raja has announced. The second state owned network to have a 3G license, MTNL is still on target to launch its 3G network in Delhi and Mumbai. more
Related Tags: wcdma, 3g-license, mtn, cdma, bsnl, mtnl, 3g-licenses, India
India Telecom Regulator Recommends 3G Service Guidelines
NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, or TRAI, Wednesday recommended guidelines for allocation and pricing of spectrum for third generation, or 3G, services in the country. more
Related Tags: reliance-communications, reliance, bharti, mumbai, tata-teleservices, trai
Indians tend to upgrade their handsets after 16 months
Average cell phone users in India are going for a new handset every 16 months, according to a recent survey by IDC, among elite mobile users in top five cities. Bangalore would be the first city to change their existing handsets (9 months), whereas chennai would be last city in this race (24 month). Other three major cities i.e. Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata are expected to see a change in handset in 17 months, 15 months and 16 months respectively. more
Related Tags: idc, mumbai, kolkata
Ericsson wins Indian GSM and GPRS contract
Ericsson has signed GSM and GPRS orders exceeding US$70 million with Bharti Enterprises in India. The orders include Ericsson's first GPRS deployments in India. The contracts cover complete GSM infrastructure in five new geographic areas and network expansion in one existing area, as well as GPRS networks for Delhi and Bangalore. Ericsson will also implement two Intelligent Network (IN) platforms for Bharti's networks in the north and south of India. Bharti's five new GSM areas are in the Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh West, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; network expansion and change out will be carried out in the existing chennai system." more
Related Tags: bharti, intelligent-network, tamil-nadu
India court bid to restart GSM auction
India's Department of Telecommunications is to file a caveat in the Supreme Court to prevent VSNL Employees Union appealing against the Mumbai High Court's decision to forbid VSNL from participating in the fourth cellular license auction. The Delhi High Court has already refused the Unions' claim, and a decision at the chennai High Court is pending. If the appeal at the chennai High Court is thrown out, then the license auction could be finally completed by the middle of next week." more
Related Tags: avea, mumbai, supreme-court