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Articles tagged with: Delhi
India's MTNL Invites Bidders to Manage its WiMAX Network
India's state-owned MTNL has published the tender for companies to set up and manage its planned WiMAX networks in the cities of delhi and Mumbai. The operator is offering bidders a six-year franchise operation on a revenue sharing basis. more
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India's MTNL Seeks Assistance to Promote its 3G Network
India's state-owned telco, MTNL has invited bids from companies to take over the management of its 3G network, in an apparent admission that it has failed to promote the service successfully to customers. The network is reputed to have signed up a mere 1,000 subscribers since it launched the 3G service six months ago. more
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Airtel Crosses the 5 Million Customer Landmark in Delhi
India's Bharti Airtel says that it has crossed the significant milestone of 5 million customers in the delhi & NCR circle. With this, Airtel has become the first mobile operator to achieve this landmark in a metro circle and added the last million subscribers in only 13 months in a circle that already boasts of a mobile penetration of almost 100%. more
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Tata Teleservices Expands Wireless Backhaul Network
Ceragon Networks has received new backhaul hardware orders from India's Tata Teleservices. Tata has already deployed Ceragon's backhaul equipment in three circles following a long-term supply agreement the companies signed in mid-2008. This agreement is now extended, bringing the number of circles to be served by Ceragon equipment to a total of 10, including the delhi metro area. more
Related Tags: ceragon-networks, backhaul, tata-teleservices, ethernet, India
India's MTNL Expects Up to 300,000 3G Subscribers by Year-End
India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) has set a fairly wide target of between 200,000-300,000 3G subscribers by the end of the year, the company's chairman and managing director said at a press conference to launch a new PrePay tariff. So far though, the company has signed up just 400 subscribers to its 3G network. more
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Alcatel-Lucent May be Back-Up Vendor to Huawei's Indian Contract
More confusion over BSNL's mammoth GSM network tender after it emerged that Alcatel-Lucent may be asked to act as a back-up vendor for the contract awarded to Huawei covering the southern end of the country. The telco was told by the Department of Telecoms to be particularly vigilant when testing Huawei supplied hardware to ensure there are no exploits in the software installed at the request of the Chinese government. more
Related Tags: alcatel-lucent, huawei, nokia-siemens-networks, bsnl, ericsson, gsm, siemens, nokia-siemens, testing, India
Tata Teleservices Outlines $2 Billion CAPEX During 2009-10
India's Tata Teleservices has earmarked a US$2 billion CAPEX for the current financial year to expand its GSM network nationwide. The operator already has a CDMA network, but is planning a GSM overlay after the government granted it permission to operate both technologies on a single license. more
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Afghan Wireless in Shareholder Dispute
A lawsuit has been filed in London's High Court in a US$400 million shareholder dispute over the ownership of the Afghanistan based mobile phone network, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC). more
Related Tags: tim, ministry-of-communications, federal-communications-commission, afghan-wireless, partner, new-jersey, new-york, Afghanistan
Aircel Announces $5 Billion Investment Plan
India's Aircel has announced plans to double its subscriber base and invest US$5 billion in its network over the next three to five years. The firm, a majority owned subsidary of Malaysia's Maxis, will spend at least US$1 billion during 2009 and expects to end the year with 32 million customers. more
Related Tags: mumbai, maxis, aircel, maxis-communications, tamil-nadu, India
Will 3G Launch Revitalise India's MTNL
MTNL recorded its best ever third-quarter figure for net additions in the three months ending 31s t December 2008, Q3 of its 2008/9 financial year. The gain of 229k took its total customer base over the 4m mark to 4.07m at the end of the quarter. MTNL is one of the smaller operators in India, the world's second largest mobile market by customer numbers, and it had an end- quarter national market share of just 1.2%. more
Related Tags: 3g, arpu, mtn, cdma, mtnl, gsm, presence, India