Articles tagged with: Essar and Aircel

India's Aircel Reported to be in Talks to Buy Loop Mobile

India's Aircel Cellular is reported to be in talks to buy Mumbai based Loop Mobile (formerly BPL Mobile), which is owned by the Ruias of the essar group. Both companies have been holding discussions for around seven months now, two people familiar with the discussions told the Economic Times.  more

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Indian Government Close to Releasing Withheld 2G Spectrum

India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has given an in principle clearance for Idea Cellular, Vodafone essar and Aircel to be granted the outstanding 2G spectrum where they currently hold licences, a DoT source told The Economic Times. Currently the operators all hold licenses in some circles, but have not been able to launch their services until the spectrum was released to them.  more

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Hutchison Rebrands Indian Operations

Following the consolidation of five Indian entities under Hutchison Max Telecom Limited (HMTL) earlier this year, the name of the company is now being changed to Hutchison essar Limited. The company's subsidiaries include Hutchison essar Mobile Services, Hutchison Telecom East, Hutchison essar South, Aircel Digilink India and Fascel. more

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