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Articles tagged with: Kolkata
MTS India Expands Network Coverage to Jharkhand
MTS India has expanded its network coverage to include the state of Jharkhand. In India, MTS already has a subscriber base of over 1.7 million and is present in 6 telecom circles including Bihar, kolkata, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. more
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Idea Cellular to Upgrade Indian GPRS Capacity
Nokia Siemens Networks has won a contract from Indian network operator, Idea to upgrade its GPRS network capabilities. Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability to 10 IDEA telecom service areas, while the existing GPRS capability in 12 other areas will be expanded. more
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MTS India Expands Coverage in Kerala State
Indian mobile network operator Sistema Shyam Teleservices, which operates under the MTS India brand, says that it has expanded the coverage of its mobile service to all the coastal districts of Kerala, with the launch of services in the Kozhikode district. This foray marks the presence of MTS in 262 towns of Kerala, in less than two months of operations in the state. more
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India's BSNL Planning 3G Launch Across 700 Cities
India's state-owned operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) intends to expand its 3G network to 700 cities across the North and East of the country by June. A second wave of launches in the South of the country will follow in July. Ericsson is BSNL's partner for 3G roll-out in over 400 of these cities. more
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India's Unitech Granted Radio Spectrum in Three More Circles
India's Unitech - in which Telenor is in the process of buy a 60% stake - has announced that it has been granted radio spectrum in three additional license circles. The company has now been allotted initial spectrum in 16 service areas out of total 22 service areas. more
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Claims of Cellphone Jamming During Tata Motors Factory Protests
Protesters outside the Tata Motors factory in India's West Bengal have accused the local phone companies of blocking the mobile phones. As some 30,000 protesters lined the streets around the factory to complain that the land was taken from local farmers, it was reported that many users were having to walk for a mile or more before being able to use their mobile phones. more
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Indian Operator Granted Additional CDMA Radio Spectrum
Russia's Sistema has announced that it's Indian subsidiary, Shyam Telelink has received radio frequencies under CDMA 800 MHz in four additional Indian circles. As a result, Shyam Telelink now has spectrum in 19 telecommunications circles. more
Vodafone Planning Huge Indian Network Expansion
The newspaper reports that according to sources, Nokia Siemens Networks is likely to be the principal supplier of network electronics such as base tower stations (BTS), base station controllers (BSC) and transcoders in 12 out of Vodafone Essar's 16 existing circles. Motorola, in turn is slated to supply BTSs, BSCs and transcoders in the company's Delhi, Mumbai, kolkata and Punjab circles. As for mobile switching centres (MSC), Nokia Siemens will supply to almost all existing Vodafone Essar circles, with the exception of Mumbai metro circle where the MSCs will be supplied by Ericsson. more
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Nokia Siemens Wins $900 Million Indian Contract
India's Bharti Airtel has signed a US$900 million network expansion contract across it's mobile and fixed networks with Nokia Siemens Networks. In the first multi platform network contract of its kind to be awarded in India, Nokia Siemens Networks will expand Airtel?s GSM network in eight circles; its National Long Distance and International Long Distance network with 1.8 million Next Generation Network (NGN) ports ? the largest ever NGN contract in the country ? and its International Calling Card prepaid service capacity by 4.5 million news users. more
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Nokia Siemens Wins Indian GSM Contract
Nokia Siemens Networks says that it has won its first contract from Maxis Group, India, which operates under brand name of Aircel, to build a greenfield GSM network in kolkata. more