Articles tagged with: Maharashtra and Delhi
Indian circle passes one million subscriber mark
India' IDEA Cellular has achieved yet another landmark in the history of Indian telecom industry. IDEA's maharashtra circle has become the first Circle (GSM license region) to hit the 1-million subscriber mark. IDEA, maharashtra has achieved this unique distinction through increased subscriptions, in both the pre-paid and post-paid segments which have been growing consistently in all clusters of Pune, Goa, Nagpur, Nasik, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Solhapur, Ulhasnagar and many upcountry locations that are extensively covered with IDEA's network. more
Related Tags: customer-care, idea-cellular
Motorola winning Indian contracts
Motorola has announced business wins of wireless equipment agreements worth over US$307 million from leading Indian operators BSNL, MTNL, and Tata Teleservices. These agreements include deployment of new networks, as well as expansion and up-grades of existing networks for both GSM communications and CDMA systems. Of the US$307 million in announced wins, substantially all of the orders were reported in 2003 and the majority of the revenue is expected to be recognized in 2004. more
Related Tags: bsnl, tata-teleservices
Further consolidation in India's GSM market
India's GSM network operator, IDEA is to buy the GSM operators, Escotel Mobile (EMCL) and Escorts Telecommunications (ETL). The transaction includes 6 telecom licenses and more than 825,000 subscribers. In an all cash transaction, IDEA has entered into a share purchase agreement with the sponsors of EMCL and ETL, i.e. Escorts and First Pacific, to buy their 100% equity stake in these companies. more
Related Tags: at&t-wireless, idea-cellular, cellcom, license-fees

