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Articles tagged with: Maharashtra and Essar
Private Equity Group Invests in Indian Mobile Operator
The private equity group, Providence Equity Partners has taken a twenty percent stake in Aditya Birla Telecom (ABTL) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's Idea Cellular - for US$640 million. ABTL owns the telecom mobile license for the Bihar service area and will hold a 16 per cent stake in Indus Towers, the company's tower subsidiary which is co-owned by Vodafone Essar and Bharti Airtel. more
Related Tags: bharti, vodafone-essar, idea-cellular, passive-infrastructure, jharkhand, bihar, towers, India
Police Recover Over 130 BlackBerry's from Criminal Gang
Police officers from the Narpoli police station in India's maharashtra State, just outside Mumbai have arrested a criminal gang which were involved in several robberies in the area. The police recovered a total of 131 BlackBerry phones from the robbers. 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
Related Tags: department-of-telecom, mumbai, vodafone-essar, aircel, idea-cellular, India
Hutchison Essar is taking its next step in the continuing integration process of the recently acquired Tamil Nadu circle of BPL Mobile Cellular. Hutchison Essar has announced that BPL Mobile brand in this circle will now be re-branded to Hutch. more
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Call quality deteriorates in parts of India
India's cellular network operators are required to submit quarterly Performance Reports of their networks under their service area in the format prescribed by the telecoms regulator (TRAI). The Authority has laid down benchmarks for a number of QoS parameters, so as to monitor the Quality of Service being given by the operators to their customers. In this quarter, 82 number of the mobile service providers have reported their QoS performance. more
Related Tags: customer-care, reliance, bharti, bsnl, mumbai, kerala