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Articles tagged with: Mtnl
India's MTNL Interested in Zambian Government Sale of Zamtel
India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (mtnl) says that it investigating the possibility of taking a stake in Zambia's sole landline operator, Zamtel. The company also operates a mobile network in a competitive market. more
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Can BSNL and MTNL be turned around?
Opinion piece by Amit Gupta, Principal Analyst, Ovum.
While the Indian telecom industry is experiencing high growth and private sector
operators are posting impressive results, performance of the two state owned
operators - namely BSNL and mtnl - continues to decline. As state owned
entities, these two operators get preferential treatment from the government.
Nevertheless, they fail to take advantage of such a treatment. One of the recent
examples is dismal uptake of 3G service launched by these two, despite being the
only operators in India with 3G spectrum.
more
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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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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India Expected to Push Ahead with 3G License Auction
India's telecoms minister, A Raja has confirmed that the oft-delayed auction of 3G licenses remains a top priority at the Communications and IT Ministry. He was reconfirmed as the minister in charge following the government's reelection in India's recent elections. more
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Alcatel-Lucent delivers first IP-based NGN to India's MTNL
Alcatel-Lucent and India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (mtnl) have announced the commercial launch of the operator's first IP-based mobile next generation network (NGN) in Mumbai. The mobile NGN solution, provided by Alcatel-Lucent, is 3G and IMS ready. more
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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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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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BPL Mobile Passes 2 Million Subscriber Mark
India based mobile operator, BPL Mobile - which covers just the city of Mumbai - has announced that it has passed the 2 million subscriber mark. BPL Mobile, in the past few months have substantially grown in their subscriber base, from 1.3 Million in March 2008 to 2 Million in January 2009. The net additions percentage share of BPL Mobile in the past 5 months has been at an average of 22%, much above the other operators. more
Related Tags: vodafone, mtn, cdma, bpl-mobile, mumbai, India