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Articles tagged with: Mumbai and Bpl Mobile
Indian Operator at Risk of Losing Telecoms License
The telecoms license held by India's Loop Telecom may be at risk after the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has asked the communications ministry to investigate if the shareholders violate the law on cross company ownership. 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 BPL Mobile, which offers services in mumbai has rebranded itself as "Loop Mobile" as the firm also launches its EDGE coverage in the city. The company announced the completion of its network expansion and has now doubled its capacity by deploying the latest NGIP (Next Generation Internet Protocol) and EDGE. more
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BPL Mobile Passes 2 Million Subscriber Mark
..ave in us. We are a dedicated team with significant growth plans to cater to the mumbaikar, through superior understanding and innovative product development. We are in the service of Mumbai for 13 years and are proud of our roots. We dedicate more
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Vodafone Seeking Damages From Indian Partner
India's Vodafone Essar is seeking damages of around Rs 1,100 crore (US$252 million) from the Essar Group for not transferring shares in mumbai based BPL Mobile to the company. As part of Vodafone's move into the Indian market, the company agreed to buy BPL Mobile from the Ruias of the Essar Group and merge it with Vodafone Essar. more
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The chocolate manufacturer, Cadbury's has teamed up with the Indian GSM network operator, BPL Mobile to enable its customers to pay for sweets purchased via vending machines, using an SMS order. Cadbury says that it has set up 30 vending machines in mumbai that will accept orders by SMS. more
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SMS service shut down to prevent Indian ethic unrest
A total of 8,000 preventive arrests were made during last Friday in mumbai, the financial center of India, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported, quoting Joint Commissioner of Police (law and order) V.N. Deshmukh. more
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Following the intensification in competition in the Indian cellular phone market this week, Command and Spice Telecom have both reduced their tariffs. The two networks offer service in Kolkata (former Calcutta), and a new entrant, BSNL began operating a GSM network there this week. However, BPL Mobile, which offers service in mumbai has said that its focus will not be on cutting prices, but offering improved services. "We will compete by offering more value-added services and by offering GPRS services to our customers." said Mr Girish Rangan, CEO, BPL Mobile. He refused however to say exactly when the GPRS service would be launched. MTNL is due to start offering service in mumbai shortly." more
Related Tags: bsnl, mtnl, kolkata, spice
BT is likely to purchase a 20% share of BPL Mobile Communications Ltd. from France Telecom in the very near future said unidentified BPL officials. BPL is a private cellular company operating in the mumbai region of India. BT already owns 22.5% of Bharti Cellular which operates in New Delhi, India's capital city." more
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Indian Mobile Phone Companies Go To Court
The Indian state telecoms company has won a court case allowing them to offer cellular services in India. They plan to offer GSM coverage in New Delhi and mumbai from March 1999. The two privately owned GSM companies, Bharati Cellular & BPL Mobile had ask the courts to stop MTML from offering mobile services due to their dominant position in the land-line market." more
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