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Articles tagged with: Reliance and Bsnl
RCom Asked to Clarify Kashmir Network Launch Details
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has questioned reliance Communications (RCom) as to why the network has launched a GSM network in Jammu and Kashmir without clearance from the security services. The DoT has instructed the company to demonstrate that its network can be monitored by the security services. more
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Ten new connections in India by the time you've read this headline
The Indian set a new world record for organic monthly net additions in September with an uplift of 9.99m, beating its own previous best of 9.90m. This is equivalent to 3.9 new connections every second in September. The total market reached 310.62m with a penetration rate of 27.5%, which should mean that there is plenty of potential for further growth. more
Related Tags: world-record, vodafone, personal, bharti, aircel, India
India Adds 6.3 Million New GSM Subscribers in August
India's GSM subscriber based (excluding reliance Telecom) added 6.3 million new subscribers in August according to statistics from the Cellular OperatorsÃ' Association of India (COAI). The total for the country has now reached 225.6 million. more
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Indian Operators Warned Over Interconnection Delays
India's telecoms regulator, TRAI has ordered the incumbent GSM operators, including Bharti, Idea, Vodafone, Spice and state controlled BSNL to provide interconnection with reliance Communications' (RCom) new GSM network and report back once they have complied. more
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India Subscriber Base Sees Slight dip in Growth but a Slowdown Seems Unlikely
At the end of April, the number of mobile connections in India reached 264.19m, a 3.0% monthly increase. Excluding March 07, when reliance suffered a net loss of over 4m due to the reclassification of its CDMA customers, this was the lowest proportionate monthly growth rate since April 2005. In absolute terms, there were 7.63m net additions in April 2008, the lowest figure for ten months. Nevertheless, this figure was 43.5% higher than the number of net additions recorded in April 2007, and in terms of annual net additions, a significant milestone was achieved: 101.82m net additions in the 12 months ending 30th April 2008, the first time the 100m mark has been passed in any market in the world. more
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India adds more new connections than China in 2007
At the end of 2007, the total number of mobile connections in India had grown by 61.0% year-on-year to reach 229.56 million. GSM connections totalled 172.13 million, 75% of the total. Net additions in December stood at 7.95 million, while the 2007 total stood at an astounding 86.99 million new connections - more than the entire market in Italy, which has had mobile operations for over 20 years, and more than China's 2007 total of 86.16 million. more
Huawei Reported to Have Won Indian Network Contract
India's reliance Communications (RCom) is reported to have placed an order worth US$500 million for network infrastructure with China's Huawei. A source told The Economic Times that the order has already been signed and confirmed that it was worth US$500. No further details were provided. more
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BSNL Planning $500 Million CDMA Network Rollout
Even as reliance Communications (RCom) is planning its mammoth GSM network rollout, it could face increased competition in its core CDMA market, after state owned BSNL announced that it will launch a CDMA network of its own. more
Related Tags: reliance-communications, rcom, radio-spectrum, India
India's Reliance Preparing Monster Sized GSM Tender
India's reliance Communications (RCom) is understood to have issued a tender for a GSM contract requiring the supply of between 80-100 million GSM lines. The company was recently granted the necessary GSM spectrum to expand its smaller GSM operations into 14 new circles. more
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India's Reliance Preparing US$5.6 Billion GSM Tender
India's reliance Communications (RCom) is reported to be preparing for a massive GSM tender which could be worth as much as US$5.6 billion. The contract is expected to be for some 70 million GSM lines, and dwarfs the troubled 22.7 million GSM lines contract from state controlled BSNL. more
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