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India's Reliance Seeks 100 Million Subscribers by Year-End

India's reliance Communications has set itself a target of breaking the 100 million subscriber mark before the end of this year - requiring an additional 25 million new customers to sign up to its network. The firm reported a surge in subscriptions following the launch of its GSM network, which overlays its existing CDMA service.  more

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Record result in Q4 for India - but Q1 09 looks set to beat it

India is the world's second largest mobile market behind China and it has seen extraordinary levels of growth in recent quarters. The first three quarters of 2008 all saw net additions in excess of 25m, and Q4 08 went one better with a gain of 31.58m, an all-time Indian and world record. The number of connections in India stood at 346.77m at the end of 2008 with annual growth of 48.5%, compared to 60.8% in 2007.  more

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New Sprint Nextel CEO Purges the Directors

... Analysts say the company's problems stem from poor customer service, excessive reliance on credit-risky customers and a muddled marketing message, among other things. "I want to thank each of these individual leaders for their dedication  more

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Hunted and Hunter Swap Roles As Telecom M&A Heats Up

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- The hunted are fast becoming the hunters in the consolidation race playing out now among telecom operators in emerging markets.  more

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