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Articles tagged with: Spice
Two Indian Networks Asked to Explain Delays in Network Rollout
India's Department of Telecom has issued notices to two mobile networks, Idea Cellular and spice asking them to explain delays in rolling out their networks in two licensed circles. Failure to offer an adequate explanation could result in the licenses being revoked. more
Related Tags: idea-cellular, department-of-telecom, karnataka, India
Nokia, Samsung Face Low End Cellphone Threat from Indian OEMs
Nokia enjoys dominant market share in India, but a majority of low income Indian mobile users surveyed by Strategy Analytics would prefer their next phone to be made in India. Indian brands - such as Lava, Micromax, and spice - will benefit from this preference, according to Strategy Analytics. more
Related Tags: nokia, lava, micromax,, India
Nepal's 3rd GSM Network to Launch Next Month
Nepal is to get a third GSM based mobile network next month, when Nepal Satellite Telecom (NST) launches its services. The company will be focusing on the underserved rural areas first before expanding coverage to include the main urban area along the Kathmandu valley next year. more
Related Tags: nepal-satellite-telecom, nepal-telecom, bell, coverage, Nepal
India's Idea Cellular - Pressure in Many Markets as Churn Balloons
Net additions at India's fifth largest mobile player, IDEA Cellular, declined in Q2 09 compared to the first three months of the year by more than 17%, despite the launch of two new circles. Services got under way in Orissa in April and then in Tamil Nadu in May, bringing the total coverage to 15 of India's 23 telecoms circles after launches in Mumbai and Bihar in the second half of last year. The two new operations contributed 0.22m new customers in the quarter, but a crash in net adds in Mumbai from 427k in Q1 09 to 189k in Q2 limited the overall increase in the four new circles to 1.00m, down from 1.02m three months ago. Yet IDEA's 11 established circles performed worse, with net additions off in all but two circles, and by 21% in aggregate. more
Related Tags: idea-cellular, bihar, tamil-nadu, three, danger, life, orissa, churn, India
ZTE Wins 3G Contracts in Mongolia and Nepal
China's ZTE says that it has recently signed two WCDMA contracts with mobile operators in Asia, Skytel of Mongolia and spice Nepal Private of Nepal. The contract with Mongolia's Skytel involves an overlay of a WCDMA network on the existing CDMA service, which ZTE says is the world's first to realize UMTS/CDMA convergence at the core network level. more
Related Tags: skytel, spice-nepal, wcdma, soft-defined-radio, zte, partner, umts, Mongolia
iPhone 3GS: 'lack of innovation' hides true assets
..is instance. Better, we feel, to see mobile devices in future falling into two main categories, neither of which corresponds neatly with divisions based on 'smartness' or 'featureness'. These are: those that are being actively managed by the co more
Related Tags: apple, iphone, ovum, life
Nepal Operator Plans $250 Million Investment Over Two Years
Nepal based mobile network operator, spice Nepal has plans to invest US$250 million over the next two years to expand its network and improve services. The company trades under the Mero Mobile brandname. TeliaSonera recently acquired a 40.8% stake in the firm after buying a 51% stake in the Kazakhstan based holding company, Visor Group which in turn owns 80% of spice Nepal more
Related Tags: teliasonera, tim, ovi, iden, landline, spice-nepal, mero-mobile, nepal-telecom, Nepal
Future sharing opportunities for Mobile Network Operators
..y too to add the spice of competition. There's also the option to nationalise the network. The banking industry is currently undergoing this process, so why not? Mobile regulation would have to evolve Regulation of mobile services has focused more
Related Tags: t-mobile, sim, eu, ict, mvno, o2, driving, tim, wind, lte, ericsson, ovum, one-network, backhaul, managed-services, option
Idea Cellular Subscriber Base Passes 30 Million Mark
India's Idea Cellular has reported that it half year with a subscriber base of 30.38 million, adding 6.38 million subscribers during the half year, reflecting an improvement in national market share from 9.4% to 9.8% during the period. more
Related Tags: mumbai, maharashtra, idea-cellular, bihar, orissa, punjab, karnataka, spice-communications, India
TeliaSonera Buys Stakes in Nepal and Cambodian Mobile Networks
TeliaSonera has acquired stakes in two mobile operators, Nepalese mobile operator, spice Nepal and Cambodia based Applifone - for a cash payment of approximately SEK 3.2 billion (US$484 million). more
Related Tags: teliasonera, 3, spice-nepal, georgia, applifone, Nepal
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