Articles tagged with: Vodafone Essar
Vodafone India TV Advert Attacked over Animal Welfare
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has issued a formal warning to Vodafone India regarding an advertisement which features a pug dog running after a bus. The board also sent a warning to Nirvana Films which made the advert for Vodafone. more
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Vodafone May Have Secured the iPhone for India and Australia
Vodafone's Indian subsidiary is reported to have secured the rights to Apple's iPhone in the country. A report by the Business Standard suggests that the 8GB handset will be launched on the Vodafone Essar network in September with a price range of around Rs 27,200 and Rs 28,000 (around US$680). The 16GB model might be launched next year, depending on demand. more
Bharti Airtel Adds 2.31 Million Mobile Phone Users in March
MUMBAI -(Dow Jones)- Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel added 2.31 million mobile phone subscribers in March, industry data showed Friday. more
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Vodafone Essar Unlikely Hurt by TRAI Order on Refund- Analysts
BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- India's Vodafone Essar, a unit of UK's Vodafone Group, is unlikely to get hurt financially after India's telecom regulator asked it to refund the charges it levied on consumers for activating value-added services without their consent, analysts said. more
Vodafone Ordered to Refund VAS Charges in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has ordered Vodafone Essar to refund to all consumers, within fifteen days, the charges levied for value added services (VAS) in all cases where the value added services were provided without explicit consent. more
Related Tags: trai, essar, telecom-regulatory-authority-of-india, India
India Court to Next Hear Vodafone Tax Case June 23
BANGALORE -(Dow Jones)- The Bombay High Court Tuesday adjourned to June 23 the hearing into a petition filed by Vodafone International Holdings BV, owned by UK's Vodafone Group, challenging the Indian income-tax department's move to tax the telecom company up to $2 billion as capital gains after it bought a majority stake in Hutchison Essar. more
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Vodafone May Buy More Operators in India
BARCELONA -(Dow Jones)- Mobile phone operator Vodafone Group said on Tuesday that it needs more radio spectrum to continue expanding into India and may have to buy it through acquisitions if the government doesn't make it available. more
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FOCUS: India Bet Becomes a Sure Thing for Global Mobile Operators
LONDON (Dow Jones) -- When Vodafone Group forked out $13 billion for a majority stake in India's No. 4 mobile operator, Hutchison Essar, a year ago, many feared the British giant had overpaid for an investment that would take years to yield a return. more
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Police Recover Over 130 BlackBerry's from Criminal Gang
Police officers from the Narpoli police station in India's Maharashtra State, just outside Mumbai have arrested a criminal gang which were involved in several robberies in the area. The police recovered a total of 131 BlackBerry phones from the robbers. more
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Indian Government Close to Releasing Withheld 2G Spectrum
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has given an in principle clearance for Idea Cellular, Vodafone Essar and Aircel to be granted the outstanding 2G spectrum where they currently hold licences, a DoT source told The Economic Times. Currently the operators all hold licenses in some circles, but have not been able to launch their services until the spectrum was released to them. more
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