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3G services may lead to further loss of indian telcos
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Indian telecom industry is already experiencing a throat cut competition and profits are mitigating day by day. Increased competition from new telco’s who are initially only looking to poach subscribers and the expenditure incurred on 3G spectrum and on purchase of equipment will be an add-on to ongoing deficit of Indian telecom operators.
All telcos have already paid exorbitant amount for 3G auction and equipments. Bharti spent Rs 12,295 crore to get the 3G licence in 13 circles whereas RCom spent over Rs 11,000 crore and same is paid by Vodafone to acquire a licence in 10 circles. Vodafone also spent about $450 million to procure necessary 3G equipment. (more…)
Green Telecom INDIA will identify Greener Future of Telecom industry
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by Gourav Sharma
in General
Organized by Bharat Exhibitions & supported by DOT – Department of Telecom & DIT – Department of Information Technology, Green Telecom INDIA 2010 scheduled to be held on September 10, 2010 at Le Meridien, New Delhi is India’s only event on Green Telecom for promoting Greener Initiatives in fast growing Indian Telecom Industry.
Energy consumption is one of the leading drivers of operating expenses for both fixed and mobile network operators. Reliable access to electricity is limited in many developing countries that are currently the high-growth markets for telecommunications. According to an industry report, all of these factors will continue to converge over the next several years, and “green” network equipment will grow to represent 46% of the $277 billion global telecom infrastructure market by 2013. (more…)
Bharti Airtel committed for affordable telecom services Tanzania
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Bharti Airtel, which Recently become World’s No 5 Mobile Company by acquiring the African Telecoms asset “Kuwait’s Zain” has committed itself to bring Cheaper, Competitive phone services and to contribute in the growth of telecommunications sector in Tanzania. Tanzania is An east African Country Situated along the Indian Ocean with a population of 39.5 million and is home to Africa’s highest peak Mount Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar Island, Serengeti National Park and Lake Victoria.
Mr. Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) & Jt. MD, Bharti Airtel said in a statement in Tanzania’s capital city Dar es Salaam, “We want to be a partner in Tanzania’s growth and will work with the government to take telecom networks deep into small towns & villages of the country to touch the common man. Bharti will achieve affordability for masses through passing on the benefits of infrastructure sharing and lower interconnect rates to its customers. We are here for the long run and want to be a partner in the growth story of Tanzania. We believe we have inherited well run operations in Tanzania and look forward to working with our team of highly talented professionals and take these operations to leadership.” (more…)
indian telecom industry adds 12.29 mn gsm subscribers June
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India’s continues its Drastic growth in Telecom market by adding ” 12.29 million new subscribers ” in June 2010, reported by COAI ( cellular operators’ association ) on Friday. Now with this addition of 12.29 mn India has a total GSM cellular subscriber base of 456.58 million.
Bharti Airtel, India’s number one GSM operator, added three million new users in June, taking its total subscriber base to 136.6 million. Airtel is still is the telecom leader with a 29.92 per cent market share. on the other hand Vodafone Essar, country’s third-largest mobile phone operator added 2.71 million subscribers during the month, taking its subscriber base to 109 million. Vodafone has market share of 23.89 per cent.
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Sixth-ranked Idea Cellular added 2.15 million users in June while Aircel added 1.6 million new customers. State-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL added 1.09 million and 44,413 new users respectively, taking their subscriber base to 66.88 million (BSNL) and 4.90 million (MTNL).
Managed Services in Telecom industry: 4.2 Billion $ business opportunity
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Two days Ago we posted about the upcoming 2nd Managed Services Event in Delhi based on telecom expense management who started today with Presence of Major Telecom Deligates. Inaugurated by Shri PJ Thomas, IAS, , secratery, DOT, Ministry of Communications India Managed services in Telecom is expected to be a 4.2 billion dollar business opportunity by 2014, according to experts at a conference on the subject here. Department of Telecom Secretary P. J. Thomas said Managed Services was emerging as a new science. “This is a great development in the great telecom story” he added inaugurating the event.
Shri PJ Thomas, IAS, DOT, Ministry of Communications India
“Telecom sells like fish” but the operators have found that it is more cost beneficial to employ fishermen to catch the fish and for them to focus on marketing it, said Bharti Airtel senior VP for Networks Shyam Prabhakar Mardikar. (more…)
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