Alleged corruption in India leads to bill shock
One thing that strikes any visitor to India is the fact that things never seem quite finished. Magnificent corporate buildings in new tech parks are all ready to go but quite often there is no power connection to the building or the roads to the buildings are not even close to completion with piles of [...]
No doting as Delhi deals with diverse delays
I’m not a betting man but the latest announcement on the elusive Indian 3G license auction has me wondering if a small wager against it happening is not a good bet! This is despite Telecom Minister, Andimuthu Raja, confirming that the 3G license auction will start, as planned, on January 14th, 2010.
Indian Telecoms Commission OKs MVNOs
If you want to study how NOT to roll out an effective telecommunications infrastructure in past years, you need look no further than India. In a country that had mastered the old British colonial art of creating unnecessary bureaucracy, rolling out new technology was always going to be a complex and frustrating exercise. Read article…
Mobile tariffs in India expected to drop further in 2009
Mobile tariffs in India – currently amongst the lowest in the world – are expected to further decline by 20 to 25 per cent through 2009 triggered by new entrant competition and the drive to increase penetration into India’s low-income population segments. Read article…
Bharti profits are up, but is it all good news?
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator by subscribers posted a 21 per cent rise in fiscal fourth-quarter net profit, but competition and growth are forcing down prices. Read article…
Reliance signs 9 million to GSM in three months
Indian mobile operator Reliance Communications has ambitions to become one of the world’s top five mobile operators by subscriber numbers, chief executive, S.P. Shukla has revealed to the Financial Times. Read article…