MTS offers ½ Paisa per second for ‘Lifetime’ (India)

On 03.24.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that provides telecommunication services under the brand MTS, today announced an exciting Value Maximizer offer. For the first time in India, customers across Maharashtra & Goa can now avail ½ paisa/second tariff plan for “LIFETIME’ on all local calls without any condition. Additionally, a customer will also get a talk time worth Rs. 200 and an MTS Handset all for Rs. 799/- Only.

According to Ashoo Sethi, Chief Operating Officer, Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa Circle, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) “MTS having launched its new global brand identity is committed to be ‘A Step Ahead’. In sync with this brand philosophy we are excited to bring special offer for the customers of Maharashtra & Goa circle. The offer includes providing unconditional ½ paisa/second tariff plan for lifetime on all local calls along with Rs. 200 Talk Time and an MTS Handset for just Rs 799.”

This offer is valid on all local calls across Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa telecom circles. The Handset bundle offer where in the customers would get a Rs. 200 as talk time, ½ paisa for lifetime along with a handset, is available across Maharashtra and Goa except Mumbai Telecom Circle.

Besides Voice, MTS has been really strong in terms of Data Business. MTS has more than 50,000 data customers in Maharashtra & Goa enjoying high speed network. The company has drawn plans to have a total of 150 Company Flagship stores across the circle, in the next 3 months.
MTS – A Step Ahead; More about the new global brand identity.

When you refuse to step back, you step ahead. This thought runs embedded in the new MTS brand identity. It propels the passion for discoveries, an inspiration to stay ahead in terms of innovation, a promise to offer the best to the consumer. The new MTS identity relates to a new belief in India – that your present does not determine your Future. With a range of technologies and services, the brand enables you to bet on yourself, to never say no, to challenge existing beliefs, to “do what you can’t”.

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Reliance Communications launches 3G services in Jharkhand (India)

On 03.21.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Reliance Communications has launched the first 3G network in Jharkhand. In the first phase, the services will be available in 6 towns of Jharkhand including Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh and Jharia. Recently, Reliance Communications had launched 3G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chandigarh.

The network is capable of offering peak speeds up to 28 Mbps.

Reliance Communications will be launching Reliance 3G services across all 13 telecom circles, where it holds 3G licenses, by end of Fiscal 2010-11. The company is aiming to offer national 3G coverage through associations with other 3G licensees in the balance 9 telecom circles during the course of next year.

Reliance Communications holds 3G licenses in the telecom circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, North East, Jammu & Kashmir, Orissa and Assam.

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Bharti set to acquire Qualcomm’s India BWA licences

On 03.17.11, In Mobile, By Editor

If reports are to be believed, Bharti Airtel is set to buy Qualcomm’s broadband wireless licences in India for US$1.2billion. Previously, it was suggested that Qualcomm was looking for US$1.1 billion to sell its 74 percent stake in the business, having brought in local partners Global Holdings and Tulip Telecom during 2010 in a US$58 million deal.

Qualcomm was awarded one slot of 20MHz TDD BWA spectrum in the 2.3GHz band covering the key telecom circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala, spending more than US$1 billion in a 2010 auction process.

The sale of the licences has been long-anticipated, with the US wireless technology company stating that is has been very transparent” about the fact that it does not want to be an operator its reason for acquiring the business was to promote the use of TD-LTE technology in the country, over the potential rival WiMAX.

 

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3G connections to reach 400 mn mark in four years (India)

On 03.09.11, In Mobile, By Editor

A new study has revealed that the number of 3G subscriber connections in India are predicted to reach 400 million mark within four years, representing almost 30% of the country’s total mobile connections.

According to the study, 3G connections are set to grow three-fold between 2011 and 2015 as operators ramp-up launch of new 3G networks.

It added that Indian operators spent a combined $15 billion in acquiring Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) 3G spectrum at an auction last year and are forecast to jointly invest a further $2.5 billion in building the new networks and launching 3G services in 2011. More than 80% of 3G connections would be based on WCDMA in five years, with the remaining 20% on CDMA-based 3G networks. Competition in the Indian 3G space is likely to be intense as most operators have set ambitious targets.

The study notes that India’s Circle A and Circle B service areas would account for 75% of the country’s 3G connections by 2015. Even though initial 3G launches are concentrated in the so-called metro areas (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata), they will soon be outstripped by fast-growing demand for 3G in more populous regions such as Punjab, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana.

According to the study, by 2015, 3G market shares will more closely resemble the overall national picture: Bharti — India’s largest operator — is forecast to command the largest 3G share (18 per cent), followed by Reliance (15 per cent) and BSNL (13 per cent).

 

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Airtel launches 3G services in Mumbai (India)

On 03.08.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Bharti Airtel has launched its 3G services in Mumbai. The company has formally announced 3G services in Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa circles.

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71% mobile users active in January (India)

On 03.07.11, In Mobile, By Editor

The Indian telecom regulator, TRAI has stated that Videocon lost more than 1 million subscribers, while Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications and Vodafone Essar added 3 million subscribers each in January this year.

According to TRAI, more than 71% of mobile subscribers in India are active users. Around 548.66 million people were using mobile phones of the total subscriber base of 771 million mobile subscribers.

Bharti Airtel had the highest ratio of active subscribers compared to its total subscriber base at 92.63%, followed by Idea Cellular with 90.34% but Etisalat showed the lowest ratio of 33.55%.

Bharti Airtel also continued to lead the industry, grabbing more than one-fifth of the market share. RCOM and Vodafone Essar were the second and third largest telcos as of January-end. BSNL was the only public telco to have a market share of more than 11.6%.

Jammu & Kashmir has the highest proportion of active subscribers at 81.26% followed by Assam with more than 81% and Maharashtra at 77.58%. In contrast, the financial capital Mumbai has the lowest proportion of active mobile users.

 

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India renews plans to merge BSNL and MTNL

On 02.25.11, In Mobile, By Editor

If reports are to be believed, India’s government has revived plans to merge its two state-owned telecoms networks, BSNL and MTNL. Plans to merge the two companies were mooted about three-years ago by the former Telecoms Minister, A Raja.

Previous attempts to privatize BSNL foundered following union pressures,and even a substantial head-start in deploying 3G networks in the country has not turned around the fortunes of the two companies.

MTNL, which is partly privatized, operates only in Delhi and Mumbai, while BSNL operates in rest of the country, so a merger would create a genuine national network.

It can also be presumed that a merged company would have to surrender some of their overlapping 3G and WiMAX licenses, which could then be resold by the government to the private operators.

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MTNL lost 10,355 users from MNP (India)

On 02.25.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Junior Telecom Minister, Sachin Pilot stated that state-run telecom company Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) has lost 10,355 users since the launch of mobile number portability (MNP).

According to Pilot, MTNL gained 4,486 new users from other telecom companies through MNP, a service that allows mobile phone users to switch their service providers without changing their numbers.

MNP service was launched on Nov. 25 in the northern Indian state of Haryana, and subsequently extended it across the country on Jan. 20. MTNL provides communications services only in the Delhi and Mumbai service areas.

Pilot added that state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. lost 223,824 users to other mobile phone companies after the launch of MNP and gained 92,243 new users from others. BSNL offers services in the remaining of 20 of India’s 22 telecom service areas.

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RCom launches 3G services in Kashmir (India)

On 02.25.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Reliance Communications has launched its 3G services in the three districts of central Kashmir and promised to cover the whole Valley in the next two months.

With the launch of the service, RCom has become the first private company to launch the service in the Valley.

According to Vivek Kumar, the company’s executive for the state, the north Kashmir health resort of Gulmarg and south Kashmir tourist resort town Pahalgam would be provided the 3G services within the next one month. While providing the 3G service in the Valley, the company was strictly abiding by the directives of the central telecom ministry and also the security guidelines governing such services. Recently, the company launched 3G services in Chandigarh, Punjab, Jammu and Mumbai.

The company executives added that with the 3G services in place, subscribers in Kashmir would have access to an Internet speed of 7.2 megabytes per second, 110 television channels, video conferencing, social networking and mobile cinema.

He concluded with the statement that Reliance Communications will lead the creation of a wire-free India through the launch of an affordable 3G service for all.

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Idea reduces roaming rates in UAE (India)

On 02.22.11, In Mobile, By Editor

India’s Idea Cellular is lowering its international roaming rates by 30% for postpaid subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, Mumbai, and Gujarat for the Dubai Shopping Festival.

Idea is offering a 30% discount on international roaming services (including incoming calls) in UAE for calls made to India and local calls within UAE.

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