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Dear Readers,
Continuing the trend, here is the list of TOP 5 most read articles during November 08. In-case you missed these news, please don’t forget to check them now
Here we go ….
1. Spice D-90, dual SIM mobile phone for India (2,397 views) [same]
2. Subhiksha Introduces Helpline Number for Mobile Phone Buyers (696 views) [...]

Vodafone Essar today removed the mobile phone signal towers following dismissal of their petition against the Thane Municipal Corporation by the Bombay High Court. Vodafone Essar had challenged the order of the Thane Municipal Corporation to remove the towers in the vicinity of the Thane district court.

State-run telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Friday said it would start BlackBerry services by next month. “We are well on track to launch our BlackBerry services by next month,” BSNL Director (Finance) S D Saxena told reporters on the sidelines of a CII conference here.

Bharti Teletech, manufacturers and distributors of telecom and allied products, Thursday said it has bagged a contract worth Rs.350mn from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) to manufacture fixed line phones.

Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, has outperformed all CDMA players put together in terms of mobile revenues, net subscriber addition and revenue share in the last four months. In October, the company increased its lead over the combined CDMA wireless user base to 1.24 million.

At a time when lay-off fears are beginning to haunt the Indian workforce, most domestic players in the growing mobile retail market have not switched off their hiring spree. The retailers say that the economic slowdown has not had any significant impact on demand for mobile services.

Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja on Tuesday said all charges against him regarding corruption and favouritism in spectrum allocation were “politically motivated” and that he had only followed recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in giving spectrum to 2G mobile service providers.

Dear Readers,
I know its not in the line of what I usually put on UnwireIndia.com. Being a responsible Indian I think, its our right to pay homage to everyone who have been affected by Terror Attacks on Mumbai. Lets try to do everything we can and avoid such attacks again.
Team UnwireIndia and its readers standby [...]

Consumers waiting for third-generation, or 3G, services will have fewer choices with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) restricting the number of players up to five per circle, including state-owned BSNL and MTNL.

Nokia India on Tuesday announced the scheduled launch of the beta version of the Nokia Music Store , and has struck up content partnership with the Indian Music India (IMI) that will give it access to a host of international and Indian music companies’ music.