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Airtel beats all CDMA cos put together

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.

10.42 million - highest ever mobile subscribers added in October’08

During these times of cutbacks there’s one thing which Indians are buying in abundance-mobile connections. During the month of October the country added the highest-ever addition to the mobile subscriber base at 10.42 million taking the total number of mobile users to over 325 million, according to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority [...]

Airtel goes to, Asklaila for free search on mobile, DTH

Looking for that Thai restaurant or a school address in the city? Try Asklaila.com on your Airtel mobile. India’s largest mobile operator Airtel on Wednesday announced a partnership with local search engine Asklaila.com. With this free service, about 21-mn Airtel subscribers in six cities will be able to search via mobile, DTH or internet (on [...]

Trai looking for paper on mobile termination charges

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is planning a consultancy paper on mobile termination charges (MTC) even as it examines various methods and global practices on MTC. The move gains importance as telecom operators in the country are divided over the issue of MTC — with existing operators seeking a hike and the new [...]

3G spectrum allocation by end-Jan : Government

India will allocate spectrum for next generation wireless networks to successful bidders by the end of January after holding an auction as planned earlier in the month, government officials said on Monday.

Voice SMS from Airtel

Forget typing and sending just text messages. Now you can record your message, song or just voice, in any language of your choice and send to a friend. Airtel recently launched this unique “talk and listen” Voice SMS service.

Airtel brings imate JAMA in India

Country’s leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday said it has tied up with mobile maker i-mate to offer its customers the latest smart phone ‘JAMA 101′. Priced at Rs 12,900, the model would be available at all i-mate retail outlets and the subscribers of Airtel will also get additional benefits for data dowload of [...]

SMS-based search by Airtel

Bharti Airtel in association with Affle has introduced search through SMS service that will allow Airtel customers to Search - Airtel Live, Internet, Local search, Jobs and Property listings, from their SMS screen. The companies also hope that the SMS-based search service would open up a huge revenue model driven around delivering contextual advertising [...]

Manufacturing and Logistics Operations by RIM soon to be in India

Betting big on the Indian market, Nasdaq-listed smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM)today said it is looking at starting manufacturing and logistics operations in the country apart from bringing in India-specific phones. “We plan to increase in resources to manage Indian operations to truly grow to future. We are developing a new India strategy that [...]

Nokia Launches Mobile Ad Network

Nokia has signed up carriers Sprint and Bharti Airtel and a number of European publishing houses as partners for a mobile advertising network it is building, it said on Tuesday. The world’s biggest cellphone maker entered the market when it bought U.S. mobile advertising firm Enpocket last year. It plans to use partnerships with carriers [...]