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CVC orders investigation against DoT staff

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), an anti-corruption organisation of the government, has ordered an investigation against officials of the Department of Telecom (DoT), who have allegedly been involved in a case pertaining to under-reporting of revenues by Reliance Communications (RCOM). The CDMA operator has allegedly evaded payment of Rs 352 crore of revenue share on [...]

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 [...]

RCom to offer mobile games in alliance with ZMQ Software

Reliance Communications (RCom), part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), has joined hands with IT solutions provider ZMQ Software Systems to launch mobile games on social themes, a company statement said Tuesday.

Banking on mobiles. What it means now ?

Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came up with guidelines for mobile banking. Following the regulator’s move, host of mobile service providers and banks are rushing in to offer mobile banking services.

‘Quick Search’ service on Reliance Mobile World

Leading telecom service provider Reliance Communications (RCom) Thursday launched an information service called ‘Quick Search‘. Powered by OnYoMo.com on Reliance Mobile World (R-World), the service includes information on banks, automated teller machines (ATMs), shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, cinema theatres, educational institutions, hospitals, blood banks, chemists and airline offices.

Nielsen : Benchmarking mobile network performance across the country

Nielsen has launched a new service in India to benchmark the quality of the country’s mobile phone networks. The new service, developed with Sasken Communication Technologies, will validate the quality of mobile voice and data networks across 39 markets in India, providing call performance metrics at industry and carrier levels. It will supply data on [...]

ZTE to retail its mobile phones in India

ZTE, the China-based sixth-largest mobile phone handsets maker, wants to enter the retail market in India by the end of this year. So far, its handsets were sold by telecom service providers such as Reliance Communications, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Vodafone, Bharti and Tata Teleservices as their own —- that is, the phones carried the [...]

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 [...]

Reliance Mobile users to get news feed from BBC

Reliance Communications today announced that it has entered into strategic alliance with BBC World News for mobile content. RCom has brought out the BBC World News in India through the mobile streaming (unicast) service to the Reliance Mobile users across the country. Through this agreement, Reliance Mobile users can access BBC’s trademark, live breaking news [...]

Prepaid BlackBerry services by Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications today launched the country’s first prepaid Blackberry services on both GSM and CDMA models. This has extended the reach of Blackberry smart phones to over 200 million prepaid users in India, a RCom statement said here. So far, Blackberry is available only on the postpaid connections of Vodafone Essar and Bharti Airtel. The [...]