Saturday, October 4, 2008
Idea Cellular launches GSM Services in Bihar & Jharkhand
Idea
Cellular, an Aditya Birla group subsidiary, has informed that the company will launch its GSM mobile services in Bihar and Jharkhand on October 1.
The company will become the fifth player in mobile telephony in Bihar and Jharkhand to start its services, after Reliance (which has both CDMA and GSM mobile services) along with BSNL, AirTel, and Aircel.
The company will rollout services to more than 2,500 towns and villages through its 880 towers in Bihar & Jharkhand, for which it has tied up with 18,000 retail partners to offer its services.
In addition, Idea also plans to set up a network of customer touch points besides customer care units in both the states. The company aims to gradually expand its reach to 16,500 towns and villages through its 3000 mobile towers by end of this fiscal.
By entering the two states, Idea will make its presence in 15 out of 22 circles, which is almost 80% of national mobile telephony market in terms of coverage area.
Recently, International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector funding arm of the World Bank has approved a $100 million (Rs 460 crore) loan to Idea Cellular in order to strengthen its national long distance telephony network.
A leading technical analyst expects that the shares of Idea Cellular may prove as multi-bagger stock in coming years as the company now-a-days has been making good moves such as buyout of Spice, launching of services in Mumbai etc.
As per view, the stock which is presently ruling near its 52-week-low, offers a good buy opportunity for long term investors. Investors, who are interested in making good profit, may consider entry at present level, but only keeping investment horizon of approximate 3-4 years.
Reliance Communication soft launches GSM Operations
The company has set up in-building solutions in over 500 buildings in Mumbai to reduce congestion on its GSM network. The locations include airports, malls, cinema halls, and commercial business districts.
After the soft-launch, the company is expected to get associates, vendors on the network for robust testing. Within 8-10 weeks time, the company is set to expand its GSM operations to other states such as UP, Gujarat, Punjab, Rajasthan and the four southern states.
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BSNL dials BlackBerry, Apple for 3G rollout
The country’s largest telecom service provider, BSNL, is in talks with Apple and BlackBerry to launch the services in India in its own network.
According to BSNL executives, talks with BlackBerry are at an advanced stage and this handset is likely to be available to BSNL’s customers by the year-end.
On the other hand, subscribers on the PSU’s networks may have to wait longer for access the 3G iPhone as talks with Apple are still lingering in preliminary stage, BSNL executives added.
If BSNL were to tie-up with Apple, the state owned telco would be the third player after Airtel and Vodafone to offer 3G iPhone in India.
However, BSNL will be the first player in the Indian market to offer 3G service on the iPhone. Airtel and Vodafone will only have 3G spectrum if they bag these radio frequencies in the upcoming auctions.
BharatMatrimony launches Matrimony Services on Airtel
Chennai, Oct 3: BharatMatrimony.com, India's most trusted matrimony portal with over 12 million registered members today announced the launch of matrimony services on Airtel, India's leading mobile telecom service provider with over 77 million subscribers. BharatMatrimony services are now available on Airtel Live, and subscribers can access the matrimony services with GPRS enabled handsets across the country.
Access to the service is free and there are no charges for activating the service or browsing the portal. Subscription is priced at Rs 20 per week, whereby subscribers will get to view unlimited profiles and can access 2 contacts free of cost.
"At CONSIM, we are constantly looking to create innovative platforms beyond the internet for delivering our services to a wider range of consumers. Airtel with its huge market share and largest WAP portal is a perfect platform for us to serve the rapidly growing mobile users in India - said Murugavel Janakiraman, Founder & CEO, Consim Info Pvt Ltd.
“We have been working with the Airtel team for almost six months to understand their customers' needs and deliver a product that would have appeal and hence drive adoption. Another interesting feature is that we have integrated this with our web offering, thus allowing both sets of customers to seamlessly interact across mediums”, added Murugavel Janakiraman.
"BharatMatrimony on Airtel is a step in the new direction to add value to our customers. We believe that Airtel is the mobile partner of choice to reach customers that are hitherto unavailable to Bharatmatrimony.com on Internet. We are confident that the service will help many prospective brides and grooms across the country find suitable life partner," said Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel. - Agencies
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