Government gives green signal to GSAT-11 communication satellite

27.07.2009
Government gives green signal to GSAT-11 communication satellite (ET)
Govt has approved development of a Rs 500 crore advanced communication satellite to provide telecom links with small Ku-band terminals operating across the country. The launch of GSAT-11 will augment the Ku-band capacity considerably for telecom services in the country.

DoT wants Trai to limit number of telcos (ET)
Confronted with the pending applications of 24 companies for telecom licences, the department of telecom (DoT) now wants sector regulator Trai to cap the number of telecom players who are allowed to offer mobile services in the country.
CDMA players dispute regulator’s claim on ARPU (HBL)
The CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)-based mobile players are crying foul over the telecom regulator’s method of calculating the ARPU (Average Revenue Per User), by excluding revenue from limited mobility subscribers and data services.

Ericsson wins auction for Nortel wireless business (EFY)
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson has won an auction for Nortel Networks' CDMA and LTE wireless assets, with a purchase price of $1.13 billion. Ericsson's bidding offer exceeded MatlinPatterson's preliminary bid of $725 million.

MPLS fastest growing connectivity solution in India: Study (EFY)
Tata Communications and Cisco recently presented a five-city Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange on Managed MPLS. TCL has partnered with Cisco to provide managed MPLS services in the global market and is leveraging the synergy of the partnership.

Bharat strategy paying off for telecom companies (BS)
Last month, Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular entered into alliances with two unusual partners — Krishak Bharati Cooperative Ltd (Kribhco) and the Department of Posts. While Kribhco’s 25,000 cooperatives will market RCom’s telecom products and services.

Intex bullish on low-cost mobiles (HBL)
Intex Technologies (India) Ltd plans to capture a huge share of the low-cost branded mobile phone segment in India, according to Mr Sanjay Kumar, DGM-PC and Telecom. The average selling price of Intex mobile phones are between Rs 1,800 to Rs 4,000.

 
Future Axiom wins in-store Asia award (EFY)
Future Axiom, an equal joint venture between India's Future Group and Gulf region's Axiom Telecom, has won the In-Store Asia 2009 award for the Best Visual Merchandising in its Axiom stores. Axiom scored way ahead than its peers in the retail sector.