But few analysts have played down the impact of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India recommendations.
Mobile content provider Planet 41 Mobiventures says that it sells as many as 10,000 'motion comic' books per day.
The operator is planning to turn aggressive in adding subscribers.
Gaurav Devaras, a 3G mobile broadband user, is happy to learn about the 4G service launch in Kolkata and thrilled about the speed it can offer.
The Indian market, in the first 11 months of 2011, saw smartphone shipments cross the 10-million mark for the first time.
The 32 GB tablet will come for Rs 15,990 and the top end tablet of 64 GB will be sold at Rs 24,490.
The country's most expensive phone, iPhone 4S, was launched at midnight. The handset had already seen many enquiries from eager customers, both at retail electronics stores, as well as mobile operators. However, none are raising their hopes just yet.
Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African operations of Zain Telecommunications last year, had a net debt of $13.4 billion at the end of the first quarter of the current financial year.
Callers trying to sell insurance, SMSs offering cures for bald patches, cheap holiday packages and education consultants could be a thing of the past, after stricter tele-marketing norms come into effect from September 28.
In a scenario where we have power purchase agreements and the SEBs are in financial strife, we would always get supported, as our cost of generation is lower than most other plants.
Reliance Communications has launched a seven-inch tablet at Rs 13,000 per piece and Bharti Airtel's Beetel at Rs 8,000 a piece.
Companies say the viability of 13,000 megawatts worth of projects, which have fixed power sale tariffs, hinge on the government decision.
Delay in approvals and bureaucratic stonewalling create hurdles; experts fear return of licence raj.
The court asked Idea to transfer all the licences of Spice back to DoT.
In a move to expand volumes in the third-generation (3G) technology data business, incumbent telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, are coming up with various marketing plans to get better paying customers.
It recently began toll collection on the Hosur-Krishnagiri highway connecting Bangalore to Chennai, where the lanes have to be expanded from four to six.
India is a major driver for our global growth. And, we expect the country to play a larger role in our global operations in the future.
The company hopes to raise around Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) through this route, in addition to Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) it plans to raise through a rights issue.
Cricket seems to be the flavour of this season. So much so that when cricket buffs are not watching this sport on TV, they are playing it - on their mobile phones.
"Some of the tariffs (rates) at which agreements were signed in 2007 are unrealistic. If you compare those to PPAs signed in 2010, there is a difference of around 50p to Rs 1 (a unit). Companies are looking at the difference and a lot more are likely to try it (renege)," said a power sector analyst.
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