The price-war has begun in the direct-to-home market with the country's largest DTH company Dish TV with over three million subscribers getting ready to offer its connection virtually free. Any consumer who wants to buy a Dish TV connection will not have to pay for the set-top box, the hardware essential to access DTH services, which normally costs Rs 2,500.
What's happening in the telecom sector are classic bullying tactics - do the wrong thing, threaten to do worse, get the threatened party to sue for peace, and walk away smelling of roses after a "compromise".
Concerned over mobile signals crossing the international border, the department of telecom is planning to take action against telecom operators
HD TV is all set to make a grand entry in India by the year-end. Direct-To-Home operators -- Dish TV and Reliance Communications -- are planning to offer HD TV set top boxes, though at a premium.
A note prepared for Communications Minister A Raja by the DoT officials cites the October 18 meeting and offers various options available before the ministry given that it does not have enough spectrum to meet the needs of the 46 companies who have made 575 applications for spectrum in 22 telecom circles across the country.
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications has entered into an agreement with GSM service providers Hutchison-Essar and the Aditya Birla-controlled Idea Cellular to share passive infrastructure for cell sites.
The Sensex has conquered the 19,000-mark backed by revival of funds-based buying in blue chip stocks in metal, capital goods and refinery sectors.
Reliance Communications will be investing around Rs 15,000 crore (Rs 150 billion) to set up and install an additional 15,000 base transceiver stations in the country.
The telecom services provider had a net profit of Rs 1,395.14 crore (Rs 13.95 billion) in the third quarter of FY'08, RCom said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. RCom's total income rose by 18.75 per cent to Rs 5,671.82 crore (Rs 56.71 billion) for the quarter under review from Rs 4,776.26 crore (rs 47.76 billion) in the corresponding period last fiscal.
Ambani said Jio will offer the world's lowest data tariff
Google is believed to be in talks to take on a lease of 500 GB bandwidth; this, according to industry sources, puts the deal size at around $80-100 million (Rs 320-400 crore).
Reliance Communications on Thursday applied to the department of telecommuications for radio frequencies in the 1800 MHz band for operating mobile networks in 14 circles all over the country.
The 40 per cent market share cap suggested by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is likely to make mergers between existing telecom operators extremely tough.
A DVR is a device that allows consumers to pause, record, play back, rewind and fast forward their favourite television shows. DTH companies are expected to slash DVRs box prices by nearly half to Rs 7,000-Rs 8,000 per unit. DVRs for cable channels would soon be available for between Rs 3,000 and Rs 4,000, industry sources said.
Three Japanese submarine cable construction companies have been short-listed by Flag Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications
The bidding companies have the choice of either bidding individually or as a group.
The bidding companies have the choice of either bidding individually or as a group.
RComm will test launch its direct to home services Big TV this week, which would include some niche channels that are currently not available in India.
Vodafone, which is yet to announce the acquisition, has offered to partner Essar, on which the Indian conglomerate said, "We are at the moment evaluating all our options in the best interest of the Group."
Index majors NTPC, BHEL, Reliance Reliance Energy, Reliance Communications and HDFC, DLF, TCS, SBI and Bajaj Auto have zoomed.
While RCom owes Indian banks close to Rs 45,000 crore, Ambani has lost close to $408 million of personal wealth year-to-date until Tuesday.
CDMA technology developer Qualcomm on Tuesday said it was not negotiating with Indian telecom players, including Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications, on lowering the royalty paid by them.
The BSE's 30-share barometer index continued its slide on Friday, fifth straight day, with a fall of 687.12 points led by sharp losses in blue-chips like RIL, DLF, ICICI Bank, Reliance Energy and Reliance Communications. The Sensex has lost 1,813.75 points in last five trading sessions, while investors' wealth -- measured in terms of cumulative market capitalisation of all the listed companies -- has declined by Rs 5,21,310 crore (Rs 5,213.1 billion).
Indian telecom companies are likely to get a windfall of Rs 100-150 crore (Rs 1 to Rs 1.5 billion) when they announce their first quarter results during this week.
Bharti Airtel announced on Tuesday it would hive off its mobile tower and infrastructure business into a 100 per cent subsidiary.
The company will invest Rs 16,000 crore (Rs 160 billion) for network expansion in FY08, said ADAG chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday in Mumbai.
The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Communications, which is in the process of bidding for Hutch-Essar, is planning to list its undersea cable business unit Flag Telecom in London to raise over $500 million.
Company targets sale of one million handsets a year.
Reliance Communications will slash the homebound international call tariffs - calls made by Indians visiting abroad - by around 50 per cent to cash in on the growing Rs 800-crore inbound market.
Reliance Communications, which is eyeing to acquire the country's fourth-largest mobile firm Hutch Essar, said on Wednesday it plans to raise funds through issue of securities in the international market.
Telecommunications major Reliance Communications will invest $1.5 billion (around Rs 7,000 crore) in Flag Telecom, its under-sea cable subsidiary, over the next three years.
The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Thursday announced it that would build the world's largest next generation under-sea cable network with an investment of $1.5 bn (about Rs 7,000 crore) over the next three years.
Formally throwing its hat in the Reliance Communications said it was looking to acquire its rival Hutch-Essar and has received funding support for the proposed deal.
Top brass of Qualcom, developer of CDMA technology, will be visiting India next week and may hold discussions with the company on royalty obligations.\n
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