Paul Joseph

Wireless technology is clearly the call of the day with India’s telecommunications industry being dominated by huge growth in the wireless market. In the aftermath of technologies like 3G and WiMax, the demand will follow an upward growth. Source

In Africa, Bharti Airtel Ltd. appears determined to wade into a market loaded with poverty, promise and major legal tussles—just like home in India. Bharti, headed by Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal, has seized on a potential $9 billion deal with Kuwait’s Zain, or Mobile Telecommunications Co., that, if completed, would catapult the company into the ranks of major telecom operators in Africa. Combined with operations in India, Bharti would have significant footholds in two continental markets. The deal would include the assumption of $1.7 billion in debt. Source

India’s telecommunications market–currently in the midst of cut-throat competition as operators engage in an intense price war–is tough and “most competitive,” but there is still room for a provider such as Unitech Wireless Ltd., a senior official at parent Norway’s Telenor ASA said Tuesday. “I don’t expect prices (call rates) to fall further. Even the incumbents have not changed their core pricing, but have introduced some promotional offers,” Sigve Brekke, executive vice president and head of Telenor’s Asia operations, told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview. Source

March 12, 2010 : TATA Indicom, the CDMA brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, today India’s youngest and fastest-growing dual-technology telecom service provider, has launched a ‘Special Tariff Voucher 8′ priced at Rs. 8, for all new and existing pre-paid mobile subscribers across all 22 telecom Circles in the country. This special offer allows customers to