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- S Tel introduces common ISD pack 'Passport' for select 14 countries
In its continued endeavor to simplify the lives of mobile users, S Tel, the recently launched mobile services brand, has introduced an exciting and unique ISD pack to address the needs of its consumers.
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- Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited wires Magarpatta City
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) has signed an agreement with Magarpatta City to provide wireline voice and data services, which will cater to an estimated 7500 residential flats and other numerous business establishments within the township.
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- Mumbai gets an IDEA to Talk more at Night!
IDEA Cellular has once again introduced the most attractive tariffs for over 1.3 million prepaid subscribers in Mumbai metro. Two new special tariff vouchers offer the most exciting Night Tariffs between 11:00 pm to 6:00 am, for those who talk more at night.
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- IDEA offers paperless ticket travel on Bandra-Worli Sea Link & Delhi Noida Direct flyover
IDEA Cellular’s green campaign has made people think about newer, greener ideas to ‘Use Mobile, Save Paper’. IDEA has embarked upon a major drive to mobilize innovative ways to spread the green message through a complete 360 degree media campaign.
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- IDEA felicitates winners of National Mega Roaming Contest
IDEA Cellular, the pan-India mobile operator, felicitated the winners of its National Mega Roaming Contest at a special function organized in the city today. Two national winners drove away in swank new Ford Ikon cars.
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- Bus & Bus shelters go Green in Bangalore!
Commuters in the city are witnessing a Green transformation in Bangalore, as the city Buses and Bus shelters are going Green to spread IDEA Cellular's message of 'Use Mobile, Save Paper'. A number of luxury buses, plying between the city and International airport.
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- Aircel launches GSM services in northern India
As part of growing its pan-Indian presence, Aircel is expected to roll out services in these three circles* in April and has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to supply the GSM network and manage it for four years.
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- Reliance Communications launches ISD Pack 45 in Punjab
Reliance Communications, India’s largest telecom service provider to offer nationwide GSM and CDMA services, today launched its aggressive tariff offering for international calls with ISD Pack 45 for its prepaid subscribers in Punjab.
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- TTSL leads new Subscriber additions for the Sixth consecutive month
Tata Teleservices Limited emerged as the Number One telecom operator in the country for the sixth consecutive month in terms of new subscriber additions, adding more than 2.98 million subscribers in January 2010.
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- OnMobile garners top spot in highly acclaimed industry award
OnMobile Global Limited, India's largest and only listed player in the telecom value-added services (VAS) space, was today recognized as the Business Standard Star Company in the Small and Medium Enterprises sector by a distinguished six-member jury.
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- Tata Teleservices adjudged 5th Best Employer in India
Tata Teleservices Limited, the country’s youngest and fastest-growing pan-India dual-technology telecom operator, has created a record of sorts by winning 8 awards at the World HRD Congress. The awards, which were given away at Bombay’s Taj Land’s End.
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- Use Mobile, Save Paper, while ordering coffee at Barista & Café Coffee Day
Visitors to these coffee outlets can access the mobile application through a simple download on their phones, browse through the menu, and select the items to be ordered. On completion, order summary is displayed and user can view the bill amount for the items ordered.
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- 'Luck Strikes' IDEA customers as 'Striker' Siddharth enthralls them
Bollywood & Telugu film actor and IDEA Brand Ambassador, Siddharth, was in town to meet customers and retailers of IDEA Cellular, who participated in a contest 'Luck Strikes'. Fresh after his recent release, Striker.
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- Reliance Communications launches free local calling pack in Punjab
Reliance Communications, India’s largest telecom company to offer nationwide GSM and CDMA services, today launched Recharge Pack 99 for its CDMA pre-paid Mobile customers which offers free Unlimited Local On-Net Mobile to Mobile calls anytime and anywhere in Punjab.
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- Get magic of movies with Loop Mobile's ‘First Day, First Show’
Loop Mobile, Mumbai’s leading mobile service provider, announced today their tie-up with Cinemax multiplex chain and Sterling Cinema in a bid to captivate its subscribers with the magic of Movies every Friday.
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- RCOM partners with SNDT Women’s University
As part of its ongoing Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Group CSR initiatives, Reliance Communications has partnered with S.N.D.T Women's University, Mumbai for creating a resource hub aimed at promoting education among physically and mentally challenged children.
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- Bharti Airtel awards USD 700 mn network expansion contract to NSN
This GSM network expansion will cover the eight existing circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal where Nokia Siemens Networks already provides equipment and managed services.
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- Reliance Communications offers 111% talktime on top ups
Reliance Communications, India’s largest telecom service provider to offer nationwide GSM and CDMA services, today announced launch of new top ups which offer more than full talktime to its customers. A top up of Rs 200 will offer talktime of Rs 222, top up of Rs 300.
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- Vodafone adds cheer to Valentine’s Day with a special promotion
Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, today announced a special contest on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, where ten lucky Vodafone customers from Bangalore will get a chance to take their Valentine for a romantic brunch at the Taj Residency.
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- Bharti Airtel launches India’s first Mobile App Store - Airtel App Central
Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider, today announced the launch of India’s first mobile applications store - Airtel App Central. Now, Airtel mobile customers can transform their basic phone into a Smart Phone.
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- IDEA to sponsor Deccan Chargers starting IPL 3
With the heightening Cricket fervor in the country, this season, IDEA Cellular has stepped up the tempo by announcing a multi-year sponsorship agreement with the current IPL Champions, The Deccan Chargers of Hyderabad.
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- Vodafone Karnataka tops the TRAI Quality of Service Report
In the latest Quality of Service (QoS) Report, for the quarter ending September 2009, released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), details of which were published recently - Vodafone achieved the highest accessibility rate of 99.03%.
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- Bharti Airtel launches Unlimited Sunday on Fixed Line for Valentine’s Day
Airtel’s Unlimited Sunday will offer its Fixed Line customers unlimited free Local and STD calls to other Airtel Fixed Line numbers on the three Sundays during the Valentine fortnight. The Unlimited Sunday offer will be available on - February 7, February 14 and February 21.
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- Reliance Communications launches push e-mail service on SMS
This Email on SMS service effectively empowers RCOM subscribers to have their mobile phones to behave like smartphones and receive all their desktop email via SMS. The Email-to-SMS technology is provided by Canada’s iseemedia.
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- Tata Communications appoints Whygo as channel sales partner for its Telepresence Service
Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, and Whygo, a global specialist in public videoconferencing facility scheduling, today announced that they will team up to provide Telepresence solutions to Whygo customers.
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- Tata Teleservices launches “Push 4 All Mail” for Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO customers
Tata Teleservices Limited, India’s fastest-growing pan-India dualtechnology telecom service provider, today launched a new value added service ‘Push 4 All Mail’, for all its Tata Indicom and Tata DOCOMO customers that will offer first of its kind personalised email service on SMS.
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- MTS HR introduces online game base innovative employee friendly induction programme
Induction process for the new joinees at Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd(SSTL), will no longer be a dull programme. MTS has introduced an online game based induction programme for the new employees in collaboration with Tata Interactive Systems’ (TIS).
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- India adds 19.10 million new mobile users in December
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 562.21 Million at the end of December-09 from 543.20 Million in November-09, thereby registering a growth rate of 3.50%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches 47.89.
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- Net4India sales zoom by 51% and net profit by 28%
Net4 India, a leading Network and Application services provider has announced the financial results for the quarter ended 31st December, 2009.The total consolidated income for the 3rd quarter stood at Rs. 51.15 cr.
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- Vodafone slashes roaming rates by 40% for its customers travelling for Dubai Festival
Vodafone Essar, one of India’s leading cellular services providers, today announced unmatched rates for its customers roaming in Dubai between 28th January 2010 and 28th February 2010. This period coincides with the world renowned shopping festival in the city.
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- Idea mobile Roadie Challenge 2.0: strike back
IDEA Cellular, a pan India mobile operator, in association with MTV has launched a unique online contest titled "Idea Mobile Roadie Challenge 2.0". A website powered by Tribal DDB India offers the 58 Million Idea users across the country, an opportunity to become an MTV Roadie.
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- Vigyapan Technologies brings in the Bollywood revolution to the I-Phone
Vigyaapan Technologies (P) Ltd launched the first ever iphone application for Ishqiya. The application includes photos, videos, songs, information about the cast and crew of the movie and much more.
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- Airtel launches the first ever Family Tunes on Fixed Line
Airtel’s Family Tunes will provide its Fixed Line customers another Call Management service by offering a pre-recorded Welcome Message customized to the customer’s individual Family Name to greet callers instead of the conventional tone.
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- Tata Communications announces its GMES group with launch of Video Connect
Tata Communications launched its dedicated global video network, Video Connect, and unveiled its media management platform, Mosaic, which Tata Communications recently acquired from BT Group plc. As part of the GMES portfolio, Video Connect and Mosaic.
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- TTML ends Q3 10 with 16% growth in revenues compared to Q3 09
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited today announced its quarterly, consolidated financial results for the period ended 31st December, 2009. TTML revenues at an all time high of Rs. 1666 crores for the nine months ended 31st December 2009.
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- Roamware deployment base crosses 400 networks in 150 Countries
Roamware Inc., global leader in mobile roaming and financial solutions, today announced that its solutions now benefit more than 400 networks in 150 countries worldwide. The figure is consistent with Roamware’s market dominance of the roaming solutions market.
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- Bharti Airtel announces Q3 09 results with 9% Y-o-Y increase in revenue
Bharti Airtel Limited today announced its audited US GAAP results for the third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2009. The consolidated Total Revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 of Rs.29,559 crore grew by 9%.
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- Tata Communications launches managed two-factor authentication service
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced the launch of its managed two-factor authentication service that adds to its portfolio of Managed Security Services (MSS).
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- Idea Cellular to be the main sponsor for 55th Filmfare Awards
Worldwide Media Pvt. Limited, the Times Group- BBC Worldwide joint venture today announced a continuation of its long term sponsorship agreement on the Filmfare awards with IDEA Cellular Ltd., to present the 55th Idea Filmfare Awards.
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- Reliance Communications offers Cartoon Network Comics on Mobiles
Reliance Communications, India’s leading service provider that has spearheaded the launch of several unique services, has announced the launch of yet another value added service - Cartoon Network Comics on Mobile.
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- Airtel partners Limelight Networks for global Content Delivery Network services
The partnership will help Limelight Networks® to expand its access in one of the fastest growing CDN markets and enable its customers, access to Bharti Airtel’s state-of-the-art IP network in India. With this agreement, Bharti Airtel will now be able to offer Indian content producers.
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- TRAI releases consultation paper on “Efficient Utilization of Numbering Resources”
The National Numbering Plan (NNP) is one of the important fundamental plans that govern the functioning of telecommunications networks. Proper design and judicious reviews are necessary to ensure that the plan constantly meets the country’s requirements.
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- How will 3G Impact PE/VC Investments in Telecom?
A recent survey of leading Private Equity and Venture Capital investors by research firm Venture Intelligence revealed that a majority of investors are willing to bet that the introduction of 3G services can be a game changer for various players in Indian telecom.
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- Sterlite Technologies posts 4-fold jump in Net Profits for 9-months of FY10
Sterlite Technologies Limited ("Sterlite") [BSE: 532374, NSE:STRTECH], a leading global provider of transmission solutions for the telecom and power industries, today announced its results for the quarter and nine-months year ended December 31, 2009.
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- Tata Communications acquires BT Group's Mosaic Business
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire British Telecom Group plc (BT) Mosaic business, which offers an on-demand digital media management platform.
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- Vodafone Customers can Dial 121 for Best Offers
Vodafone Essar has launched its new tariff advisory number 121 for its Prepaid and Postpaid customers. Vodafone customers can now dial 121 (toll free) and get advice on the best offers suitable for them based on their budget and usage pattern.
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