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India's BSNL delays $6.5B GSM tender

India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is delaying its massive $6.5 billion tender for GSM infrastructure. The bids were supposed to be opened on July 16 but now won't be opened until Aug. 30. BSNL Read more...
Tags: India   GSM   BSNL  

Vodafone reports jump in revenue, lowers outlook for year

Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, posted a 19.1 percent increase in sales for the first quarter, but warned that full-year sales will be on the low end of its previous Read more...

Sibling rivalry threatens MTN-Reliance deal

The proposed takeover of mobile operator Reliance Communications by South Africa's MTN is in danger of moving to the courts as India's billionaire Ambani brothers fight over the terms. Mukesh Ambani, Read more...
Tags: Reliance   MTN   India  

India could see 3G, WiMAX in 2009

India, which is expected to become a hotbed for wireless broadband services, could see 3G and more WiMAX deployments by 2009. The Indian government is expected to issue guidelines on the auction Read more...

Tags: WiMAX   India   3G   Andimuthu Raja   M&A   BSNL   MTN  

iPhone Asia: Singapore, India, Phillipines, Australia deals

Singapore Telecoms announced that it has inked a deal with Apple to carry its iPhone on its networks in Singapore, India, Phillipines and Australia some time later this year. Singapore Telecoms owns Read more...

North America and India boost Ericsson's Q1

Ericsson's first quarter results included a 55 percent drop in net income to $446 million, but still managed to beat analysts' expectations thanks to the networks division and increased sales in Read more...
Tags: World Congress   Q1   India  

C&L: SiRF's new exec chairman

SiRF appoints Diosdado Banatao as its executive chairman. Obopay India appoints Vijay Balakrishnan as CMO. Apprion appoints Mike Sullivan as VP of global sales. Read more...
Tags: India  

Forecast: Nokia's Q1 net profit up 42 percent

According to a poll of financial analysts conducted by Factset, Nokia's first quarter profit is expected to hit $2.19 billion, a 42 percent increase over the year-ago period in which the company Read more...
Tags: Brazil   India   China   Emerging Markets   profits   Nokia   Russia  

Videocon to bid for Motorola's handset biz

One week after Motorola CEO Greg Brown announced plans to spin-off Motorola's handset business, the chairman of India's Videocon said that the company will make a bid for Motorola's business. Read more...
Tags: Bid   CTIA   Motorola   India   home networking   Handsets  

AT&T eyes Indian market

AT&T told analysts in a recent briefing that it plans on being "aggressive" in its plans to enter the mobile industry in India. The carrier's Asian regional managing director Bernard Yee said Read more...

Press Releases

China and India lead worldwide telecom carrier capex and revenue growth

CAMPBELL, California, July 7, 2008—Communications market research firmRead more...

Ericsson pioneers WCDMA/HSPA ecosystem pilot in rural India

India emerges as the second largest market for Nokia

New Delhi, India - Nokia, the world leader in mobile communications, today announced that India has become the second largest market for Nokia in terms of sales, going past the United States in the Read more...

Press Release: Digital Chocolate Expands Global Footprint with New Operations in India and Spain

Digital Chocolate Expands Global Footprint with New Operations in India and Spain Leading Mobile Gaming Developer Strengthens Commitment to Key Markets in Asia and Europe SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Digital Read more...

Press Release: Nokia opens its first design studio in India

Nokia opens its first design studio in India - Underlines growing importance of India as a global design capital - Partners with Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology BANGALORE, India, Aug. 1 Read more...