Telecom

India’s largest telecommunication company Bharti Airtel would unveil its new logo on November 19, sources said.
 
The mobile service provider will come up with a new brand identity. It is being reported that Airtel would launch its new logo in several countries including India, ...

‘It Twinkles’, brand line used to promote the micromax, ‘Bling’ phones can’t be said anymore by Akshay to Twinkle as the phone sub-brand is in trouble, it’s been alleged to be copied from a telecom based company, ‘Bling Telecom’, Delhi.
 
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Smartphone market is expected to capture about 54 percent of the Asia-Pacific region, according to an industry report.  
 
The report said the smartphone market is likely to generate around $38 billion for telecommunication operators in Asian markets. With this the smartphone segment ...

Aabar Investments, the biggest investment fund of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Group are now in a strategic partnership deal.
 
The Abu Dhabi firm told that it would pay about $280 million to buy 32% of shares in  Virgin Galactic. ...

Defending the policy of giving licenses without auctioning spectrum, Communications and IT Minister A. Raja Monday said his decision to issue telecom licenses at nominal rates has led to higher tele-density and fetched huge revenue for the government.
 
Raja said: "We have so far ...

Reliance Mobile has joined hands with the US-based Gameloft, which specialises in developing mobile games based on celebrities and Hollywood movies.
 
Under the terms of the agreement, Gameloft will release a mobile game based on the life of American heiress and socialite Paris Hilton, ...

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest private telecom player, is still holding talks with South African telecom giant MTN for a possible merger.
 
"Talks are going on between Bharti Enterprises, the parent of Bharti Airtel, and South Africa's MTN Group to form a global business ...

Private telecom major, Bharti Airtel, has posted a 22.2% increase in its net profit for the first quarter of 2009-10 at Rs.2,647.95 crore.
 
The company's total income during the period under review rose 22% to Rs.10,448.69 crore from Rs.8,567.8 crore in the same period a year ago, it said ...

Spectrum Crunch Restricts 3G Services
The Communications and IT Minister, A. Raja, said on Monday that only three telecom operators can roll out third generation (3G) services in Delhi due to spectrum crunch,.
 
"Delhi has only 15 Mhz of spectrum available making it possible only for ...

The Essar Group of India is exploring the possibilities for entering into a partnership with the UAE-based Dhabi group for a telecom venture in Africa.
 
Dhabi Group chairman, Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan and Essar Group chief executive, Prashant Ruia, signed an agreement in Abu ...