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Articles in May, 2009 issue of India Weekly Telecom Newsletter

• ISPAI approaches TDSAT to sue DoT.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Internet Service Providers Association of India)(Telecom Disputes Settlement And Appellate Tribunal)(Department of Telecommunications)(Brief article)
• TRAI directs service providers to get written consent from VAS users.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)(value added services)(Brief article)
• Auctioning of 3G services likely to be delayed further.(POLICY & REGULATION)(third generation)(Brief article)
• RCom launches its GSM postpaid service in Mumbai.(WIRELESS)(Reliance Communications)(global system for mobile communications)(Brief article)
• Virgin Mobile plans to have 5 million youth users by 2011.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• Nokia launches new services to take advantage of IPL frenzy.(WIRELESS)(Indian Premier League)(Brief article)
• The MobileStore plans to unveil its own label.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• Samsung eyes $2 billion turnover via launch of new products and sale of mobile handsets.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• Additional spectrum allotment likely to take place through auctioning.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• TTSL partners with Nimbuzz to unveil IM services.(WIRELESS)(Tata Teleservices Limited)(instant messaging)(Brief article)
• BSNL's strategy to attract more 3G subscribers.(WIRELESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Ericsson Consulting)(third generation)(Brief article)
• Virgin Mobile India unveils new vJazz phone in India for $84.63.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• Tata plans to join hands with NTT DoCoMo for its upcoming GSM services.(WIRELESS)(Tata Teleservices Limited)(global system for mobile communications)(Brief article)
• BSNL, Nokia for to provide bundled handsets to 3G users.(WIRELESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(third generation)(Brief article)
• RCom launches two 'magic tariffs' for its Karnataka-based CDMA subscribers.(WIRELESS)(Reliance Communications)(code division multiple access)(Brief article)
• BSNL unveils its interactive personalized TV services.(INTERNET)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Bharti Airtel talking with carmakers to unveil Airtel Digital TV in automobiles.(INTERNET)(Brief article)
• Tata Communications to launch GME offer Cisco's Telepresence services.(INTERNET)(Cisco Systems Inc.)(global meeting exchange)(Brief article)
• Reliance Big TV plans to divest 49 percent stake to overseas investors.(INTERNET)(Brief article)
• Nokia and HCL Infocomm obtain government clearance to set up new retail subsidiary.(BUSINESS)(Foreign Investment Promotion Board)(Brief article)
• Elitecore joins hands with Veraz Networks to launch an OSS/BSS solution.(BUSINESS)(Elitecore Technologies)(operations support systems/ business support systems)(Brief article)
• TI India unveils ADS62P49 analog-to-digital converter.(BUSINESS)(Texas Instruments)(Brief article)
• Airtel launches new offer for its subscribers in Kerala.(BUSINESS)(Bharti Airtel)(Brief article)
• RBI to reveal norms for issuance of prepaid instruments by banks and nonbanks.(BUSINESS)(Reserve Bank of India)(Brief article)
• SEBI asks Bharti Airtel to provide details of stake increase by Bharti Group firms.(BUSINESS)(Securities and Exchange Board of India)(Brief article)
• FIPB seeks details on shareholding pattern of the JV between Nokia and HCL Infocomm.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Foreign Investment Promotional Board )(joint venture)(Brief article)
• Rcom closes offer for buyback of FCCBs.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Reliance Communications on foreign currency convertible bonds )(Brief article)
• RCom plans to have 10 million users by the end of 2009.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)(Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• SSTL aims to have pan-India presence in 2010.(BUSINESS)(Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Sistema Shyam's rebrands its Hello Rainbow to MTS in the state of Rajasthan.(BUSINESS)(Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd.)(Mobile TeleSystems OJSC)(Brief article)
• TTSL (Maharashtra) signs Memorandum of Understanding with Hirco.(BUSINESS)(Tata Teleservices Ltd.)(Hirco Developments)(Brief article)
• MNP to commence by September in India.(BUSINESS)(Department of Telecommunications)(mobile number portability)(Brief article)
• SC stays order from TDSAT over domestic leased circuits.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Supreme Court)(Telecom Disputes Settlement And Appellate Tribunal)(Brief article)
• Idea to sell its licenses in six circles to bring in $171 million.(WIRELESS)(Idea Cellular Ltd.)(Brief article)
• MMA launches India Council.(WIRELESS)(Mobile Marketing Association)(Brief article)
• Tata Indicom announces decision to launch 'Elections 2009' VAS.(value added services)(Brief article)
• RCom launches new Rs 32 SMS pack in Karnataka.(Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• Raja's confidant allegedly vying to get five WiMAX licenses from BSNL.(WIRELESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(SV Telecom Systems, WExpert Communications, Digitelco Communications, Spectrus Communications, and Technotial Infoways)(Brief article)
• MTNL and RIM launch BlackBerry in Mumbai.(WIRELESS )(Mahaganar Telephone Nigam Ltd.)(Research in Motion Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Respite for more than 25 million owners of cheap handset in India.(WIRELESS)(international mobile equipment identity)(Brief article)
• Mobile Store unveils Ray-branded handsets in India.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• HD unlikely to rescue the struggling DTH market in India.(WIRELESS)(high definition)(direct to home)(Sun Direct)(Brief article)
• RCom showcases Netconnect Broadband to leading industrialists in Pune.(INTERNET)(Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• MNP plans to invest $10 million in India.(MNP Interconnection Telecom Solutions)(Brief article)
• Ericsson India to launch FTTH infrastructure in Delhi's 3,000-unit complex.(INTERNET)(Radius Synergies)(fiber to the home)(Brief article)
• Bharti sets up a JV with Alcatel-Lucent to manage broadband, voice networks.(INTERNET)(Bharti Airtel)(joint venture)(Brief article)
• Bharti Airtel announces allotment of 65,385 shares pursuant to FCCB Conversion.(BUSINESS)(foreign currency convertible bonds)(Bombay Stock Exchange)(Brief article)
• Loop says it has not violated any norms.(BUSINESS)(Loop Telecom)(Brief article)
• Around 717 BSNL lines in Chennai to be migrated from the old exchange.(BUSINESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Brief article)
• India's Wi-Fi market likely to reach $1 billion by 2012.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)(Brief article)
• India's mobile user base set to exceed 520 million by 2012.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)(Brief article)
• AUSPI disagrees with move to take auction route to allot additional spectrum.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Association of Unified Service Providers of India)(Brief article)
• Samsung unveils its new full touch-screen phones in the Indian market.(Samsung Mobile)(Brief article)
• Ericsson, Huawei are top contenders for BSNL's GSM deal.(WIRELESS)(Ericsson India)(Huawei Technologies Company Ltd.)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(global system for mobile communications)(Brief article)
• Nimbuzz opens India office.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• BSNL has not yet chosen franchisee for WiMAX deal.(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Bharti Airtel adds 2.81 million users in April.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• MTNL to launch 3G services in Mumbai on May 15.(WIRELESS)(Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd's third generation wireless technology services)(Brief article)
• Border Security Force troopers in the Kutch region obtain satellite phones.(WIRELESS)(Brief article)
• Loop commences services in Orissa and TN.(WIRELESS)(Loop Telecom's services in Tamil Nadu, India)(Brief article)
• Nortel launches new GNOC in India.(INTERNET )(Global Network Operations Center)(Brief article)
• Consortium led by Batelco buys 36.9 percent holding in S-Tel.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Brief article)
• Bharti Airtel becomes the largest music firm in India.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Brief article)
• Bharti launches two new packages for its DTH service.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Bharti Airtel's direct-to-home)(Brief article)
• Tata Indicom launches One World Account Service.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Brief article)
• TDSAT trashes BSNL's petition related to ADC.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellant Tribunal and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. on access deficit charge )(Brief article)
• SC slaps notice on RCom over plea by MTNL.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Supreme Court and Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• RIM achieves breakthrough in its domain dispute against MumbaiDomains.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Research in Motion Ltd.)(Brief article)
• Indian Music Industry launches MMX to prevent music piracy.(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS)(Music Mobile Exchange)(Brief article)
• India likely to have 492 million cell phone customers by the end of 2009.(MARKET INTELLIGENCE)(Brief article)
• DoT's panel opines that license renewal must be linked to the spectrum's market price.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Department of Telecommunications)(Brief article)
• DoT seeks explanation from RCom on its network launch in Jammu and Kashmir.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Department of Telecommunications)(Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• SC allows TRAI to go ahead with the consultation over DTH pricing.(POLICY & REGULATION)(Supreme Court of India)(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India)(direct to home)(Brief article)
• BSNL says it will not bid for telecom license in Tunisia.(BUSINESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Brief article)
• UTV Network selects BT's Media & Broadcast unit to provide UTV Movies in the U.S.(BUSINESS)(British Telecom)(Brief article)
• Wipro gets IT outsourcing contract from Unitech Wireless.(BUSINESS)(Brief article)
• RCom unveils On-net offering intra-circle calls for $0.002 in Maharashtra.(BUSINESS)(Reliance Communications)(Brief article)
• BSNL launches netPC in UP by allying with Novatium.(BUSINESS)(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.)(Novatium Solutions)(Uttar Pradesh)(network personal computer)(Brief article)
• Viper Networks set to commence operations in India.(BUSINESS)(Brief article)
• Tata Comm strikes alliance with RTComm to help it expand outside Russia.(BUSINESS)(Tata Communications)(Brief article)

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