Tata DOCOMO, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Limited, announced the launch of its first co-branded Next-Gen mobile handset, the OneTouch Net Phone from Alcatel. The feature-rich and ergonomic QWERTY-powered handset lives true to Tata DOCOMO’s stated objective of breaking free from the clutter, offering one-touch access to Tata DOCOMO’s ‘Dive In’ portal and a suite of Yahoo!’s leading services, including the world’s most advanced mobile homepage, says the telco.
Yahoo!’s services are pre-loaded and directly integrated into the device, enabling consumers to stay connected to the people and things that …

Airtel’s 3G services, enabled by its partners’ expertise, will usher in a new era of unique life style products. The offerings w ill be specifically targeted towards mobile broadband, given the enhanced speed and user experience which the 3G technology enables. The partners will play a catalyst role in enhancing the customer experience and the data usage habits in the country.

Fly Mobile, the mobile handset brand of UK based Meridian Group launches of its latest mobile handset Fly Harmony DS 102. According to Mr. Prem Kumar, Chief Executive Officer, Fly Mobile, “Our products are designed keeping a typical Indian user in consideration who generally loves to compare and flaunt countless features in his phone like how high can the device go when it comes to volume.

Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) is India’s first privately owned mobile operator to sign a deal securing its 3G telecoms supplier. It has selected Nokia Siemens Networks technology and expertise to support the launch of 3G. The network, based on WCDMA 3G and including HSPA+, will allow TTSL to offer high-quality mobile broadband providing fast Internet browsing and better quality voice calls.

Music player, FM radio, camera with flashlight, video recording, internet and email access, GPS… These are some of the standard features donning the mobile handsets available in the Indian market now and extensively used by an average Indian, who had been using the device for communication purposes only till a decade back since the mobile phone service was launched in the country in the late 90s. But now, the new features of the mobile handsets are now becoming more pervasive and turning the phone into a Swiss Knife of communications. An IT intelligence firm, IDC India, has just concluded a study on the Indian mobile handset market that goes beyond the number of units sold.

Eying to grab a share of the ever-expanding mobile handset market of the country, consumer electronics brand Oscar announced its India foray with the company is expected to launch its low-cost products in North and East regions soon followed by the rest of the country. Oscar will launch a total of 10 handsets priced between Rs 1,700 to Rs 4,500 in the next 2 months, said a company release.
All Oscar mobile phone support dual SIM GSM connectivity and come with one-year warranty. Oscar offers after-sales service with an existing network …

Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM), and its subsidiary Reliance Infratel Ltd (RINFRATEL) and GTL Infrastructure Ltd (GTL Infra) agreed for a Rs 50,000-crore ($11 billion) deal to create the world’s largest independent telecom infrastructure company, neither owned nor controlled by any telecom operator, said a company release. This transformational deal will be implemented through a demerger of RINFRATEL’s tower assets into GTL Infra.
India’s largest optic fibre network of over 200,000 kms and related assets presently, owned by RINFRATEL will remain under RCOM’s ownership.

As per the deal, RCOM will receive cash infusion …

Reliance Communications (RCOM), India’s largest and only telecom operator offering both CDMA and GSM service across the country, has announced the launch of first-of-its kind Customer Care Initiative ‘Live Chat’.  This Live Chat service will enable Reliance’s customers with real-time query and issue handling through chat-based online platform.
Initially, ‘Live Chat’ will be available to Reliance’s over 1.3 million data customers across the country and the company plans to extend the service to other business groups as well.

According to Anurag Prashar, president, corporate & wireless – customer service, Reliance Communications, “Our …

India’s CDMA and GSM mobile operator Reliance Communications, said it would offer unlimited internet access to subscribers on their mobile phones at Rs 99 per month. RCOM, through this plan will also allow customers to access social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, instant messaging applications, chat services, Yahoo mail, Gmail, Hotmail on the move and also download free multimedia content on-deck.

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Industries announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a substantial stake in Infotel Broadband Services (P) Ltd, which has emerged as a successful bidder in all the 22 circles of the auction for Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT.RIL will invest about Rs 4,800 crore by way of subscription to fresh equity capital at par to be issued by Infotel Broadband. Post this investment, RIL will own 95% of the equity and Infotel Broadband will be a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited.