09/30/2010
Light Reading
As its bigger, more established rivals rush headlong into a speedy debut for their 3G services, relative newcomer S Tel Pvt. Ltd. , the only mobile services startup from the “Class of 2008″ to have secured 3G spectrum in the recent auction, is taking a more measured approach.
While some with tens of millions of [...]
09/22/2010
Barron’s – West Coast Bureau
Now, here’s a pretty darned impressive growth opportunity.
According to the research firm iSuppli, cell phone ownership in India is expected to soar to 97% of the country’s 1.26 billion people by the end of 2014. The country has added 19 million new subs each month in the first four months [...]
09/20/2010
Thomson Reuters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has asked mobile phone operators to upgrade their networks to help security agencies intercept communication on BlackBerry devices, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday, as the government wants access to highly-secure data.
India had threatened to shut off RIM’s encrypted email and instant messaging [...]
09/20/2010
Economic Times – Mumbai Edition – Online, The
LONDON: Handset-maker Nokia today said that with the launch of 3G mobile services and people opting to go for replacement of old devices, the smartphone market in India is set to more than double in the next two years.
According to technology-focused analyst house Canalys, the Indian smartphone [...]
01/11/2010
Financial Times – New Delhi Bureau
Huawei Technologies, the Chinese telecoms equipment company, is to make a $500m investment in its research and development operations in the southern Indian city of Bangalore as part of an effort to avoid falling foul of tension between New Delhi and Beijing.
Max Yang, Huawei’s India chief executive, said his [...]
