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NTT Com Launches Own Fiber-optic Network in Indonesia

Mar 5, 2012 at 6:05 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

TOKYO, JAPAN – NTT Communications Corporations (NTT Com) announced that subsidiary PT. NTT Indonesia today launched its own fiber-optic network service in the East Jakarta Industrial Park near Jakarta (EJIP Industrial Park Plot 3A, Cikarang Selatan, Bekasi 17550). The service, which uses a fiber-optic network constructed and managed by NTT Indonesia, enables multinational customers based in the industrial park to use high-quality, large-capacity fiber-optic access lines to connect to their global offices or global cloud platforms via NTT Indonesia’s nearest  [read more →]

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Aircel conducts world`s first multi-mode trials with Huawei

Aug 12, 2011 at 8:54 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Aircel and Huawei have jointly conducted trials that will enable subscribers to use the same device across three different networks – GSM, 3G and Long Term Evolution- Time Division Duplex (LTE-TDD).

This is the world`s first GSM/UMTS/LTE-TDD trial. The trial was based on a device based on Qualcomm Incorporated`s multimode chipset and Huawei`s convergent systems. The success of this trial is a key milestone for the development of LTE-TDD ecosystem.

The trial covered end-to-end interoperability of  [read more →]

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Corporate directors and CEOs to forego pay hike this year: Bharti Airtel

Aug 5, 2011 at 7:17 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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Close on the heels of Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal foregoing any pay hike this fiscal, the company on Wednesday said all its corporate directors and CEOs have volunteered for no salary hike in 2011-12.

“This is in line with the company`s efforts to drive cost efficiencies,” the telecom giant said in a statement.

“… all Corporate Directors and Chief Executive Officers (Asia and Africa) of the company have volunteered for no increase in th! eir  [read more →]

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Bharti Airtel Q1 net falls 28%; analysts` remain positive

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Bharti Airtel Ltd, India`s top mobile phone carrier, on Wednesday reported a 28 percent fall in profit for the quarter ended June 30, hit by interest costs related to its purchase of African operations, costs of its new third-generation network in India and higher tax outgo.

Bharti Airtel Ltd said consolidated net profit fell to Rs 1215 crore ($274 million) for its fiscal first quarter ended June, from Rs 1,682 crore a year earlier. However, total income  [read more →]

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World’s First Cloud-Computing Phone

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China`s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , unveil cloud-computing mobile phones on Wednesday in an attempt to replicate its telecom gear success in the smartphone market.

The company, known for its low costs, is betting its cloud-computing smartphones will help the firm grab market share from the likes of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics, analysts say. Huawei will launch its “Vision” smartphones at a media event in Beijing.

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Reliance Communications Ltd and Reliance Telecom Ltd have been fined Rs 5.59 cr

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The Government on Wednesday said two Anil Ambani companies have been fined a total of Rs 5.49 crore for shutting down rural telephone services during 2010-11 in violation of the USOF agreement.

“Reliance Communications Ltd and Reliance Telecom Ltd have been fined Rs 4.42 crore and Rs 1.06 crore respectively, for shutting down rural telephony services during 2010-11,” Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

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Telcos focus on enterprise services for stable revenue

Jul 22, 2011 at 7:40 am in News by LT Writer · Leave a Comment »

Telcos today have turned to enterprise services in a big way. While Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications were traditionally offering these services, Vodafone India and Tata Teleservices (TTSL) have also ventured into this unit with high decibel promotions.

The enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions using wireless, wireline, voice and data to corporate customers.

Currently pegged at around R23,000 crore, the Indian enterprise-connectivity market is growing at an annual rate of 12-13% and is estimated to be worth around $10 billion (approximately  [read more →]

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Bharti Airtel announces new organisation structure for its India and South Asia operations

Jul 11, 2011 at 5:24 am in News by support · Leave a Comment »

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New structure to drive the next phase of company’s growth

  • Creation of B2C and B2B business verticals for enhanced business efficiency and employee value
  • Transformation from a ‘technology’ facing organisation structure to a ‘customer’ facing one
  • Will provide enhanced empowerment to employees

Bharti Airtel,  announced a new organization structure for its operations in India and South Asia. The new structure, which will be effective starting August 1, 2011, is aimed at driving greater business and functional synergies, providing a common interface to customers,  [read more →]

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Bharti takes tower sharing to Africa

Jun 13, 2011 at 3:31 pm in News by support · Leave a Comment »

Bharti Airtel, which acquired Zain Telecom’s assets in 16 African countries last year, has started discussions with all its key competitors on the continent – including MTN, Vodacom, Orange, Millicom and Etisalat – for sharing tower infrastructure and back-end optic fibre networks. The idea is to reduce capital investments and improve profitability.

“The industry cost structure in Africa should be optimised. We are having collaborative discussions with our competitors. They are eager to share tower and fibre infrastructure so  [read more →]

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Top-level changes at Bharti group

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Mr Mukesh Bhavnani has been appointed as the Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of Bharti Enterprises, the parent company of Bharti Airtel. He will take over this responsibility from Ms Vijaya Sampath effective June 2.

Mr Bhavnani has moved from Essar Group where he was Group President – Legal. He has around 30 years of varied experience spanning across multiple industries including insurance, infrastructure, media, and consumer goods. In his last assignment, Mr Bhavnani was responsible for the  [read more →]