Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Telecon and Media News/13th Sept.

  • Sept 13th :- Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Wednesday served a legal notice to the department of telecom (DoT) over the delay in allocating spectrum to GSM operators.

 

  • Sept 13th :-India’s largest GSM mobile service operator, Bharti Airtel, is embarking on a significant shift in its marketing strategy.

 

  • Sept 13th :-Idea plans to spend about Rs 9,000 crore in capital expenditure over the next couple of years and has already begun outsourcing its information technology operations to IBM earlier this year.

 

  • Sept 13th :-With an average 1.5 billion SMSes generated nationally every week, the Indian SMS saga is already the stuff of legend. If anything, the marriage of reality TV shows and mobile telephony now promises to set the national SMS turf on fire.

 

  • Sept 13th :-Much to the disappointment of DD viewers in non-cable homes, Prasar Bharti’s negotiating skills have fallen short just one day ahead of India’s first Twenty20 match.