Telecom
Motorola India launches two dual-SIM phones
01 Oct 2010
Etisalat offers $11.7 bn for 46-% stake in Kuwait’s Zain
01 Oct 2010
In one of the largest deals in the region in recent history, the UAE's Etisalat has submitted a preliminary conditional offer to buy a 46-per cent stake in Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (Zain) for approximately $11.7 billion
Latest smartphones set to unsettle the market
01 Oct 2010
Smartphone wars have commenced with the announcement that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 due to go on sale today and the Windows Phone 7 and the Nokia N8 to be released shortly, says Mark Seemann, CTO of UK-based unified communications and hosted IT solutions provider, Outsourcery.
Aircel plans 3G rollout early next year
30 Sep 2010
Nokia rebuts IDC's report on sales decline
29 Sep 2010
India soars on mobile handset mart
28 Sep 2010
Local mobile handset makers now have a collective market share of 33.2 per cent in the country.
Mysterious mobile handset explosions grip Assam
28 Sep 2010
Canadian minister exposes RIM’s encryption lie
25 Sep 2010
While Canadian agencies intercept BlackBerry telephone calls, emails and text messages under a court warrant, India wants real-time monitoring of its services.
Mobile money is the key to inclusive banking
23 Sep 2010
The mobile phone will be the mainstream financial services channel in the coming years and India cannot afford to be left behind, says Probir Roy, co-founder of PayMate
Huawei to share software code; competitors out-foxed
22 Sep 2010
Huawei will share the source code with the Indian regulators and its clients through a mutually agreed third party, which can be accessed under certain agreed circumstances
Zen adds to its M-series with M16
22 Sep 2010
India warns RIM over messaging services access
22 Sep 2010
France Telecom buys Morocco’s Medi Telecom stake for $852 million
22 Sep 2010
The French telecom giant, which operates in 20 countries in Africa and the Middle East, has set a target of doubling its revenues in emerging markets
CAG slams Raja move to buy back non-operational spectrum
21 Sep 2010
In a rare pre-emptive intervention, the public accounts watchdog has warned the telecom ministry against bailing out mobile firms in violation of rules
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