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TRAI directs Telcos not to reject MNP requests on Flimsy grounds!

by Arun Prabhudesai

Mobile Number Portability has not really set the stage on fire – Most telecom operators have come out and said that MNP has not affected their business much, however, it looks like there may a reason why the MNP numbers are not really high. Indian Telecom Operators have been rejecting Mobile Number Portability requests from [...]

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India crosses 800 Million Telecom Subscribers –Adds 19m mobile users in Jan!

by Arun Prabhudesai
Telecom Subscibers Jan 2011

The Indian Telecom subscriber count has reached 806.13 Million by end of January 2011, thanks to unabated growth in mobile subscribers. India added 18.99 Million new Mobile subscribers in January to take the total mobile subscriber count to 771.18 Million. According to the latest report released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), India …

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Buzz: Stock market crash, 2G scam, Health Insurance Portability, Inflation & Infra bonds!

by Viral Dholakia
Indian Stock Market BSE

It has been hectic week for the investigators and government authorities what with new findings into scams and various regulatory reports coming out almost every other day, as the investigation into slew of corruption charges takes its route. On the other hand, even stock markets have reacted negatively based on same old news of …

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MNP Churn Numbers: Vodafone gains & BSNL falters!

by Viral Dholakia
Preferred MNP Operator

MNP has been implemented – now its time for a reality check for all the telecom service providers. Good boys will be rewarded and bad boys will be punished. And, for a change, the verdict would come from none other than the king (the customer!) himself. The initial churn reports with respect to subscribers …

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Letter to Mobile Network Operators!

by Satyam Gambhir
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Dear Network Provider, Hope you are not low on BP after today’s / yesterday’s news. I woke up and saw a full page ad on front page of TOI, a leading network provider welcoming me to join them. HT had another giant ad of another network provider and so had Mint, Business Standard etc. …

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Mobile Number Portability: Top 7 Reasons to ditch your Mobile operator!

by Viral Dholakia
Mobile Number portability

Pinch! Ouch! Oh yes, the much awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is finally here after a series of regulatory delays. But, reports provide that there could be a very low churn rate in terms of subscribers looking to ditch their current telecom service providers. Not surprisingly, a couple of telcos are already trying hard, …

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Mobile Number Portability: Guide to changing Telecom operators!

by Varun
Mobile Number POrtability

Mobile Number Portability is well and truly here after near unending delays over past couple of years. Telecom minister Kapil Sibal unveiled mobile number portability in Haryana on 25th November. Most of the country will have this facility by the New Year, while it will be available throughout the country by March 2011. But there [...]

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Mobile Number Portability from Nov 1st..

by Arun Prabhudesai
Mobile NUmber Portability MNP

Telecom Minister A. Raja has gone ahead and announced that MNP will be implemented by November 1st in Haryana. For the first time it seems that the date will be adhered to – however, don’t get your hopes too high as the launch will be only in some select circles. Earlier this month, there …

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Mobile Number Portability pushed again???

by Arun Prabhudesai
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This is not confirmed news, but based on the report appeared in DNA, it seems like Mobile Number Portability will not see the light of the day this year. Most probably the MNP will be implemented sometime early next year. As per the report, One of the reasons for MNP getting delayed is that the [...]

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Telecom Tuesday: Tata Tele growth, BSNL MNP Implementation, Rural Internet Penetration

by Arun Prabhudesai
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Tata Teleservices has not become the 4th largest Telecom Operator in India Tata Teleservices has crossed the 75 million subscriber mark to become the fourth largest telecom operator in the country leaving behind state operated BSNL. The three telecom operators Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance have all over 100 million wireless subscribers …

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Weekly Wrap-Up: Commonwealth Games, Mobile handsets, Internet, Power Sector, MNP, Microfinance, Facebook…and New writers !

by Arun Prabhudesai
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I am extremely glad to announce that trak.in now has bunch of new talented young writers on board. Most of the regular readers may have already noticed new faces – Aseem Rastogi, Rishabh Bhandari and Ravi Prakash. We received great response to our request for Guest Editors (Infact, I have yet to get back to [...]

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Mobile Number Portability and the next price war

by Venkat Goli
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With the BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal recently announcing that BSNL’s infrastructure to support Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is ready and testing on the gateway is in progress, the deadline of October 31st for MNP to be rolled-out in India seems all set to be met after several earlier postponements. MNP when rolled out would unleash [...]

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Weekly Wrap-up: Outsourcing, Mobile stats, faster Internet, MNP and more…

by Arun Prabhudesai
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OK, we have a Bharat bandh today, but that is not going to stop us from going around doing our business. It is Monday and time for our weekly wrap-up. We had number of interesting posts published last week. Here is a run-down, if you have missed. Is Outsourcing is the real …

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