Nokia Selected for 3G Services

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India tied up with world leading Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia for bundling several 3G handsets with its services. BSNL is the country’s third leading mobile service operator with 24 per cent market share and in terms of subscribers. One of the senior officials of the company said that the PSU tied up with mobile giant Nokia to provide handsets for its 3G subscribers. "Nokia India has partnered BSNL in bringing to Indian consumers 3G services...

Vodafone Offer Discounted Rate during IPL

The official partner to DLF IPL 2009 Vodafone Essar (VE) announced Friday (17 April) that it reduced international roaming call charge by up to 85% for its postpaid consumers roaming to South Africa (SA) throughout the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament. Vodafone is offering several special rates in joint venture with the leading SA mobile services provider Vodacom.  Vodacom is a joint venture company with the Vodafone Group. Officials said the special offers are applicable to...

Nokia Wants to Make Laptops, Why not?

The phone giant company Nokia has its sights set on a new market, notebook PCs. Nokia is looking extreme actively into making laptops, and the phone manufacturer's boss has already exposed it. Nokia's chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo revealed that they are considering the opportunity. He told to a Finnish broadcaster that, "We are looking very actively also at this opportunity. We don't have to look even for five years from now to see that what we know as a mobile phone and what we know...

RCom Now in Operation in Mumbai

Surprisingly enough a late entrant to the already packed mobile market in India, Reliance Communications (RCom), India's one of the largest and only telecom service provider to offer nationwide GSM and CDMA services. It was announced on 4th January the availability of Reliance Mobile GSM Services in the metropolis. Early this week, RCom had announced the nationwide launch of GSM services covering just about 11,000 towns and all major cities. The company has set up network to provide high and...