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Bharti had put in a bid for 51 per cent of MTN that valued the target at around $37 billion, for which it had secured $12 billion of financing from Goldman Sach's and Standard Charteredand the remaining funding will be through issue of equity to MTN shareholders.

Hello Friends,

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) along with Department of Information & Technology and Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) have established the Information Security Advisory Forum.

Stanford University and BDA, through a combination of interviews of executives in leading VAS firms, secondary research and analysis of prevailing trends has released it’s research report on “Future of Mobile VAS in India“.
Here are key excerpts:

Subscriber base:

• Population: 1.112 Billion

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By 2009 there will be an estimated 2 bn cell phones in use around the
world, and as these devices can be easily intercepted, compromised, and
exploited, security has become a huge issue

79% of respondents of a US-based survey say that they find mobile ads
intrusive. Does that mean that mobile phones will never be used
extensively for advertising? Or will marketers get innovative and
overcome these objections?

Hi Friends I came across this very inspiring article, would like to share it with all of you 

For more than a year now, it has been argued that the telecom ministry would be well advised to
auction the fresh spectrum available for giving telecom firms since
this would fetch the government a good price and prevent charges of
favouritism.

Read on 

Mobile operators in India are headed for another tariff war. This time the war is on the STD and roaming services front.

India Overtakes US, Becomes 2nd Largest Wireless Market. The country has added a total of 10.16 million wireless subscribers in the month of March 2008.

India Becomes World's Second Largest Wireless Network

Hi Friends,

Yesterday I attended a seminar delivered Dr Ganesh Natrajan I
would like to share his views on the trends in the IT sector and challenges
faced by HR personnel in managing global diversity

 Fixed line telephony to be exempt from licence fee 

 Move aims to encourage service providers to go rural; BSNL , with 90% of fixed line connnections, to be largest beneficiary

With mobile
phones emerging as the most influential communication tool, several
companies are realising the potential of this medium and have tested
pilots for advertising. Airvoice Infocomm has devised an innovative way
of voice advertising on mobile, where the subscriber can earn money for

IBM launches mobile web initiatives to transform consumer and business experiences 

Connecting India's villages.....

The fruits of liberalisation
of the Indian economy are yet to reach those who need
them the most — the rural folk. The benefits that were
supposed to trickle down to the villages have not done
so.

Who will benefit from Mobile TV?