Bollywood Rumors > BSNL, MTNL Have Higher ARPUs From Broadband

[ContentSutra :: Main Page] Agencyfaqs.com: Broadband is proving to be a bigger money churner than GSM for the government-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL). Broadband has an average revenue per user (ARPU) of Rs 600 per subscriber compared to that of Rs 375 for GSM mobile services.

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ContentSutra :: Main Page: BSNL is the main telecom operator in Goa, followed by private operators like Airtel and BPL Mobile, who primarily provide only mobile phone services and not the internet (Airtel has broadband services, but I am not sure if they have launched it in Goa yet). (via Cosmos)

Mobilog Mobilog: Said Noah Samara, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WorldSpace, "The second quarter of 2005 was a critical time for WorldSpace as we prepared for our initial public offering, ramped up our marketing campaign in India...We also continued to form strategic partnerships and add new customer-driven content to our satellite radio offerings, especially in India, an under-served and highly attractive market for our products. (via Cosmos)

http://squattercity.blogspot.com  squattercity: After the evictions in Mumbai at the start of the year, Mumbra, a neighborhood 50 km outside of the big city, has become the new squatter community of choice, according to this article from the Economic Times. “The place has become a dumping ground for migrants coming to the city in search of a livelihood,” a government official told the paper, which asserted that politicians have been tolerating Mumbra's extremely rapid growth (the population doubled between the past two elections) because they hope to get the squatters' votes. (via Cosmos)

Indian Digital Media Monitor :: Main Page: India 3G Summit: A K Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), India’s largest telecommunications player with 45 million subscribers (both fixed and mobile), said that Indian operators are readying for 3G launch in late 2005 or early 2006. For instance, the state-owned Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL), which operates only in Mumbai and Delhi circles, has already floated a tender for four million lines of 3G equipment in India. (via Cosmos)

Indian Digital Media Monitor :: Main Page: (BSNL), India’s largest telecommunications player with 45 million subscribers (both fixed and mobile), said that Indian operators are readying for 3G launch in late 2005 or early 2006. For instance, the state-owned Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd (MTNL), which operates only in Mumbai and Delhi circles, has already floated a tender for four million lines of 3G equipment in India. (via Cosmos)

Gigaom.com[Gigaom.com] Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » India Broadband Report, March 25, 2005: Call Center Cool: The big towns are too expensive to live, and as a result the call centers are moving to tiny towns like Mohali (Read Dell-jit) Wipro is now looking at Calcutta (given that commies have turned over a new leaf and embracing capitalism. It means folks in these towns would have nice disposable incomes which means they can afford to buy a PC and broadband.

[Sifybroadband.techwhack.com] Broadband in India » Insanities offered by BSNL Broadband :: India ...: Sify broadband charges Rs1500-2500 initially, its not only sify everybody is taking that non refundable deposit or activation charges. Sify is much worse, they mention one price in the website and the local cable operator charges Rs 100-200 extra as service charge(not service tax), call centre people say its common to charge extra, what a great service.

Radio.weblogs.com[Radio.weblogs.com] Mobilog: announced that its subsidiary, Sanswire Networks LLC, has signed a Letter of Intent with Kashiwabara Token Corporation of Iwakuni City, Japan, to enter a joint venture in the establishment of a terrestrial ground-based wireless broadband and communications system, a prelude to the deployment of the Sanswire Stratellite Airship broadband network in Japan. Kashiwabara Token Corporation holds a controlling interest of a major cell phone system in the Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures as well as the ICAN Cable television system in Japan.

Gigaom.com[Gigaom.com] Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » India Broadband Report, March 25, 2005: Call Center Cool: The big towns are too expensive to live, and as a result the call centers are moving to tiny towns like Mohali (Read Dell-jit) Wipro is now looking at Calcutta (given that commies have turned over a new leaf and embracing capitalism. It means folks in these towns would have nice disposable incomes which means they can afford to buy a PC and broadband.

Chaoszone.orghttp://www.chaoszone.org [Chaoszone.org] The Chaoszone Weblog » 2002 » December: in general, Bollywood has gotten predictable — and still refuses to acknowledge the advances Hollywood has made in cinema.

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