Indian Telecom Folder

The Technology & Economic Forum is a venue to discuss issues pertaining to Technological and Economic developments in India. We request members to kindly stay within the mandate of this forum and keep their exchanges of views, on a civilised level, however vehemently any disagreement may be felt. All feedback regarding forum usage may be sent to the moderators using the Feedback Form or by clicking the Report Post Icon in any objectionable post for proper action. Please note that the views expressed by the Members and Moderators on these discussion boards are that of the individuals only and do not reflect the official policy or view of the Bharat-Rakshak.com Website. Copyright Violation is strictly prohibited and may result in revocation of your posting rights - please read the FAQ for full details. Users must also abide by the Forum Guidelines at all times.
Prem
BRF Oldie
Posts: 21233
Joined: 01 Jul 1999 11:31
Location: Weighing and Waiting 8T Yconomy

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Prem »

BSNL now free to buy Chinese telecoms gear
Reuters) - India has lifted restrictions on state-run telecom Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) buying telecoms gear from Chinese vendors, having addressed security concerns, junior telecoms minister Sachin Pilot said on Thursday.The government had asked BSNL in May last year not to buy equipment from Chinese vendors for use in sensitive regions near the country's land border, citing national security.Last month, the government revised telecoms licence rules saying telecom equipment vendors must allow inspection of their gear and made carriers solely responsible for the security of their networks.
"Accordingly, now BSNL may enter into agreement with foreign vendors for purchase of equipment/software/services," Pilot said, citing the revised rules, in a written reply in parliament to a question whether BSNL was barred from procuring equipment from Chinese vendors.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50944920100819
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

^^^ What exactly changed to make the exemption?
Raghavendra
BRFite
Posts: 1252
Joined: 11 Mar 2008 19:07
Location: Fishing in Sadhanakere

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Raghavendra »

Govt to ban unsolicited calls, SMSs soon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 448011.cms
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Wynncom launches Hindi QWERTY keypad phone Y-45
The desi mobile with Indian national language Hindi QWERTY keypad comes with a dual SIM (GSM+GSM), a 5.6 cm (2.2) 262 TFT color screen, supports social networking sites such as Opera Mini, Snaptu, Nimbuzz, Facebook, Twitter, and MSN.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Lava Mobile – the first to incorporate rupee symbol in mobile handset
Lava B5, the latest model from Lava bears the rupee symbol in its keypad. Incidentally B5 is also the first phone with world’s first Alpha keypad with keys arranged in ABCD order.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

India May Consider Giving RIM More Time On BlackBerry
"Everything is possible. If they say we have a solution and ask for time, then we will see," the official told reporters. But he added that if the Canadian company asked for an extension without offering a solution, the request wouldn't be considered.
The Indian government has said that RIM--which has about 41 million subscribers worldwide and more than one million in India--has already provided solutions to monitor its messenger service.
From September, Indian security agencies will be able to access the BlackBerry messenger service manually with a few hours of delay, while they will get automatic access and can monitor the service on a real-time basis from November.
Other RIM services such as Blackberry Internet, voice calls and short messaging have already been made available to security agencies for monitoring.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Sold on features
The new generation mobiles, especially recent Indian brands such as Micromax, Spice, Zen, Karbonn, Ray and Accord, to name a few, are bringing many advanced features closer to common users in urban/semi-urban and rural areas.
The advanced features include dual card-reader, GSM-CDMA compatibility, 3D mobile gaming, temperature convertor, fake currency reader :lol: , in-built mosquito repellent :rotfl: and, most importantly, a long battery life.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Blackberry gives in, will allow India to monitor services
It was crucial for RIM to strike a deal with the Indian government given the lucrative market here and also because the company closed at a 52-week low on Friday at 45.99 dollars in New York.
RIM had earlier said it has no means to unlock encryption codes of clients.
The Ministry will review the situation within 60 days by which time the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) is expected to submit its report.
Money talks. :rotfl:
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Google and Skype could be hit by India data curbs
An Indian Home Ministry official told the BBC that "any company with a telecoms network should be accessible".
"It could be Google or Skype, but anyone operating in India will have to provide data," he said.
Some have speculated that the Indian government's new focus on its snooping powers is down to increased fears of terrorism.
The decision to delay the ban in India could be linked to the hosting of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

India’s $35 PC could chew Apple to a core
India’s plan for a US$35 (Dh128) tablet computer threatens to break the stranglehold of US giants such as Microsoft, Apple and Intel.
In an attempt to bring computing to the teeming masses of the subcontinent, India is to launch a computer early next year retailing at about a tenth of the price of the cheaper portable models on the market. By manufacturing tablet computers at a price not much higher than that of a top-end calculator, the move is set to turn the global computer industry on its head.
The planned price is so low that it will call for software that is virtually free, potentially putting Microsoft out of the picture. Rather than use a proprietorial operating system such as Microsoft Windows, the new machine is expected to run on the open-source operating system Linux.
Microsoft and Intel both refused to comment on the threat low-cost computers pose to their businesses.
Would definitely be a game changer. Hope it succeeds. Low cost technology useful for Indian masses.
Abhijeet
BRFite
Posts: 805
Joined: 11 Nov 2001 12:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Abhijeet »

India should have the same access to Blackberry data as the US or the UK. That's fine. But I would be wary about allowing the government to extrapolate that into demanding access from every company they can think of.

Will https connections now be banned till the website at the other end provides a backdoor to Indian intelligence agencies?
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Set up local servers, India tells Google, Skype
India has told Google and Skype that they must set up servers in the country to allow law enforcers to screen traffic, as it widened its security offensive on internet communications firms.
Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia, a key BlackBerry rival, has already acceded to the government's demands, announcing this week it would set up a server in India by early November to give security forces access to data carried by its smartphones.
Success begets success.
1) Nokia down(agreed to follow India's diktat)
2) Blackberry agreeing for now. :)
3) Google and skpe awaiting patiently. :mrgreen:

Tough posture from GOI along with economics will bend them.
question of who blinks first.(national interest should remain number one overriding all other ones. no 2nd thoughts or doubts).
Raghavendra
BRFite
Posts: 1252
Joined: 11 Mar 2008 19:07
Location: Fishing in Sadhanakere

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Raghavendra »

:D good work, they understand their customers
Bharti exits bulk SMS business http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/busi ... 477225.cms
Vipul
BRF Oldie
Posts: 3727
Joined: 15 Jan 2005 03:30

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Vipul »

Last edited by Suraj on 07 Sep 2010 20:34, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Link fixed
chetak
BRF Oldie
Posts: 32224
Joined: 16 May 2008 12:00

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by chetak »

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/un-official- ... ml?from=tn

UN official: BlackBerry data requests legitimate
Associated Press
Posted on Sep 03, 2010 at 09:05 | Updated Sep 03, 2010 at 11:20


London: The chief of the UN's telecommunications agency urged the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry to allow law enforcement agencies, including those in India, access to customer data, saying governments had legitimate security concerns, which should not be ignored.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Sakshat, the $35 Indian tablet launch by Jan 10, 2011 courtesy HCL Tech.
The much talked about Indian tablet costing as low as $35 is taking shape and soon will be seen in the market. The tablet is now officially called Sakshat and will be launched by January 10th of next year. The low cost laptop will be manufactured buy HCL technologies and the Indian government has already allocated $6.5 million or Rs. 300 million for the project. HCL has earlier worked on a similar ‘low cost project’ when it partnered with Microsoft to produce world’s cheapest Windows laptops, the Classmate PC in 2008.
The device will come with a color display and can performer functions like web browsing, email, word; processing and can even display YouTube videos. The device will have a solar charging option and will run the open source Linux OS. other specification like a 2GB of RAM, USB ports, integrated Wi-Fi connectivity. Sakshat will support web conferencing, video, media player, Internet Browser, PDF reader, Open Office and unzip utilities. The Sakshat will be a 9-inch tablet with camera and surprisingly low power requirement. It will need just two watts of power.
The tablet will be introduced to higher education institutions next year. Sakshat will be tested by Indian Institute of Technology in Rajasthan ‘in intensive laboratory and fields tests across the country.’ The manufacturer of the tablet Sakshat, HCL has contracted with the Indian government to manufacture 100,000 units in the first phase of production. The government plans to purchase these 100,000 units after testing and distribute to university students in second half of the year.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Telecom panel to take up exit route for failed new operators
It is official now. Telecom minister A Raja confirmed on Tuesday that the Telecom Commission, the apex policy making body of the department of telecommunications, would discuss bailout options for new telecom operators who got licences in January, 2008.
The new telecom operators have a dismal record so far in terms of rolling out services and garnering subscribers — the eight new entrants account for less than 3% of the country’s over 600 million subscribers. However, tough merger and acquisitions guidelines have made it difficult for them to cash out. To prohibit the new entrants from making unearned gains the government had put in a three-year lock-in period within which the promoters' have been barred from selling their equity.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

IBM to Handle Bharti's Africa Technology Operations
Under the proposed 10-year contract--estimated to be worth more than $1 billion by an analyst--IBM will consolidate Bharti Airtel's information technology operations in the 16 African countries into one integrated system.
IBM is already providing IT services to Bharti Airtel in India, where the telecom company has more than 140 million mobile subscribers. In Africa, the Indian company is looking to replicate its expertise at home in wringing profits from telephone call charges as low as 1 cent a minute.
Bharti Airtel is trying to lower the entry barrier for the African people to own a mobile device, the Indian company said in the statement.
Bharti Airtel entered the African market through its recent $9 billion acquisition of Kuwait-based Mobile Telecommunications Co.'s assets in the continent, in a bid to expand its business to offset the effects of stiff competition at home in India.
It has about 45 million subscribers in Africa, where the average telecom penetration is lower than in India. The company's Africa operations are spread across Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
it will be fun when Bharti Airtel can lower the price for sms, talk time etc. It will surely brighten the dark continent. :wink:
manish
BRFite
Posts: 848
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 16:13

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by manish »

krisna wrote: it will be fun when Bharti Airtel can lower the price for sms, talk time etc. It will surely brighten the dark continent. :wink:
Krisna ji, it has already been done a month ago in Kenya. When Essar first entered the market a year or so ago, they did a round of price cuts which triggered some cuts in turn from others. But now with Airtel (Zain) in the game, the tariffs have plunged. The deal with IBM is probably yet another step in replicating their India biz model over there (IBM runs similar services for the Indian ops as well. NSN/Ericsson run the networks).

For some news coverage of Bharti's African ops please see below:
Zain shakes telecoms market with rock-bottom call tariffs
The new face of telecom wars emerged on Wednesday after Kenya’s second largest operator Zain halved its voice call tariffs and cut the price of text messaging by 80 per cent across all networks.
Image
The move is being seen as Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel’s first salvo in the Kenyan market following its takeover of Zain’s Africa business two months ago.

The new tariffs leave Zain as the cheapest network in Kenya and signals Airtel’s intention not only to replicate its high volume and low margins business model that has defined its success in India but also the game-changing arsenal in the operator’s stable.
krishnan
BRF Oldie
Posts: 7342
Joined: 07 Oct 2005 12:58
Location: 13° 04' N , 80° 17' E

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krishnan »

http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/ ... -india.htm
Handsets Major Nokia on Monday entered the dual sim handset market when it launched its first dual sim set- Nokia C1.

The set, available in three colours, would cost Rs 1,999, the company's director (Sales) Vipul Sabharwal, launching the handset told reporters here.
Click!


The company would launch five or six models of dual sim in the next six to nine months, he said.

The handset launched on Monday would cater to the needs of low end customers and future sets would meet the requirments of middle and high end customers, he said.

He said the mobile handset market of India [ Images ] was the second largest in the world, next only to United States.

He said Nokia did not have proposals to introduce CDMA sets in Indian market at present.
I am getting one for my mom this diwali
Sanjay M
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4892
Joined: 02 Nov 2005 14:57

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Sanjay M »

India handset maker Micromax sells stake
September 20, 2010

Indian handset maker Micromax, which is taking on Nokia and other foreign brands in its home market, has sold a stake to investors in a deal that values the group at more than 440 million dollars.
Singha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 66601
Joined: 13 Aug 2004 19:42
Location: the grasshopper lies heavy

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Singha »

Huawei is planning to invest $500 mil in a manufacturing plant in Chennai both to overcome Govt suspicions and undercut further the euro-american competition.
manish
BRFite
Posts: 848
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 16:13

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by manish »

Singha wrote:Huawei is planning to invest $500 mil in a manufacturing plant in Chennai both to overcome Govt suspicions and undercut further the euro-american competition.
Putting up a plant was first proposed almost 5yrs back. GoI was in no mood to approve even that back then. Then they tried to pitch for a takeover of ITI - did not happen.

Will have to wait and see what GoI does this time around - prospects may be brighter in light of the recent concessions granted. Same might be the case with their long pending wholly owned R&D facility in BLR - the construction of own campus has been pending forever.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Canadian minister exposes RIM's encryption lie news
Canadian trade minister Peter Van Loan yesterday exposed BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion's (RIM) deception that it does not possess access to BlackBerry's encrypted data.
Loan said that in Canada, law enforcement agencies can intercept telephone calls, emails and text messages sent by BlackBerry smartphones after obtaining a warrant from the judge.
"My understanding is that India is seeking the same thing, and we believe RIM can arrive at a resolution on that basis," Loan said.
His statement however blows the veil of secrecy and web of deception in the Ontario-based RIM's claims to regulators in certain countries for years.
Money talks clearly. we will have to make sure all berries in the world confirm to Indian standards or else the juice will be squeezed out of them.
krisna
BRF Oldie
Posts: 5868
Joined: 22 Dec 2008 06:36

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by krisna »

Binatone’s Home Surf Android Touch Tablet comes to India at an affordable price
The company sails into the country bringing along with it the new Home Surf Touch tablet complete with the inclusion of Android 1.6.
Claiming to have the same slimness of an iPad, the latest device also features 2GB onboard storage, Wi-Fi and 128MB RAM. The company further reveals that the Touch Tablet is powered by an ARM 11 667 MHz processor. A complete plethora of content can be transferred to the product and viewed through its vibrant 8 inch resistive screen. It is also based on the Android technology fueled by Google.
Our products are specifically ‘Indianised’ with special features like ‘Audio boost’, ‘Power saver’ and ‘Binatone Zone’, which all have been carefully market researched and implemented to address the specific Indian needs.”
He further stated that due to the power outages experienced in rural markets, futuristic offerings are currently under development. This would include products that feature solar charger mobile handsets. There will also be 3G handsets introduced by end of this year which is expected to bear a price tag that won’t eat right through the user’s pockets.
The Home Surf Android Touch Tablet from Binatone washes up onto Indian shores priced at just Rs. 9,000.
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

Despite earlier reports that said RIM/BlackBerry will comply, apparently they still haven't and will not

http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2 ... uctive.htm

if one goes by the above report.
Vipul
BRF Oldie
Posts: 3727
Joined: 15 Jan 2005 03:30

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Vipul »

Singha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 66601
Joined: 13 Aug 2004 19:42
Location: the grasshopper lies heavy

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Singha »

imho enough is enough - blackberry should be banned from retail sales in india for one year on a non-negotiable basis with provision for a further ban of 5 years as per executive note.

karporates will scream - let them.
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

One can get email on their Android / Iphone device quite easily. What then does BB offer that others do not?
manish
BRFite
Posts: 848
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 16:13

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by manish »

Tanaji wrote:One can get email on their Android / Iphone device quite easily. What then does BB offer that others do not?
Snob value saar (apart from the existing user base of karporate fatkats who are not too tech-savvy, making migrations to other things difficult - how will the avg abdul IT infra guy go up to esveepee/see-ee-oh and tell him to move lock stock and barrel to a geeky sounding Android or a yuppie iPhone?).

One yumbeeyea friend of mine told me how during his trainee days he was told to ensure that he prominently displayed his company BlackBerry during meetings - many people still assume that the one carrying a BB is in some sort of decision making position - people esp. the well educated and well traveled BRFites may laugh at this, but it is indeed true to some extent.
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

^^ :))

Personally I think BlackBerry was great in 2006- early 2009, but they are just not geeky or cool anymore. The average life span of a "hot" phone is 6 months these days and falling... BB is still sticking to its 2008 era UI. Yes it is bullet proof and works very well... but..

Anyways, that is OT. As Singha has said, either BB complies or it leaves. What is still not clear is what is the level of access that it has granted to Canada, UAE etc and why hasn't it granted India the same?
Singha
BRF Oldie
Posts: 66601
Joined: 13 Aug 2004 19:42
Location: the grasshopper lies heavy

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Singha »

BB has released an ad in india attemping to crossover from suit-boot corporate usage into the 'fun' iphone segment. but as mentioned above, almost every fatkat has a company provided BB and so does depts like IT support who need to be on call. there will be howls of protest to any ban.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yitq2gab_Yo

some people also use nokia E71/72 which I guess does not provide the encryption server thing causing BB problems.
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

there will be howls of protest to any ban
Singhaji, I think that is another canard of "sky is falling" that BB is propagating.

India is not asking BB to shut down its mail servers. I think the issue is trying to decrypt messages sent by one BB user to another BB user in real time, since these are encrypted using their own keys. Normal mail can be intercepted at the fatkat company's MTA itself in unencrypted form. The real question is how many companies use the messaging service, and how often? If email is kept on but the messaging service is shut down, I doubt if thats a severe inconvenience.
Muppalla
BRF Oldie
Posts: 7113
Joined: 12 Jun 1999 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Muppalla »

manish wrote:
Tanaji wrote:One can get email on their Android / Iphone device quite easily. What then does BB offer that others do not?
Snob value saar (apart from the existing user base of karporate fatkats who are not too tech-savvy, making migrations to other things difficult - how will the avg abdul IT infra guy go up to esveepee/see-ee-oh and tell him to move lock stock and barrel to a geeky sounding Android or a yuppie iPhone?).

One yumbeeyea friend of mine told me how during his trainee days he was told to ensure that he prominently displayed his company BlackBerry during meetings - many people still assume that the one carrying a BB is in some sort of decision making position - people esp. the well educated and well traveled BRFites may laugh at this, but it is indeed true to some extent.
This is like pager before the explosion of cell phone. BB will be useless in may be maximum of an year when mobile web becomes cheaper on all Indian phones.
Mort Walker
BRF Oldie
Posts: 10032
Joined: 31 May 2004 11:31
Location: The rings around Uranus.

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Mort Walker »

It used to be BB had a very good push email, as opposed to poll on iPhone & Android devices, but now Android and iPhone have become quite good. Android with Gmail can push just as good as BB, the iPhone has similar capabilities. Corporates and government agencies (in the west) use BB since it gives IT depts. a tighter control on content apps, email and scheduler configuration if they use IBM's Lotus or MSFT's Outlook or some other email client besides Gmail. These advantages are slowly fading since the BB OS isn't as open to others for as many useful apps. That said, RIM is fairly tenacious, but they can't survive the onslaught of Android and iOS. I give RIM 5 years before folding up.
Tanaji
BRF Oldie
Posts: 4513
Joined: 21 Jun 2000 11:31

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by Tanaji »

BTW, UAE has confirmed that BB has rolled over and played ball and met all their requirements

Question is why not for India? Or are the Indians asking for something different?
kmkraoind
BRF Oldie
Posts: 3908
Joined: 27 Jun 2008 00:24

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by kmkraoind »

DoT mulls merger of telecom circles
"There are roaming issues attached to the 22 service areas. There should be an option to merge certain service areas, making a bigger service area. It could be either one service covering the entire country or four or five service areas, each covering a particular region," DoT said in an internal note.
manish
BRFite
Posts: 848
Joined: 29 Jan 2009 16:13

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by manish »

kmkraoind wrote:DoT mulls merger of telecom circles
"There are roaming issues attached to the 22 service areas. There should be an option to merge certain service areas, making a bigger service area. It could be either one service covering the entire country or four or five service areas, each covering a particular region," DoT said in an internal note.
The implications of this move will be huge as merging circles will result in a drastic reductions in instances of 'roaming' for customers. The move will hit the revenues and bottom lines of operators. Remember the reaction of the telcos when EU tried to clampdown on roaming charges a couple of years ago?

They make really nice margins on roaming calls - any effort to touch them will be met with cries and howls.
chaanakya
BRF Oldie
Posts: 9513
Joined: 09 Jan 2010 13:30

Re: Indian Telecom Folder

Post by chaanakya »

manish wrote:
"There are roaming issues attached to the 22 service areas. There should be an option to merge certain service areas, making a bigger service area. It could be either one service covering the entire country or four or five service areas, each covering a particular region," DoT said in an internal note.
The implications of this move will be huge as merging circles will result in a drastic reductions in instances of 'roaming' for customers. The move will hit the revenues and bottom lines of operators. Remember the reaction of the telcos when EU tried to clampdown on roaming charges a couple of years ago?

They make really nice margins on roaming calls - any effort to touch them will be met with cries and howls.[/quote]
This is "One India Plan " in action. If telcoms don't listen there are ways to force them. Going to benefit consumers.
Post Reply