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Wireless eats wireline: Sri Lanka joins the club

Written by Rohan Samarajiva on July 29, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Both India and Pakistan had negative growth in fixed wireline 2003-2008: -3.5 for India and -0.4 for Pakistan.   Sri Lanka has too, but this is masked by the rapid growth of CDMA, which in this country is called fixed.

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Obama’s Stimulus Plan Includes $6 Billion for Broadband

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on January 19, 2009 — 1 Comment

The $825 billion proposal from the Obama transition team and House Democrats includes $6 billion to improve the U.S. broadband infrastructure, which is lacking in many rural and mountainous areas, particularly the West.
There aren’t a lot of details yet on how that $6 billion would be given out, but it doesn’t seem to encompass the [...]

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Soaring quarterly numbers for telecom majors Reliance Communications and Bharti Airtel

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on November 1, 2007 — 1 Comment

Reliance Communications took the competition in domestic telecom head-on as it reported operating margins similar to bigger rival Bharti Airtel in the July-September quarter. RCom’s robust performance was aided by higher growth in its wireless and broadband services along with increased operating efficiency.
Net profit has surged 86% to Rs 1,305 crore (USD 330 mil) year-on-year backed [...]

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India’s TRAI wants ‘open’ telecom sector

Written by Abu Saeed Khan on August 31, 2007 — Leave a Comment

In a move that could enhance competition and spur mergers in an industry waiting to consolidate, India’s telecom regulator TRAI has recommended that there be no limit on the number of players in this sector.  
The TRAI also pushed for the relaxation of stringent merger and acquisitions norms, technology neutrality for telecom licences, in addition [...]

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