BROWSING: Reliance Communications

The gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue of the Indian telecom services sector for the quarter ending September 2011 has been $9.56 billion and $6.40 billion respectively according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The total number of telephone subscribers increased by 0.30% from 914.59 million at the end of October 2011 to 917.33 million at the end of November 2011.

The Telecom Ministry will ask for nearly $300 million from Tata Teleservices, Vodafone, Reliance Communications, Airtel and Idea Cellular for underreporting revenues, India's Press Trust of India has reported, quoting unidentified sources.

India's new telecom operators, which includes Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications, Sistema-Shyam and Uninor among others, have asked the government to consider allotting up to 6.2 MHz spectrum to them without any additional charge, media reports stated.

The chiefs of leading telecom companies met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other key policy makers to discuss contentious issues plaguing the telecom sector.

"If there is any responsible player coming into the industry and growing the business especially by data, it is very good news," a top RCom official said.

Laboring under a debt load of nearly $7 billion, Reliance Communications, one of the leading telecom operators in India, is in the midst of exclusive negotiations with a consortium of private equity players, including Blackstone and Carlyle, to sell its tower unit, according to media reports in India.

Reliance Communication, whose net profit is declining and has one of the lowest average revenue per user (ARPU) in the industry, has witnessed a further decline in its ARPU in Q2 of the current financial year.

The company's net profit decreased to $50 million in Q2 (Sept 2011) compared to $88.7 million the same quarter of the previous year.

TRAI Chairman J.S. Sarma recently urged the telecom industry to increase the manufacturing of mobile equipment in India; a trial on India's 2G spectrum scandal case will begin today in a lower court.

India's Department of Telecommunications has asked Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, BSNL, Idea, RCL and RTL to explain why action should not be taken against them for failing to submit auditors reports for 2009-10.

RIL is likely to use RCom's access systems, fiber-optic backbone, international cable systems and Internet gateways to provide high-speed data services.

After almost a month of disrupting its connectivity to private operators Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices, Reliance Communications and Idea Cellular in the state of Punjab, the state-owned operator BSNL today resumed its services between its landline connections and the mobile operators. BSNL restored the services following...

The Indian telecom sector is again in news for the wrong reasons after a national daily reported about a '3G roaming scam' wherein some telecom operators are "offering 3G services and earning money from areas which they never bid during the 3G auctions".

Reliance Globalcom, the Global telecommunications services arm of Reliance Communications, upgraded capacity on Flag Europe Asia and FALCON Cable Systems to over 500 gigabytes. This 400% boost to capacity on two of the largest routes in the world comes at the wake of the...

India's Department of Telecom plans to issue notices to five leading mobile operators for allegedly misreporting of revenue in order to pay lower license fees to the government.

India’s wireless market may not be as big as thought, according to a report that claims nearly 30% of the country’s mobile customers are classified as “inactive.”The Wireless Intelligence report, citing figures from the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India, claims that nearly 250 million...

Times of India | August 12, 2011 | Kaylan Parbat KOLKATA: Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications (RCom), the country's second-largest mobile phone company by customers, is in advanced talks to ink a near $1.5-billion, multi-vendor managed services outsourcing deal with a clutch of telecom gearmakers such as China's ZTE, Huawei and Sweden's...

Times of India | August 12, 2011 | Kaylan Parbat KOLKATA: Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications (RCom), the country's second-largest mobile phone company by customers, is in advanced talks to ink a near $1.5-billion, multi-vendor managed services outsourcing deal with a clutch of telecom gearmakers such as China's ZTE, Huawei and Sweden's...

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees ($288). Read the full article here via Reuters

Reuters | August 9, 2011 | Devidutta Tripathy Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, on Tuesday said it has launched a tablet computer priced at 12,999 rupees ($288). Read the full article here via Reuters

India's mobile industry ended the first half of the year with 851.7 million subscribers, with overall market penetration reaching 71.11%, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.TRIA noted that the mobile segment posted 1.36% growth in June, with urban users increasing from 554.75 million...

Hindustan Times | June 19, 2011 In its pursuit to become a leading player in telecom space, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries group may have to acquire younger brother Anil-run Reliance Communications (RCom), a report has said. RIL's proposed re-entry into telecom sector is currently limited...

Reliance Communications | February 15, 2011 | Press Release Reliance will use Motricity's m-Core platform to enable a wide range of advanced services including M-Commerce, M-Advertising and Location Based Services New R World to have Multi-lingual capabilities to break the language barrier MUMBAI, India, Feb. 15, 2011...