Motorola has launched an entry level phone, Motofone, to tap the rural market in India. The GSM version of the black and white handset would be available with a bundled offer from BSNL at a price of Rs 1,650. This creates a unique opportunity for Value Added Services especially designed for rural market. (Story on Economic Times)
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Airtel has launched the Enhanced Data Rate for Global Evolution network in Nashik. Nagur, Aurangabad and Goa circles have also seen the simultaneous launch. The EDGE network offers the customers speed of 100 kbph. (From Business Standard)
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The Central government has indicated that it will amend International Long Distance (ILD) license to allow the resale of International Public Leasedline Circuits (IPLC) bandwidth by the carriers in the country. This will lead to substantial drop in prices. (More here…)
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Ericsson opened new Research and Development facilities in Chennai. The expanded facilities would focus on developing charging solutions and value-added solutions for the pre-paid and multimedia segments. (Story on Business Standard)
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Motorola is in discussions with Telecom operators to provide network and equipment for offering WiMAX services (high-speed Internet access over a wireless connection). Motorola will design networks and provide customer premises equipment (CPEs) and handhelds. Indian market is forecasted to grow from current 2 million to 30 million by year 2010. Samsung and Alcatel are other vendors eyeing the Indian wireless broadband market. (As reported in Economic Times)
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