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| Saturday, March 07, 2009 |
| Wireless Operators / Service Providers List |
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 I decided to compile a lit of all the Mobile / Wireless Service providers in India. The technology they operate on, Service Areas and Joint Venture Partner if any is also mentioned.
- Bharti Airtel (GSM) Operates PAN India. Has investments from Singapore Telecom
- Reliance Communications - (GSM + CDMA) Crippled by the CDMA handset limitations, the company has recently expanded its GSM services to all India.
- Vodafone-Essar (GSM) Formerly Hutchison, Vodafone bought controlling stake and has since then re-branded the company.
- BSNL + MTNL (GSM + CDMA) Government Owned. PAN India and the first to launch 3G operations.
- Idea Cellular- GSM - PAN India barring few circles. Took over Spice Communications which had operations in Karnataka and Punjab. Managed by Kumar Birla and has Telekom Malaysia a foreign investor.
- Tata Indicom / Teleservices - Operates on CDMA with PAN India network. Will launch GSM servics this year across India. NTT DoCoMo of Japan is the strategic investor.
- Aircel - GSM. Rolling out countrywide operations. Maxis of Malaysia is a big investor
- Loop Telecom - GSM - Backed by BPL. Has operations in Mumbai in battle with Vodafone Essar. Has now secured All India License.
- Datacom - Only has UASL License for GSM. backd by Videocon group [No Operations]
- Unitech - Real Estate company made windfall profits selling out stake to Telnor. Has PAN India GSM license [No Operations]
- Swan Telecom - Has UASL GSM License. Sold 45% stake to Etisalat [No Operations]
- Shyam - CDMA Pan India License. Sistema of Russia is the JV Partner. Operational in 2 circles.
Virgin Mobile is a Franchisee of Tata Indicom and is likely to convert itself as a MVNO. |
Published on Saturday, March 07, 2009 at 11:02 AM  |
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You missed Batelco owned S-Tel which has licenses in 6 C Circles.
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thre wud be hordes more now several as mvnos
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You missed Batelco owned S-Tel which has licenses in 6 C Circles.