Posts Tagged “India”
RCom India: Soft launch
by Abhishek on August 4, 2008
Media reports are rife about speculation that Reliance Communications (RCom) has had a soft launch of their GSM mobile business. They have awarded a huge contract to Huawei (stupidity) and is being financed with Chinese money to expand their services. (…)
Virgin Mobile: Service levels?
by Abhishek on August 4, 2008
Duh. This is the level to which Virgin Mobile stoops, atleast in US. I wonder whether they can pull of something like this on Indian airwaves. There was a lull in their advertising but the billboards are back and with (…)
Vodafone India: Won the battle
by Abhishek on July 27, 2008
Woohoo. My persistence paid off. I have made the company credit the bill that they owed me. In addition to that, I have made them apologise for the whole fracas. I have realised that despite their claims of “happy to (…)
Indian Mobile Industry: Ring in profits
by Abhishek on July 20, 2008
They make obscene profits and the all the while claim that they pay the highest taxes in the world. If the market conditions were so difficult, who has forced them the stay out around here and sell their pathetic services? (…)
Vodafone India: Billing hassles
by Abhishek on July 11, 2008
Despite their brilliant advertising claims, Vodafone India has made a mess of it’s customer care. Why doesn’t it translate into effective delivery at the ground level? I had made a payment for my mobile phone elsewhere; outside from the home (…)
Tata Communications: Buys up stake in South Africa
by Abhishek on June 27, 2008
I have no clue as to why the Indians are obessed about snapping up deals with South Africans. Although, it’s commendable when Indian companies snap up struggling European majors; the same that Tata did for Corus and Tetley Tea. Although, (…)
Spice Telecom: Snapped up by Idea
by Abhishek on June 27, 2008
Birla’s group Idea snapped up Spice, one of the last stand alone players in the market. Idea cellular is no angel in white. Spice isn’t the best thing to have happened to mobile industry ever although, they were among the (…)
