Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTSL) is all set to merge its tower infrastructure business with tower company Quippo Telecom in a bid to deliver more efficient telecom infrastructure services. The merger would make the new entity as the second largest firm in terms of number of towers across India with 18,000 towers.

Quippo Telecom will hold 49 per cent in the new entity with full management control while Tata Teleservices would hold remaining shares in Wireless-TT Info-Services Ltd

The Union Telecom and Communications Ministry has declined the proposal of Finance Ministry to double the floor price for 3G and wireless broadband spectrum. Finance Ministry had recommended prices of pan-India 3G spectrum prices at Rs 4,040 crore and WiMAX prices at Rs 2,020 crore..

Leading telecom operator TATA Teleservices has decided to start Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) services by the end of this financial year. The company is already providing CDMA based services in various telecom circles of country.

Tata Teleservices is now planning to spend $2 billion to expand its subscriber base in the GSM market. It may be recalled that its major competitor Rcom has already launched GSM services in 11,000 towns of country few days back.

With a noble cause in mind, Nokia India has announced its “recycling campaign” for the Indian region. Under this program, the mobile phone users would be encouraged to dump their used handsets and accessories, no matter what brand they are, at any of the 1,300 green recycling bins put up across Nokia priority dealers and Nokia care centers. The basic aim of this effort is to actually spread awareness among the users regarding the recycling of e-waste. 

With the aim to garner a subscriber base of 9 million within two years BSNL is all set to invest Rs 1,600 crore on technologies like WiMAX and optical fibre network. 

Company CMD, Kuldeep Goyal said, “We are working on a target to have around nine million broadband connections in the next two years.” He further added, “While the combined market share of BSNL and MTNL could be 50 per cent in two years, on our own we should be having around 9 million broadband connections.”

As a part of the nationwide roll out of its GSM services, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications has finally launched its GSM Services in Mumbai.

With the latest move, Reliance Communications has became the first private CDMA service provider in India to provide GSM services.

It may be noted that few days earlier, the company had announced the launch of its GSM services across 11,000 towns in the country.