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LatAm to reach 388 mln mobile lines by end-2008

Posted by Dave
December 7, 2008

Telecompaper
Latin America will reach over 388 million mobile lines in service at the end of this year, accounting for 9.6 percent of the overall mobile lines in service worldwide, according to the Information Society index (ISI) established by consulting firm Everis. Brazil is expected to end the year with 143.2 million phones, Mexico with 76.9 [...]

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India Telepresence market to reach $40 mn by 2012

Posted by Dave
September 14, 2008

Increasingly, competitors to airlines will be videoconferencing equipment providersBusiness Standard report
The audio and video conferencing market in India which has undergone a paradigm shift with the emergence of telepresence as a business solution for real time communication, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 53 per cent to reach $40 million by 2010.
According [...]

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Mexican Billionaire Buys a 6.4% Stake in Times Company

Posted by Dave
September 14, 2008

NYTimes.com
Carlos Slim Helú, the Mexican telecommunications billionaire, and his family have acquired a 6.4 percent stake in The New York Times Company, he revealed in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
Mr. Slim, sometimes called the wealthiest man in the world, controls cellular and landline phone companies, and has major investments in retail, construction, banking, insurance, railroads [...]

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Six firms vie for huge India telecoms order

Posted by Dave
September 10, 2008

Reuters
Telecoms equipment makers Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Networks [NSN.UL] are competing with four other firms in a tender potentially worth $9 billion to provide wireless infrastructure to India’s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).
Bidders in the tender for a total of 93 million GSM lines, the world’s largest such order, include Huawei Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel [...]

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India witnessing new dawn of mobile banking

Posted by Dave
July 19, 2008

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The Economic Times
Opposite Suresh Photo Studio, adjacent to a temple, 38-year old Kamla sells roses, marigold and orchid garlands. Back home in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Kamla’s mother now receives Rs 200 (about $5USD) every week on her mobile sent by Kamla.
India is witnessing a new dawn of banking with mobile phone. From a rickshaw [...]