23rd April 2013

Telecom Uncovered- Inside Telecom New World of Telecom- Updates regarding India and Global Telecom Industry. 23rd April 2013 Tata Elxsi Announces Financial Results

Tata Elxsi Ltd reported consolidated operating income of Rs 621.67 Crores for the year ended 31st March 2013, an increase of 15 % over FY 2012. The operating income for Q4 FY 13 was Rs. 163.43 Crores as compared to Rs. 156.67 Crores for Q3 FY 13, an increase of 4.3% on a sequential quarter basis. The operating profits rose to 16.27 Crores from 10.33 Crores, an increase of 57% on a sequential quarter basis. Read More 23rd April 2013 Tata Consultancy Services Introduces Intelligent Testing System (ITS) at CA World 2013

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), today announced its Intelligent Testing System (ITS) solution , designed to help customers automate the testing lifecycle. The new solution is being developed through TCS existing partnership with CA Technologies and combines TCS innovative process and automation tools with CA LISA Service Virtualization software. TCS is premiering this new offering, which will be generally available in May 2013, at CA World 2013 in Las Vegas, NV. ITS features engineering-based accelerators and built-in agile tools and will allow TCS and CA Technologies customers to automate the entire test cycle, reduce dependency on components, and provide faster time to market, leading to higher quality while minimizing cost. Read More 23rd April 2013 Vodafone Introduces New Roaming Packs With Reduced Incoming Call Rates For Pre-Paid Customers

Vodafone India Ltd., one of Indias leading telecommunications service providers, today launched a new attractive national roaming plan for its pre-paid customers. With this plan, Vodafone pre-paid Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 1

23rd April 2013 customers will be able to receive incoming calls while roaming on Vodafone network at 30p/minute, across the country. Outgoing call rates are highly competitive at 1.5p/sec for all local & STD calls, while roaming or at home. The price point for the new national roaming plan varies from state to state and ranges between Rs 26 to Rs 47. (In Delhi, there are two price points Rs 21 and Rs 42). Read More 23rd April 2013 Par Panel Review norms for growth of state-run telcos

With telecom gear procurement guidelines delaying network expansion, a Parliamentary panel today asked the government to ease norms so as to ensure growth of state-run telecom firms like MTNL and BSNL. The panel said although there has been a stupendous growth in the telecom sector in the country in the last five years, the share of state-run telecom operators has declined from 34.69 per cent at the end of 2007 to 14.42 per cent at the end of July, 2011. Read More 23rd April 2013 Bharti Airtel had signed an agreement to buy rival Warid Telecom Uganda

Bharti Airtel, the worlds fourth largest mobile phone operator, said it had signed an agreement to buy rival Warid Telecom Uganda, in a move that will increase its customer base in the country by 60 percent. The deal with Warid, the No.3 mobile phone company in Uganda, will add 2.8 million customers to take its total user base in the country to 7.4 million, Bharti said in a statement on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More 23rd April 2013 Reliance Communications has partnered with Twitter to launch a prepaid plan

Reliance Communications today said it has partnered with Twitter to launch a prepaid plan for GSM subscribers in the country. Website:- www.telecomuncovered.com, Facebook:- www.facebook.com/TelecomUncovered, Twitter, LinkedIn, contact:- news@telecomuncovered.com, info@telecomuncovered.com 2

23rd April 2013 The promotional offer will be free for 90 days after which a fee will be charged for the plan. Reliance Twitter Access Pack, is a promotional offer for a period of 90 days during this T20 cricketing season which comes bundled for all new GSM prepaid subscribers with unlimited Twitter access without paying any extra data consumption charges, the company said in a statement. Read More 23rd April 2013 Reliance Jio Infocomm will use Bharti Airtel submarine cable network

Reliance Industries telecom arm will use Bharti Airtels submarine cable network to provide data connectivity across Asia Pacific, the two companies announced today. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, which had earlier this month signed a Rs 1,200 crore deal to share Reliance Communication Ltds fibre optic network in the country to roll out its 4G services, will hire capacity on Bhartis i2i cable network connecting India to Singapore. Read More

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