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7.1 mn Subscribers Added in June
More than 7.1 mn new telephone subscribers were added during the month of June 2007. This brings the total number of telephones in the country to more than 225.22 mn, whereas the total number of subscribers till June 2006 was 153.18 mn, ie a growth of 47% during July 2006 – June 2007. The GSM segment has shown an increase of 5.39 mn during the month of June 2007. The growth of broadband connections improved further, about 2.43 mn broadband connections were provided.

Sasken Revenue Up 41%
Sasken Communication Technologies has announced its consolidated results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2007. It registered consolidated revenues of Rs 128.37 crore, up 41%. Consolidated profit after tax was Rs 6.39 crore, a decreases of 31%. The company announced that eight new customers have been added during the quarter. Rajiv Mody, chairman and CEO, was recently awarded Technovator of the year award by VOICE&DATA.

MIH to Invest $12.3 mn
MIH India, part of the multi-million dollar media conglomerate, Naspers, has announced a strategic investment into mobile VAS company ACL Wireless. MIH India has picked up 30% stake the company. The total value of the investment from MIH's end is $12.3 mn. This strategic investment will enable MIH owned ibibo.com to make inroads into the growing Indian mobile VAS market.

MAUJ Mobile Joins BREW
MAUJ has announced that the company has signed on to develop mobile content for QUALCOMM's BREW. As part of this agreement, MAUJ will develop BREW applications such as video ringtones and location based services, as well as 'm-Premiere,' an application that allows users to preview and buy mobile content through a rich user interface. As part of this initiative, MAUJ will also introduce some of its popular games to BREW. Comprehensive and targeted BREW Signature Solutions offer reduced time-to-market and lower capital investment for companies providing mobile products and services.

Alcatel-Lucent Bags RCom Order
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded an IP-based next-generation, CDMA, and GSM network contract valued at more than $400 mn from Reliance Communications. This contract will enable Reliance Communications to expand its wireless network to more than 20,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Under the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade Reliance's CDMA and GSM network with additional mobile switching centers and base stations.

BSNL Launches LBS
Telenity has announced that BSNL has successfully launched location-based services (LBS) on Telenity's Canvas(R) Location Enabling Server. BSNL becomes the first operator to make the personalized value added LBS available to mobile customers in India. The following LBS are soft launched in the east zone of BSNL's network-Real Time Fleet and Asset Management, Friend Finder, LBS advertisement, and LBS chatting service.

BT Supports NDTV's Expansion
BT's media and broadcast sector has inked an agreement with NDTV to be its global network supplier, enabling them to distribute to BskyB and Direct TV in the UK and US respectively. BT will carry the live NDTV news bulletins to multiple platforms. BT presently downlinks the signal at locations in the UK from the PAS 10 satellite, and then carries it over its Media–IP network to BskyB's platform in the UK. This also includes bringing the signal to the BT Tower and making it fit for the US viewer.

E-Gov Through Mobile
SCO Group, a provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services, has announced that the Madhya Pradesh government has selected SCO mobile server as the platform for developing and deploying government services to more than 60 mn citizens. The pilot project using SCO mobile server enables electronic provisioning of services and access to government information using a cell phone over the cell carrier network. Nearly every citizen in Indore will gain electronic access to services and information.

NIOS Collaborates with Cisco
Cisco has announced that it is collaborating with the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) to begin the Cisco Networking Academy Program in ten accredited vocational institutes across the country, including one in Northeast India. Each of these institutes, called a Cisco Local Academy, will provide PC hardware and networking information technology essentials to around 100 students each year. Each Local Academy will receive comprehensive training, the Networking Academy curriculum and technical support from Cisco.

Rittal to Set-up Second Facility
Rittal India has announced their plan to invest further in India to the tune of 20 mn. Rittal is planning to start a second manufacturing location in India. Rittal sales in India is about 50 mn, and its product range includes large enclosures for electrical and automation, enclosure climate control, power distribution components, Ri4 Power, networking and server enclosures, outdoor enclosures for telecom and other applications.

Idea Cellular Revenue Rs 14,776 mn
Idea Cellular has announced its un-audited results for the 1st quarter ended June 30, 2007.

The consolidated revenue for the quarter is Rs 14,776 mn, up 64%, and EBITDA is Rs 5,131 mn, up by 69% y-o-y. Idea ended the quarter with a subscriber base of 16.13 mn, adding 2.12 mn subscribers during the quarter. In its current eleven service areas of operation, Idea consolidated its subscriber market share from 14.9% at the end of March 2007 to 15.4% at the end of June 2007.

Servion Joins Hands with Cisco
Servion Global Solutions and Cisco have inked a strategic agreement to jointly deliver IP-based Unified Communications solutions to enterprises globally. As a pre-requisite to this strategic relationship, Servion has achieved accreditation as a Cisco Advanced Technology Partner. This partnership intends to utilize Cisco's technologies combined with Servion's expertise in the CIM domain to help organizations integrate, optimize, and simplify existing and future investments in CIM technologies.

Blue Coat Opens India Subsidiary
Blue Coat Systems has opened its first subsidiary in India with an office located in New Delhi. Blue Coat solution offerings in India are available through its sole distributor Virtual NetComm and partner resellers. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances provide Web security, policy control, and acceleration of content and applications at an organization's headquarters, branch offices and data centers. Its software-based SG Client provides security, policy control, and acceleration to individual employees working remotely from the enterprise network.

World's Largest Wi-Fi Network
SmartBridges and SREI are combining their expertise to provide low-cost technology enabled Common Service Centers (CSCs) in West Bengal. In an agreement signed between the two parties, SmartBridges will provide the wireless infrastructure and project expertise to set up 4,937 CSCs in fourteen districts of West Bengal, while SREI will manage these centers and develop a self-sustaining business model.

Airtel-Nokia $900 mn Deal
Bharti Airtel and Nokia Siemens have signed a MoU for a $900 mn expansion contract across Airtel's mobile, fixed, and intelligent network platforms. Nokia Siemens will expand Airtel's GSM network in eight circles; its NLD and ILD network with 1.8 mn NGN ports, and its international calling card prepaid service capacity by 4.5 mn news users. The GSM and NGN expansions are planned over two years and the international calling cards expansion over three years.