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Friday, May 23, 2014   &         Top Stories RCom likely to sell 50% in undersea cable business to Citic Telecom Vodafone India may overtake UK by revenues in next few years Loop Mobile CEO quits as axe hangs on employees Inside Reliance Jios plans for telecom, information, entertainment Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek see India 4G boom pushing chipsets Handset makers hope new govt rationalises local tax structures   Corporate COAI writes to DoT for initiating dialogue with Defence Min Infosys wins $50 million deal from AT&T ZTE, Huawei win bulk of China Mobile's second batch of 4G contracts: sources Bank slapped with Rs 3 lakh fine for unsolicited calls to customer Pakistan to award 3G, 4G licenses to bidders on May 23 COAI backs demand to boost local telecom manufacturing Google wins consumer trust, overtakes Apple to become most valuable brand HP may cut up to 16,000 more jobs as results disappoint   Devices Micromax takes on Moto E with Unite 2, prices it at Rs 6999 Flipkart to resume Moto E sale from today   Policy Telecom department seeks regulators suggestions on MVNO policy Home ministry opposes foreign cos setting up telecom gear testing labs DoT lists wifi services in urban area as key plan for new government CBI seeks time to file reply on Shahid Usman Balwa's plea in 2G case CAGs 2G figure haunts Sibal, he gets 1.76 lakh votes in Chandni Chowk   Infrastructure Nokia bags 5-year radio deal from Telenor Alcatel-Lucent in talks to sell cybersecurity unit to Thales   MVAS BlackBerry making a home for the 'Internet of Things'       CMAI Insights CMAI Insights 2G Auctions CMAI Insights Recent 2G Auctions are good for Finance Minister. What about customer or country. we have to wait and watch.. Read more   Welcome to CMAI CMAI Insights CMAI Association of India is a professional registered association for promotion of Indian IT and Telecom Sector. CMAI is the only Integrated Association in India for IT and Telecom Sector having all stake holders as its members . It is an apex premier body with MOU partners and representatives all .. Read more         Top Stories RCom likely to sell 50% in undersea cable business to Citic Telecom ETTelecom IRG, a Hong Kong-based investment bank, is advising RCOM while Standard Chartered is advising Citic Telecom on the deal.  Read more   Vodafone India may overtake UK by revenues in next few years ETTelecom A 100 per cent subsidiary of the Group, Vodafone India is also fifth largest contributor to Group EBITDA (after Germany, Italy, SA and UK).  Read more   Loop Mobile CEO quits as axe hangs on employees DNA Loop Mobile CEO quits as axe hangs on employees - Sandip Basu, managing director and chief executive officer of Loop Mobile, is said to have quit following Airtel's deal to take over the company, though he continues to attend office, according to sources.When contacted, Basu in a text message denied he has quit, but did not take calls made to his cellphone.  Read more   Inside Reliance Jios plans for telecom, information, entertainment Live Mint RILs launch of 4G services will challenge telecom firms, DTH companies, and will seek to change dynamics of education, entertainment  Read more   Broadcom, Qualcomm, MediaTek see India 4G boom pushing chipsets ETTelecom International mobile chip makers Broadcom Corp, Qualcomm Inc and MediaTek Inc aim to make an early move into India with the market expected to boom in a few years from now thanks to affordable, LTE-ready 4G handsets fitted with their mid-tier chipsets.  Read more   Handset makers hope new govt rationalises local tax structures ETTelecom Most device makers want the new govt to implement a semiconductor policy that can help in creating an ecosystem for local manufacturing of handsets.  Read more    Back to top     Corporate COAI writes to DoT for initiating dialogue with Defence Min ETTelecom COAI has written to the Department of Telecom (DoT) for initiating dialogue with Defence Ministry to sort out spectrum-related issues for ensuring adequate availability in the next round of auctions.  Read more   Infosys wins $50 million deal from AT&T ETTelecom Infosys has won a $50-mn deal from AT&T and the co expects the telecom player to become its first $100-mn customer from Europe and the US in the coming years.  Read more   ZTE, Huawei win bulk of China Mobile's second batch of 4G contracts: sources ETTelecom The batch represents 40 per cent of China Mobile's quota of 4G contracts to be sold this year, the sources added.  Read more   Bank slapped with Rs 3 lakh fine for unsolicited calls to customer ETTelecom Annoying a customer through unsolicited promotional phone calls, text messages and emails has cost HDFC Bank Rs 3 lakh.  Read more   Pakistan to award 3G, 4G licenses to bidders on May 23 ETTelecom Cash-strapped Pakistan will award 3G & 4G mobile spectrum licenses to successful bidders tomorrow.  Read more   COAI backs demand to boost local telecom manufacturing ETTelecom COAI supports the appeal of the academicians to set up TRDF and TEDF to encourage research and entrepreneurship in the Indian Telecom industry.  Read more   Google wins consumer trust, overtakes Apple to become most valuable brand ETTelecom Google has been named as the most valuable brand in the world, global market research agency Millward Brown said in its 2014 100 Top Brandz report.  Read more   HP may cut up to 16,000 more jobs as results disappoint ETTelecom Hewlett-Packard Co plans to cut as many as 16,000 more jobs in a major ramp-up of CEO Meg Whitman's years-long effort to turn around the personal computer maker.  Read more    Back to top     Devices Micromax takes on Moto E with Unite 2, prices it at Rs 6999 ETTelecom Micromax Thursday expanded its low-end smartphone range with the launch of Unite 2 and priced it at Rs6,999, pegging it directly against Motorolas similarly priced new model Moto E which has been a sell out.  Read more   Flipkart to resume Moto E sale from today ETTelecom Flipkart Thursday said it will resume shipping the Moto E smartphones from Friday morning, following replenishment of stock from Motorola Mobility, after the popular device was sold out within two days of launch last week.  Read more    Back to top     Policy Telecom department seeks regulators suggestions on MVNO policy ETTelecom An MVNO buys bulk talk-time and bandwidth from an operator and then sells it to end users, thus helping an operator sell services.  Read more   Home ministry opposes foreign cos setting up telecom gear testing labs ETTelecom The home ministry and Indias apex security agency, the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) are averse to foreign companies establishing telecom gear test labs in India, fearing cartelization by the worlds top networks vendors to fund such mutually beneficial certification activity and, in the process, compromise national security.  Read more   DoT lists wifi services in urban area as key plan for new government ETTelecom DoT has included providing wi-fi services in urban areas in the action plan being prepared for the next government headed by Modi.  Read more   CBI seeks time to file reply on Shahid Usman Balwa's plea in 2G case ETTelecom The agency, which was scheduled to file its reply today, told special CBI judge O P Saini that it was not ready with the response and would file it soon.  Read more   CAGs 2G figure haunts Sibal, he gets 1.76 lakh votes in Chandni Chowk ETTelecom Its an eerie coincidence. Outgoing telecom minister Kapil Sibal had rubbished CAGs top estimate that the 2G scam cost the exchequer Rs 1.76 lakh crore with the controversial "zero loss" remark.  Read more    Back to top     Infrastructure Nokia bags 5-year radio deal from Telenor ETTelecom Telenor Group Thursday selected Nokia as a supplier for radio access equipment and professional services over a period of five years.  Read more   Alcatel-Lucent in talks to sell cybersecurity unit to Thales ETTelecom ALCATEL-LUCENT-THALES/ (URGENT)Alcatel-Lucent in talks to sell cybersecurity unit to Thales  Read more    Back to top     MVAS BlackBerry making a home for the 'Internet of Things' ETTelecom BlackBerry said Wednesday it was building a system to make sense of the maelstrom of information from the "Internet of Things" ranging from cars to appliances and watches.  Read more    Back to top   Invite your friends and colleagues to sign up for this newsletter. Tell them to send an email to join@ettelecom.com