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Thursday, September 28th, 2006

‘Address verification’, a boon to postal department

Familiarity breeds contempt, they say. But in postal parlance, familiarity is no liability but an advantage.

The cash registers of Postal Department have been ringing ever since TRAI made it mandatory for mobile service providers to ensure that an address furnished by applicants were authentic.

Mobile service providers knowing how cumbersome the exercise was, decided to outsource […]

Mobile, Hutch

Thursday, September 21st, 2006

Brands look to ride their own media vehicles

Figure this
out. Nokia’s Defend Your Turf, Hutch’s Delhi Half Marathon, Lakme India Fashion Week and Samsung’s World Cyber Games, are but few examples of a growing trend of brands building their own media-buzz vehicles.

Is it just what it appears, brands trying to garner extra salience for itself, or are we missing the […]

Mobile, Hutch

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Indian Mobile Numbering Series for Cellphone Operators

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has divided India into various cellular zones such that within each zone, the call is treated as a local call, while across zones, it becomes a long-distance call. A cellular zone (or cellular circle) is normally the entire state, with a few exceptions like Mumbai (which is a […]

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Monday, July 25th, 2005

Hutch service violated licence: TRAI

Terming the Push-To-Talk service offered by a private cellular operator Hutch as violation of licensing conditions, telecom regulator TRAI has asked government to take appropriate action against the service provider. Sources in TRAI said on Sunday it had recommended that action be taken against Hutch for offering the push to talk service, which it called […]