GSM price war -- BSNL to match MTNL rates
If MTNL has substantially undercut cellular operators in Delhi and Mumbai, by offering its GSM services at much lesser prices, BSNL now plans to pull the rug from under the other cellular operators across the country.

`MTNL NYSE listing should happen soon'
Cellular players in Delhi are already indicating that they will drop prices in the coming weeks. Would MTNL follow suit by undercutting tarifs further?

Cellular players brace for battle
Cellular price war has started officially. In a bid to protect their market share from the heavyweight third operators MTNL and BSNL the metro mobile operators are re-aligning their tariff plans.

Planetasia.com to focus more on mid-market, large segments
Microland-promoted Planetasia.com is currently rewriting its business strategy with an increased focus on mid-market segments and large cos digressing a bit from its earlier focus on start-ups and dotcoms - according to the co's president Anand Sudarshan.

Sony switches off pay channel service to Hathway Cable
Sony Entertainment Television has switched off pay channel service of SetMax, AXN and CNBC to the Rajan Raheja-owned Hathway Cable & Datacom on account of nonpayment of dues worth around Rs 15 lakh.

Project floated to provide Net, voice connectivity to villages
IIT Madras along with Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Boston based-Internet Business Capital Corporation (IBCC)/ I-Gyan Foundation are starting a Sustainable Access in Rural India (SARI) project to provide Internet and voice connectivity to over 2,000 villages.


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