Apnaloan.com takes over Trivia Technologies
Apnaloan.com, the online vendor neutral marketplace for loans, has acquired Mumbai-based Trivia Technologies Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed amount.

Essar to go in for brand-building push
Hutchison Essar CEO Sudershan Banerjee sees huge opportunity to grow the mobile market in the capital. "The city with over 35 lakh vehicles, a high per capita income and an advanced life-style orientation has the most mobile potential,''.

Value-added services to be Bharti's mantra
Bharti Cellular Ltd is looking beyond the cellular price war. The cellular services provider is expected to develop offerings around location-based services and Intelligent Network (IN) platform.

Cellular blues -- Paging industry plans to cut prices by 50 percent
The drop in cellular tariffs, due to the entry of the third operator and the imminent entry of the fourth operator, will have an extremely adverse impact, not just on the revenues of the existing cellular operators, but also on their poor country cousins, the paging industry as well.

Govt set to allow basic operators to appoint local franchises
The Full Telecom Commission is all set to accept the recommendations made by the TRAI for allowing basic telecom operators to appoint local franchisees, in its next meeting to be held on January 24.

`There are plans of investing Rs 100 cr for VSNL expansion'
The government ruminates the disinvestment of VSNL, the top brass at the state-run organisation is quietly preparing for the changes that are in the offing for the organisation.


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