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South & Central Asia

  • December

    From Mumbai to global leadership. Srinath Narasimhan of VSNL 01 December 2007

    VSNL, part of the Tata industrial group, has transformed itself in five years from being the state-owned monopoly international gateway to India into a company with a global wholesale network and a developing broadband interest at home. Sonya Dutta Choudhury interviews Srinath Narasimhan, the executive who has led the change

  • Red tape entwines BSNL. Interview: Kuldeep Goyal 01 December 2007

    Government-owned BSNL is not short of cash, but political involvement in the decisions of the Indian incumbent mean it has found it difficult to grow its network to cope with rising demand. Sonya Dutta Choudhury discusses the organisation's dilemmas with its new chairman, Kuldeep Goyal

  • August

    Challenges of rural India 01 August 2007

    Emerging markets: affordability is not an issue. Jamie Anderson interviews Gurdeep Singh, the operations director for Uttar Pradesh of Hutchison in India, about the strategies necessary to be successful in a rural community in India

  • Reliance flags ethernet acquisition 01 August 2007

    News analysis: Indian telecoms giant Reliance has bought ethernet innovator Yipes to add US corporate communications to its portfolio, which already includes international wholesale network Flag Telecom. Sonya Dutta Choudhury looks at the significance of the purchase

  • April

    Vodafone's expensive road to India 01 April 2007

    Indian mobile business: Arun Sarin is spending over $18 billion of Vodafone's money on buying a slice of the world's fastest growing mobile telecoms market. Overall penetration is still low and capix is rising to cope with huge expected growth. Sonya Dutta Choudhury reports from Mumbai on the background to the move

  • Best kept secret aims for global growth 01 April 2007

    Co-sponsored feature: Sitronics Telecom Solutions. Following a share flotation earlier this year that raised $350 million, Sitronics JSC and its telecommunication part, Sitronics Telecom Solutions, is planning to expand from its eastern European home market to deliver BSS/OSS, outsourced solutions and Network products to operators throughout the world. It's already won significant clients in Asia and has aggressive plans for future growths including potential acquisitions



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