Cognizant buys US consultancy firm Sep 9, 2009
It started with the acquisition of Fathom Solutions in the telecom consulting space for a sum of $ 23. 3 million in 2005, followed by Aimnet, which had a networking operating centre for IT IS, in 2006 for $ 14. (India Times)
Now, SMS alerts from banks and airlines for a price Sep 4, 2009
Says telecom consulting firm BDA Connects Kunal Bajaj: Currently, SMS interconnect charges are under forebearance by Trai which means operators can charge any amount for termination. On the one hand, large operators might gain in the short term from this move. (India Times)
China Unicom takes a bite of Apple pie Aug 29, 2009
Use it too because - as British telecom consulting firm OVUM says - there are already about 1 million iPhones in China without an official network. The iPhone had been coming ever since China Unicom launched the country's first 3G service earlier this year. (Xinhuanet, China)
Argentine companies, regulators squabble over VoIP access Jul 25, 2009
There is serious revenue at stake in VoIP services in Argentina; Signals Telecom Consulting predicted in May that the Argentine VoIP market would exceed $1 billion by 2014. For more:- see the Wall Street Journal article. (Multichannel News)
Dial S for savings Jul 14, 2009
But it eventually hired a telecom consulting firm, which recommended a voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, system that has enabled the 30-year-old resort to eliminate its old analog system. Last year, the owners of the resort extended the system to a hotel when they took over management of the 349-room Horseshoe Bay Resort Marriott, which is also on the property in the Texas Hill Country. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Airline keeps callers happy May 30, 2009
Phone calls to corporate customer-service centers can cost a business between $5 and $50 apiece, depending on how long the caller is on the phone and whether the company has to call the person back, according to Barbara Lancaster, president of LTC International, a Richardson telecom consulting shop. It s hard to make that up in profit, she says. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
'MTN will be open to compromise' May 26, 2009
According to Kunal Bajaj, MD of telecom consulting firm BDA India, MTN is likely to be less whimsical now, since its efforts to strike deals with various suitors have not borne fruit for almost two years. It may be more open to a compromise on its earlier unbending stand that any suitor must agree to becoming an MTN subsidiary. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Beijing battles with unauthorized TV May 1, 2009
"To my knowledge, there are no 'legal' satellite TV subscribers in China, but the illegal market is huge - the number often thrown about is around 20 million. There are 1 to 2 million legal satellite TV dishes used for various platforms in China, but these are technically limited to hotels that serve foreigners and expatriates in China, foreign-owned buildings, embassies, etc. But not for Chinese citizens," said Patrick French, senior analyst and head of the Singapore Office at NSR LLC, an... (Asia Times Online)
Business Development Consulting Firm Focuses Only on the Latin American Telecom Market Feb 12, 2009
LatAm Telecom consulting is located in La Conner, Washington, with associates in New England and throughout Latin America. LatAm Telecom Consulting specializes in working with companies interested in entering the Latin American market, but who lack either the knowledge to build their regional strategy, or the resources to enter the market directly ... The associates at LatAm Telecom Consulting provide resources and knowledge to facilitate companies in developing their regional strategy, to help... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Guessing time as China delays 3G license issue Feb 8, 2009
The 3G licenses will be issued between the end of October and the beginning of November or later, Beijing-based Norson Telecom Consulting said in a statement to Shanghai Daily. Investment bank UBS had said in its recent report that China will delay the issuance of 3G licenses to 2007. (Xinhuanet, China -- Business)
