Wireless to drive broadband spread
Canada-based broadband research organisation Maravedis Inc. has forecast that the Indian broadband market, which has refused to take off despite the regulator’s best efforts, is likely to go the cellular way with the growth being led by emerging wireless technologies. ........

India's mobile user growth exceeds China
Registering a phenomenal rise, mobile subscriber’s annual growth rate in India is around 85 percent since 1999, ahead of China, which posted a 16 percent growth in the mobile user base in 2005. .......

Saudis to expand telecom cable links
India's Reliance Communications is investing $60 million in the expansion of undersea telecom cable service in Saudi Arabia.The investment will put Saudi Arabia on Reliance's fiber-optic cable network and connect the Kingdom and other Gulf states with 53 nations worldwide......

COAI raps CDMA players
Amid a fierce battle for spectrum, GSM-based Cellular Operators Association of India today slammed CDMA operators for spreading misinformation about the spectrum policy of the government........