http://convergence.in/blog/2006/01/28/maxis-eyeing-spice/ linking diversity! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://convergence.in/blog/2006/01/28/maxis-eyeing-spice/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Convergence India » Blog Archive » Asian corridor(Bridge Mobile Alliance) reaches India. Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:50:47 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/archives/15#comment-53 [...] I had earlier reported about the Asian corridor deram which Maxis, Singtel, Bharti and others are pursuing. It was formed under the brand name Bridge Mobile Alliance(BMA). BMA partners include CSL (Hong Kong), Globe Telecom (Philippines), Maxis (Malaysia), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), SingTel Optus (Australia), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan) and Telkomsel (Indonesia). It is interesting to see that Hutch has not yet joined the alliance nor their are any members from Japan. The alliance partners are pooling in $40 million to upgrade their infrastructure to be comaptible. [...] [...] I had earlier reported about the Asian corridor deram which Maxis, Singtel, Bharti and others are pursuing. It was formed under the brand name Bridge Mobile Alliance(BMA). BMA partners include CSL (Hong Kong), Globe Telecom (Philippines), Maxis (Malaysia), SingTel Mobile (Singapore), SingTel Optus (Australia), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan) and Telkomsel (Indonesia). It is interesting to see that Hutch has not yet joined the alliance nor their are any members from Japan. The alliance partners are pooling in $40 million to upgrade their infrastructure to be comaptible. [...]

]]> http://convergence.in/blog/2006/01/28/maxis-eyeing-spice/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Convergence India » Blog Archive » Telekom Malaysia enters India Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:15:45 +0000 http://convergence.in/blog/archives/15#comment-17 [...] Telekom Malaysia has bought 49% stake in the Modi’s controlled Spice Telecom. Spice Telecom is a GSM operator operating in the circles of Punjab and Karnataka since 1995. Though Spice has competed well in Punjab it is far behind in the number of subscribers it has in Karnataka, a mere 400,000. Spice was in talks with Telekom Malaysia and Maxis since early Feburary this year. Telekom Malaysia paid $180 million for a 49% stake thus valuing Spice at $360 Million(Rs1600 crores). I learn from my insiders that Spice has added around 100,000 users in the past 3 weeks thus taking the total subscriber base to 19,00,000. Telekom Malaysia got a deal by just paying Rs8,400/subscriber while Maxis had paid Rs14,300/subscriber when it acquired Aircel. [...] [...] Telekom Malaysia has bought 49% stake in the Modi’s controlled Spice Telecom. Spice Telecom is a GSM operator operating in the circles of Punjab and Karnataka since 1995. Though Spice has competed well in Punjab it is far behind in the number of subscribers it has in Karnataka, a mere 400,000. Spice was in talks with Telekom Malaysia and Maxis since early Feburary this year. Telekom Malaysia paid $180 million for a 49% stake thus valuing Spice at $360 Million(Rs1600 crores). I learn from my insiders that Spice has added around 100,000 users in the past 3 weeks thus taking the total subscriber base to 19,00,000. Telekom Malaysia got a deal by just paying Rs8,400/subscriber while Maxis had paid Rs14,300/subscriber when it acquired Aircel. [...]

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