Posts Tagged ‘mobile reach’

By Naagesh Naaraayana Microfinance Focus, Jan. 4, 2010: India's mobile phones will reach more than the targeted half billion people by the end of 2010 or 60 per cent of the tele-density, going by the country's telecom ministry estimates. On the contrary, despite six decades of banking nationalization, denationalization and technological upgradation, India has failed to reach at least half the number telecom has reached in ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug. 19, 2009: India's mobile phone giant Bharti Airtel announced on Wednesday that it is expanding its rural footprint in Karnataka launching Airtel Service Centers (ASCs) which will serve as one-stop shop for all mobile requirements of customers in small and remote towns and villages. ASCs are Multi Brand Outlets (MBOs), located in accessible locations like the main market in a village that ... Full story