Uninor GSM Mobile Service in India
Anantapur: Uninor a new GSM mobile service. Uninor started its GSM service in India through 8 states (in more than 2,10,000 centers). Uninor launched its service according to the present youth needs. More than 550 million people can subscribe to Uninor GSM service in India.
ABOUT UNINOR
Uninor is a mobile telephony and network operator in India. The company holds a pan-India UAS lisence to offer telecommunications services in each of India’s 22 circles. It has also received spectrum to roll out these services in 21 of the 22 telecom circles. From November 2009, Uninor will be owned 67,25% by Norwegian telecom giant Telenor, and 32,75% by India's Unitech Group. Uninor is to start mobile services in India by the end of 2009, focusing on the GSM technology.
The company Unitech Wireless was until 2009 a subsidiary of Unitech Group, holding a wireless services license for 21 Indian telecom circles since 2008. In early 2009, Unitech Group and Telenor agreed on a majority take-over by Telenor of Unitech's wireless business, including Unitech Wireless' national-wide mobile licence. By March, May and November, Telenor acquired a 33%, 49% and 60% stake in Unitech Wireless, respectively. In September, the mobile operation changed it's name to Uninor. On October 19 the Indian Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) announced that it has approved Telenor's acquisition of up to 74% in Unitech Wireless, and the shareholder's agreement sets a 67,25% Telenor ownership in Uninor.
UNINOR'S STRATEGY
Uninor is India's eighth nation-wide mobile operator, in a competitive landscape of 13 nation-wide or regional mobile operators. The company is targeting an 8 % pan-Indian market share, and the opening of one million retail points and breaking even on EBITDA within three years. It will provide mobile communication and Value Added Services.
In order to reduce time-to-market, Uninor will outsource infrastructure and back-end services to partner organizations with established core competencies. The operational model is low-cost with a gradual network-build up, infrastructure sharing, GSM equipment at competitive cost, full-scale IT-outsourcing and a long term cost and capex efficiency.
Uninor will organise with headquarters just outside Delhi (Gurgaon), and 11 regional hubs covering one or more of the total of 22 telecom circles. Hub head offices are located in the following cities:
Chennai - Chennai, Tamil Nadu & Kerala Circle
Bangalore - Karnataka Circle
Hyderabad - Andhra Pradesh Circle
Kolkata - Kolkata, West Bengal & Orissa Circle
Delhi / Noida (NCR) - Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand & Rajasthan Circle
Patna - Bihar & Jharkhand Circle
Mumbai - Mumbai, Maharashtra & Gujarat Circle
Lucknow
Guwahati
Chandigarh
Indore
To quickly launch mobile services only nine months after the foundation of the new company, Uninor has entered into network and base station service agreements with partners. Tower sharing agreements are concluded with Wireless-TT Info Service Limited and Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Limited. Telecommunications, network and radio equipment is to be supplied by Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei Technologies India and Ericsson. The company's IT services and infrastructure is to be shared with Wipro.
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