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Japanese carrier NTT Docomo is stretching westards towards India by entering into a strategic alliance with Tata Teleservices. For US$2.7 billion Docomo bought 26% of TTSL’s common shares as a part of the deal. Tata Teleservices had sparked a whole review of national security last spring when they tried to start supporting BlackBerry services, but discovered some holes in the government’s ability to intercept transmissions back to RIM’s servers. Otherwise, Tata plays second fiddle to Reliance and Bharti Airtel in the market, but that could quickly change as one of Japan’s biggest players gets into the Indian ring.
[Docomo via Slashphone]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
