Uber-Didi isn’t the only Car Deal of China that needs to be noted as we move into convergence of devices and services. In a cross border deal across the Atlantic, Verizon acquired Fleetmatics which is a step toward its three-pronged connectivity + platforms + solutions strategy. The US$2.4bn acquisition ofContinue Reading
With impending threat from the launch of Reliance Jio Infocomm, industry leader and India’s only integrated Telecommunications Service Provider made aggressive moves to acquire spectrum from Videocon and later from Aircel to rollout and stabilize 4G LTE Networks in coherence with existing 2G Voice and 3G Mobile Data Network. TheseContinue Reading
TRAI has recommended auctioning 700 MHz spectrum (7 blocks of 5 MHz each) along with spectrum in other bands (800, 900, 1800, 2100, 2300, and 2500). TRAI has recommended auctioning all spectrum available with the DOT and some more. Recommended reserve price for 700 MHz spectrum is US$8.5 bn forContinue Reading
TRAI has ordered maximum penalty of Rs200k per quarter per circle on every parameter that the telco fails to meet the minimum benchmark, payable to the government. There are 18 parameters and the worst-case annual penalty for any telco is insignificant at Rs0.32bn. From January 1, TRAI has imposed RsContinue Reading
In India, Mobile Data Service is already substituting traditional revenue streams like SMS, with data use per sub increasing 316%, vs a decline of SMS sent per subscriber by 34%, over the past 2 years. With the upcoming launch of LTE on a large scale, incumbent operators [Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel]Continue Reading
In the TRAI open house discussion on “Spectrum valuation for licenses expiring in 2015 and 2016“, there was a consensus among all telecom stakeholders that the amount of spectrum put for auction is inadequate. TRAI has already indicated that more spectrum should be made available. All telcos made recorded statementsContinue Reading
In less than five years the market for mobile apps has exploded. The longest standing app store, Apple’s App Store, has over 1mn apps available for download, hundreds of thousands of app developers, over 60mn apps downloaded since inception. Growth is being driven primarily by continued penetration of smartphones globallyContinue Reading
At time when Indian Telcos are still struggling to upgrade their customers to 3G and designing strategies to offload 3G network traffic to Wi-Fi, Korean Telcos will finish deployment of LTE-A [150 mbps speed, ideally] by the end of this year and in the absence of 5G in near term,Continue Reading
As Voice over LTE still lacks the QoS required and supported by 2G, globally, most operators are currently using their 4G / LTE network for pure data and switching to the existing 2G/3G networks for voice calls. The following chart shows LTE Spectrum Band allotted in various countries and HowContinue Reading
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