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After the run away success of the 2015 Mega Telecom Spectrum Auction in 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 band, telecom tariff hike has become inevitable for Telecom Operators to expand their Network and maintain their balance sheet in black. Since the incumbents do not have major renewals of the typeContinue Reading
Idea Cellular management hosted a conference call today to discuss the recently concluded spectrum auction. The company successfully renewed its crucial 900-spectrum in key circles. Airtel and Vodafone both extended their 3G spectrum footprint to 21 and 16 circles respectively, and have surpassed Idea on revenue coverage under own 3G.Continue Reading
The Big 3 of Indian Telecom – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular abide by the tested strategy of maintaining / increasing the 900 MHz portfolio along with increasing 3G/4G FDD footprint. Incumbents A-Vo-Id Group put their strategy as to what their Revenue Model Says – Voice to 3G Mobile DataContinue Reading
Ongoing spectrum auctions are seeing a good contest for 800 spectrum band (83% premium to the reserve price). I had earlier explained on why it makes strategic sense for Reliance Jio to acquire 800Mhz Spectrum and also added that incumbents could add in one or two circle.Continue Reading
Changes in the telecom and internet market, including significant competitive and regulatory pressures, are driving business and IT transformation within network service providers worldwide. To overcome these challenges, operators are steering their businesses towards multi-sided, cross industry collaborative models, wherein service providers equipped with the relevant infrastructure and delivery capabilitiesContinue Reading
Just Dial which started off as Local Search business & sort of Yellow Pages has quickly transformed itself into an enable for commerce facilitating its already existing network of SMEs to sell their products & services online through Just Dial Search Plus platform. India has its issues in terms ofContinue Reading
The Department of Telecommunications has come up with a test procedure for rollout obligations of BWA spectrum. In May 2010, Airtel, Aircel, Qualcomm (acquired by Airtel), Tikona, Reliance Jio, and Augere were successful bidders for BWA spectrum.Continue Reading
I was always of the Opinion that the BJP Government headed by Narendra Modi meant strict Governance & Business. However, the Telecom Spectrum Auction Design appears to be flawed and now I’m beginning to wonder if the Honorable Supreme Court Justice sensed the flaw and potential vested interests and passedContinue Reading
From a high level, Google’s advertising business is built on top of two primary data assets – the explicit search queries that its users type into its search engine and cookies of users that it leverages to target non-search advertising (e.g, display ads). However, when comparing Google with Facebook asContinue Reading
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