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Another Big Issue the Indian Telecom Operators are Lobbying [Read Bribing and Making the System Corrupt] for is the issue of “Mobile Termination Charges / Interconnect Charges“. India has followed the regime of Calling Party Pays – A charge where the operator from which the call originates pays to theContinue Reading
MTS Sistema has filed a review petition with the SC in the 2G Spectrum Scam case praying that the ruling should not apply to it on the following grounds, SC’s cancellation of 2G licenses issued on or after January 10, 2008 was based on the premise that FCFS method ofContinue Reading
The TRAI Consultation Paper released yesterday talks of the much awaited liberalization of Spectrum – which means making spectrum technology-neutral, or allowing an operator to utilize spectrum won through an auction for any technology. The consultation paper discusses this issue in detail. The consultation paper clearly mentions that spectrum isContinue Reading
TRAI has released consultation paper [PDF] on the auction of the scam tainted spectrum earlier allotted to 122 licensees. There is a wide range of views given the number of stakeholders involved and hence no conclusive recommendations at this stage. Key issues discussed in the Consultation Paper are as follows,Continue Reading
TRAI published its comments on the draft NTP 2012 announced by the Telecom minister on February 15, 2012. Most of their views like doing away with the concept of roaming charges and inter-connection charges are consistent with that indicated before. The key comments by the TRAI are as follows, MoveContinue Reading
It is little over 12 months since operators started rolling out 3G Services in India. Here is a Status check on the State of 3G in India. 3G accounts for only 1-2% of the subscriber base, and incremental 3G revenues are a similar proportion of total revenues. 3G has hadContinue Reading
India’s Minister for Communications & IT has announced incremental roadmap for the National Telecom Policy 2011-12. Here is a Side by Side comparison of what existed and what is proposed in the new policy. Unified Service Access License – [Current] Bundled with spectrum [Proposed] Licence and spectrum delinked, spectrum toContinue Reading
Today is the Last Day for submitting your voices on the proposed auction of 2G Spectrum as the outcome of Supreme Court judgment earlier this month. Here is mine. Dear Members of the TRAI / Committee on 2G Spectrum Auction: I am writing to you in response to your consultationContinue Reading
India’s Leading Wireless Service Provider which is known for the Minutes Factory Model came under pressure for the quarter ending Dec-2012. Call volumes have shrunk 1% in six months from 221,560 bn minutes to 219,152 bn minutes – we can infer that this is due to tariff hikes. Mobile ARPUContinue Reading
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