Media is buzz with various launch dates and data pricing about Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 4G LTE services. You should know that Ambani has always had the fascination for Media business and is filled with his agents across publications and TV channels. In this backdrop, will Jio launch with the FreedomContinue Reading
Idea Cellular, the master of Just in Time expansion and execution analogous to the Java compilers running your Android Apps is in deep trouble when it comes to 4G LTE Mobile Data Networks. In the last 8 years, Idea Cellular improved its revenue market share mostly banking on 2G VoiceContinue 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
India’s largest integrated Telecommunications service provider Airtel has bid for Videocon’s spectrum in six circles in the 1800MHz band, thereby significantly strengthening its 4G footprint to 19 circles from 15 earlier. It has bid at a price of Rs 44bn, which seems higher than the March 2015 auction price ofContinue Reading
The Competition Commission of India – CCI has cleared the merger of MTS Sistema with Reliance Communications Ltd. This merger will future-proof RCOM’s 4G LTE play in the most efficient 800/850 MHz spectrum band, acknowledged as the best-in-class standard for data services. With MTS’ merger into RCOM, RCOM will haveContinue Reading
A key question I’m always asked is whether Airtel should have launched 4G even before to give it more time. The strategy behind Airtel’s 4G LTE launch was to pre-empt Reliance Jio. It launched commercial 4G operations in August-15 across 296 towns. Airtel has subsequently increased its footprint (is anContinue Reading
3 Months Ago I was the first to write that Airtel’s 4G LTE Strategy is to sabotage the hype surrounding Reliance Jio Infocomm and since then the management has taken giant strides to launch 4G LTE in 300 Cities across India. One of our users tried Airtel 4G continuously forContinue Reading
The management of Idea Cellular in the past had dismissed any threats from 4G-LTE Mobile Data Services. However, in the latest Call, the management took a sharp “U” turn and said Idea is and was an ROI focused company and based on its observations in the past few months itContinue Reading
China Mobile has finally caught up with competitors in providing high speed mobile data services to smartphone users. Using the TD-LTE network, users have reported 10x performance increase compared to CM’s legacy TDSCDMA (3G). The TD-LTE network is also increasingly ubiquitous, covering 96.7% of test locations in three Tier 1Continue Reading
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