Even though Airtel & Reliance Jio Infocomm are in cut throat race to rollout and stabilize their 4G LTE networks, let us theoretically move ahead to discuss how their Multi Band Spectrum War Chest can be used to upgrade network to LTE-A(dvanced) few years from now, at least in “A”Continue Reading
Bharti Airtel India’s leading Integrated Telecommunications service provider has made steady progress on 4G/LTE and initiated 4G rollout in 23 cities. Airtel’s first mover advantage has the following implications – (a)Dilute value proposition for Reliance Jio 4G by being the first to launch 4G and let Airtel have a leadContinue Reading
Google plans to launch a Wi-Fi first wireless MVNO in the US later this year under the brand Project Fi, with Sprint and T-Mobile US as partners and create a Meta Network [Network of all Heterogeneous Networks]. Support for multiple carriers to get “best of both” coverage. A Wi-Fi firstContinue 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
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
We have already seen how Wi-Fi is better suited for enhancing coverage as Carrier Grade Technology. LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) or License Assisted Access LTE (LAA-LTE) is a new technology that was first introduced by Qualcomm in 2013, although it is not expected to be commercially available until late 2015 or earlyContinue Reading
China Mobile is bang on Target to operate the World’s Largest TD-LTE network with over 700,000 4G BTS serving Mobile Broadband across China. China Mobile [CM] got a shot in the arm as the regulator delayed FD-LTE licensing and put forth a requirement that all 4G smartphones need to supportContinue Reading
Telecom Carriers need to continue to focus on improving performance and capacity to improve retention and drive down the cost per bit. We see VoLTE as a critical tool for carriers to significantly improve voice performance and capacity while reducing cost. For mature markets, we believe wireless carriers will lookContinue Reading
LTE subscribers formed 4% of global wireless subs and 12% of mobile broadband (3G or LTE) subs globally at end of Mar 2014. At the end of Mar 2014, 74% of LTE subs were in three markets (US, Japan and South Korea). Each of these three markets ranks high onContinue Reading
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