Mukesh Ambani managed Reliance Jio Infocomm’s network roll-out is clearing the air that this will not be a small-scale, niche network but a geographically spread, large-scale rollout. Though media reports indicated RJio roll out to happen with 45,000 towers connected, our sources inside Reliance have indicated a definite 30,000 towersContinue Reading
China Mobile plans to roll out LTE coverage in over 200 cities with over 500,000 LTE base stations in 2014, well above that of China Telecom (CT) and China Unicom (CU) with 134,000 and 40,000 base stations, respectively to become the Largest 4G LTE Network in the World.Continue Reading
While the Indian telecom Eco-system suffers, neighboring China leaps forward and is all set to enroll over 120 million 4G LTE subscribers by the end of 2014. China Mobile [CM] LTE shipment goal of 100mln in 2014 is achievable due to CM’s strong push and the readiness of the LTEContinue Reading
Idea Cellular CEO, Himanshu Kapania hosted Analyst Call to discuss FY 2013-14 results. One of the Grey areas of this call is Himanshu does lot of repetitive work by talking on what is already sent out & uploaded on Idea website. Responding to a question on if they see launchContinue Reading
In the last few weeks we have covered enough about OTT Apps and its disruption to the entire Telecom industry. However, during course of my research on VoLTE, I found out that OTT Apps are not at the same level of Advantage as VoLTE Apps which Telecom Operators will bindContinue Reading
Voice over LTE or VoLTE may be launched within 2014. In particular, AT&T and Verizon are keen to move voice traffic currently occupying 2G/3G spectrum. As a reminder, before VoLTE is launched, all voice calls currently drop down to either 2G or 3G network, using a technology called Circuit SwitchedContinue Reading
LTE Advanced is the next step in the evolution of LTE. As happened to I study in-depth on how exactly LTE Advanced works, here is an insight to readers to get a sense of the technology that can give upto 1 Gbps of High Speed mobile Broadband on your SmartPhone.Continue Reading
As expected by us, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd [RJIL] has entered the Bidding Fray for Telecom Spectrum in 900/1800MHz along with 7 other operators of which Aircel, Uninor and Tata DoCoMo were surprise entrants. Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio made the initial mistake of bidding for in-efficient 2300MHz spectrum in 2010Continue Reading
The State Radio Regulation of China announced the allocation of TD-LTE spectrum in China. China Mobile (CM) received the broadest TD-LTE spectrum of 130 MHz vs. 40 MHz each allocated to China Telecom (CT) and China Unicom (CU). CT/CU were also allocated FD-LTE spectrum along with TD-LTE spectrum. The MIITContinue Reading
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