Airtel has acquired a further 42.25% stake from Qualcomm in the 4 License Areas of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala held by Qualcomm India through a subsidiary Wireless Business Services (WBSPL). In the first tranche of the transaction, in May 2012, Airtel acquired 49% stake at 60% discount to theContinue Reading
Even though the Indian eco-system is lagging to take forward the Telecom reforms, the rest of the world has moved away from 3G and LTE towards LTE-Advanced. The network competition has now shifted to high-speed LTE from LTE. There are two types of high-speed LTE, which are LTE-A and BroadbandContinue Reading
At an excited press event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S (new flagship) and the iPhone 5C (predominantly the same as the iPhone 5 but with multi-colored plastic case). iPhone 5S Hardware Spec This model is based on the new A7 chip (64-bit, 32nm, new ARMv8) and new M7 companion chipContinue Reading
The Most Progressive Government when it comes to the Telecommunications, South Korea concluded Auction for Telecom Spectrum bands of 1800Mhz and 2600MHz which enables Data Transfer at unimaginable speeds of 100Mbps, which in India is still a dream even on our office Network where it theoretically gets connected at thatContinue Reading
The higher data speed offered by 4G/LTE services is widely expected to boost mobile data usage. The launch of tiered data plans has given rise to optimism that operators can monetize this data opportunity and substantially drive ARPUs higher. However, we believe the emergence of innovative OTT applications and moreContinue Reading
South Korea’s SK Telecom has taken the lead with the start of LTE-A service on 26 June and became the first player in Global Telecommunications history to launch LTE-A services, followed by LGU on 18th of July. The merit of LTE-A has been that it is mainly achieved through softwareContinue Reading
TD-LTE will be a key secondary global 4G standard and could get up to 30% market share, in line with the percentage of global spectrum allocated on an unpaired basis. Three key factors which suggest a much more bullish outlook for TD-LTE are as follows: China Mobile has spearheaded theContinue Reading
At time when Indian Telcos are still struggling to upgrade their customers to 3G and designing strategies to offload 3G network traffic to Wi-Fi, Korean Telcos will finish deployment of LTE-A [150 mbps speed, ideally] by the end of this year and in the absence of 5G in near term,Continue Reading
China Mobile has initiated the registration process for its pre-commercial 4G / LTE in 13 cities within China. China Mobile indicated eligibility requirements for applicants: (1) has been China Mobile’s subscriber for over 1 year (2) ARPU > RMB 50 for past three months (3) no bad debt record (4)Continue Reading
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