Broadband in India
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
Internet has evolved to send a much greater proportion of traffic down to the user relative to the amount of traffic sent back up to the Networks. The rapid rise in demand for high-bandwidth applications, such as online video and gaming, have accelerated the proportion of downstream traffic on theContinue Reading
The lethargic Indian Telecom Regulator, TRAI has finally started collecting data from operators on the status of mobile / wireless broadband. At the end of 2013, India has total 55.2 Mn Broadband ( > 512Kbps speed) subscribers (~5% of the population) of which a whopping 40.27 Mn Subscribers are usingContinue Reading
In less than five years the market for mobile apps has exploded. The longest standing app store, Apple’s App Store, has over 1mn apps available for download, hundreds of thousands of app developers, over 60mn apps downloaded since inception. Growth is being driven primarily by continued penetration of smartphones globallyContinue 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 management of Airtel in an Analyst call told that 2G Voice prices are still trending up and there is potential for a 10-20% increase from current levels. In 3Q, there has been a slight increase as per management, with okay volumes.Continue Reading
Tikona Digital Networks is a wireless broadband provider that operates in the unlicensed spectrum band. The company uses 60MHz of bandwidth in the 2.4GHz band for linking customers to cell sites and an additional 50MHz of spectrum in the 5.8GHz band for backhaul. The company has a presence in 25Continue Reading
The government yesterday cleared the auction for 900MHz Spectrum. In Delhi 900 auctions (16MHz on offer), holders Airtel and Vodafone should shut out challengers and each retain their entire 8MHz. It’ll be surprising to see if they reduced their stakes let a new holder take a head start in 900Continue Reading
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