Broadband in India
Chinese Internet Giant, Baidu published its Quarterly Report of Mobile Internet User Trends on Nov. 27. Here are some Ground Breaking Facts on the state of Mobile Internet in China. Mobile Internet penetrates to lower-end users and is becoming more independent from PC Internet. Retention rate and usage of long-tailContinue Reading
The Scam Scarred Congress led UPA Politicians in the Government of India recommended the DoT to call for fresh Auction guidelines from the TRAI on Auction of 800MHz band Spectrum. TRAI had earlier favored the creation of EGSM band but is unlikely to happen now as 800MHz Spectrum Auction willContinue 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
Reliance Communications, India’s fully-integrated telecommunications service provider just a while ago launched the Best Diwali Dhamak in the Indian Telecom space offer – Rs 2,599 per month for the iPhone 5c and Rs 2,999 per month for the iPhone 5s, both for a duration of 24 months—which include the handsetContinue Reading
ERICSSON ConsumerLab conducted a survey in the age group of 15-50 years interviewing 4000 people across 16 Cities in India. Face to face interviews were also carried out with 200 customer care agents manning call centers for mobile operators across 8 Indian cities. They’ve also mined Twitter, Facebook, Blogs andContinue Reading
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
We’ve seen that just 35% of the Towers are 3G Lighted implying slow deployment of 3G data Services even 3 years after the auction. From a demand perspective, we believe that the challenge from a 12-15 month perspective is increasing 3G penetration. Even though it is a daunting task, 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
Three years after the auction of 3G Spectrum in India, popular Telecom enthusiasts perception is that 3G in India so far has been a failure, with 3G data revenues accounting for less than 3% of mobile operators’ revenues. While 3G data revenue uptick is one of the most important endContinue Reading
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