Broadband in India
In quest of the CPAEX involved for WiMax and modeling the business case, Citi Analysts spoke to Mr. Lil Mohan, MD (APAC & META) at WiMax Program Office, Intel Corp and here is a brief excerpt from the same, WiMax Spectrum – Network Deployment – Cost for End User –Continue Reading
Mr. Kanwalinder Singh, President of Qualcomm India & South Asia in an exclusive interview to IIFL shared some thoughts on 3G and BWA Appications in India. Qualcomm is already working on alternative computing devices which will connect Indians, based on cloud computing. Devices may be smartbooks, Kayak and combinations.. HereContinue Reading
The much awaited 3G Spectrum auction is finally happening, almost smoothly except that potentially corrupt Telecom minister A.Raja is charged by the Office of Controller and Auditor General for causing a loss of over USD 5 bn to the Government. Anyway, after a careful study here is what Indian WirelessContinue Reading
The list of Applicants for 3G Spectrum Auction is out and as expected foreign Telcos have stayed out. No surprises in the list of contenders for 3G Wireless spectrum and the list is as follows, Bharti Airtel Aircel Etisalat DB [ Rumored to have bid understanding with Reliance] Idea CellularContinue Reading
Qualcomm which changed and diluted its arrogance stand on its proprietary CDMA chip sets by promoting the Open Market Handset Alliance last year has realized the potential, a country with billion hands offers to it, and has now gone to an extra mile to bid for Broadband Wireless Access Spectrum.Continue Reading
In an interview to IT Magazine in Jan-08, I had said that Triple Play in India was more of Hype as it was mostly restricted to selected few. However, Tata Photo+ TV powered by EVDO based Wireless Broadband network and Apalya / Mimobi TV is worth looking at, though it’llContinue Reading
I undertook a joint study with an associate of mine on the distribution and allocation of 2G Wireless Spectrum in India across all Circles and all operators. The main motive of the study was of course to figure out viability of wireless broadband for various operators. However, I thought I’llContinue Reading
RCom quietly announced its results yesterday [if you run a company and have bad results to announce, do so on a holiday, only if you are worried about huge SELL OFF in your stock] and the numbers look way too ugly. Employees at the Wireless division must be singing Queen’sContinue Reading
The management of Bharti Airtel hosted Analyst call this afternoon and continued to reaffirm their stand that Tariff cut is uncalled for by them. Mr. Akhil Gupta said, As seen time and again, STRONGER Player do emerge winner even though they suffer in short term. Lost to new operators willContinue Reading
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