Broadband in India
There are two different developments on the cash rich USO Fund A/C. BL reports that USO Administrator has launched a scheme to reach rural India by means of Wireline Broadband. USO has signed a deal with BSNL for providing 0.86 mn broadband lines in rural areas. Further, the administrator isContinue Reading
Reliance Communications announced its Q3 FY09 results this evening had lackluster numbers to report. Lets review the performance of Reliance Broadband and then run through the results. At the beginning of 2008, Reliance had wired up 787K building and providing 1 mn broadband access lines. At the end of 2008,Continue Reading
Bharti Airtel has announced its Q3 FY09 results. Revenues continued to rise knocking off all the worries of slowdown. We are more interested in the performance of Bharti Airtel Broadband division. Without any doubt, Airtel Broadband growth has been POOR in 2008. At the beginning of 2008, Bharti Airtel broadbandContinue Reading
Close on the heels of DoT postponing the auction of 3G and WiMax Spectrum auction, the Finance Ministry has proposed to double the base spectrum charges for both 3G and WiMax. The reserve spectrum charge for 3G which was Rs 1650 2,020 crore earlier is now proposed to be RsContinue Reading
Finally, I was able to go through the 136 page document. I am very excited about this auction as 3G marks the beginning of Telecom 3.0 in India 🙂 [Sam Pitroda was Telecom 1.0 and current 2G is Telecom 2.0] DoT has stated its goal is to maximize revenue proceedsContinue Reading
The DoT has announced the time line for the auction of 3G Spectrum and BWA Spectrum. Earlier it was reported that BWA Auction would happen first. However, DoT is now auctioning the 3G spectrum first and BWA later. As proposed earlier, BSNL / MTNL have got a backdoor entry inContinue Reading
Reliance Communications has unveiled a Free Notebook offer with a 24 month subscription to Reliance Wireless Internet / Netconnect. If you notice, RCom brands this service as Internet / Netconnect and not broadband or broadnet, that means the speed one gets is definitely less than 256 Kbps. Why is RelianceContinue Reading
Indian companies – ISPs, Banks, Consumer Products, etc known for their arrogance towards consumers are finding it increasingly difficult to accept the new age media [Internet and Mobile], mostly because these companies don’t have the courtesy to acknowledge customers problems and willing to learn from them. Few days ago, oneContinue Reading
WiMax, the disruptive Wireless Technology, mostly suitable for providing broadband and data services is getting a big boost from the Government of India. The Ministry for Communications is hosting a two day expo cum conference at Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi on the 15th and 16th of this month. ThoughContinue Reading
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