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The WiMax forum (closed forum, a lobby) has warned the Telecom Regulator that India may miss the bus on WiMax broadband if it fails to allocate the necessary spectrum in 2.5 to 2.69 GHz for these services. According to the Indian broadband wireless access policy, TRAI has set aside spectrum in the rangeContinue Reading

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After the Karnataka State administration unveiling WiMax on trial basis in Bangalore, the Delhi State government just a while ago announced its plans to wi-fi Connaught Place. Yogesh Khanduja, Systems Analyst of the Department of Information Technology said, This is a pilot project and we will start a survey toContinue Reading

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Disruptive technologies have always bled the Telcos all around the world. At the end of September-2006, India had mere 1.7 Million broadband subscribers and a whopping 120 Million Mobile Phone Subscribers. To correct this imbalance, TRAI has recommended a BWA policy[PDF] according to which any Telco can get an all India WiMax licenseContinue Reading

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According to the latest press release by TRAI,[PDF] broadband subscribers in India are at 1.7 Million at the end of Auguest-2006. TRAI has been aggressively reviewing the broadband policy to ensure higher penetration and growth rates in the next 3 years. Today it issued guidelines, for acceptable Quality of Service,Continue Reading

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I have been covering the IPTV Hype in India since July. Questionnaire sent to IOL Broadband Limited(Partners for MTNL’s TriBand IPTV) and Bharti Airtel Limited were unanswered even after months of following up. Maybe they are not ready yet ? Cable TV guys who operated in a secured environment for over aContinue Reading

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Dainik Jagran and Times Network might be the largest circulated dailies in India, but a new trend is emerging in the Indian Advertising market – Internet Advertising, much in line with the global markets. A 2004 McKinsey & Co report suggests that between 2000 and 2004, the US newspaper market lostContinue Reading

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I read a review of Tata Sky TV which prompted me to peek at Zee’s Dish TV offering. I must admit that I have been lagging behind in using or atleast testing these two services. I was kind of lost thinking that IPTV is the way to go. But letsContinue Reading

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Even though net telephony is legal in India from Jan-2006, their is still lot of il-legal termination of these calls on PSTN circuits /landphones without proper agreement and royalties. In a letter to the DoT, the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) said: Internet telephony services can be offeredContinue Reading

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Triple Play – Phone, Internet and TV(Cable, IPTV, DishTV) is the new buzzword amongst Indian telcos. BSNL and Bharti – Airtel are planning to introduce IPTV while Tatas has joined hands with Star TV to offer Tata-Sky DTH(Dish) service. Reliance Communications has announced mega plans through its subsidiary, Reliance BlueMagicContinue Reading