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Continuing our coverage on Spectrum Auction Pre-Bid Conference Outcome – Read Part-1 and Part-2. As covered in Part-1, bidders with cancelled license have no Guarantee that they will end up getting the same frequency slot in auction. DoT clarifies that Frequency reconfiguration within the same band may be carried out,Continue Reading
In continuing our analysis on the likely outcome of the Spectrum Auction based on Economics Prudence rather than Fairy Tales told in an Oligarchic setup, let us see how 1800MHz spectrum auction will likely span out. 1800MHz Spectrum Efficiency With Airtel aggressively expanding 4G LTE to multiple cities and rollingContinue Reading
The Indian Government under the shady Leadership of Dr. Singh [Prime Minister, Silent Witness to the 2G Scam] and Mr. Kapil Sibal [Protecting the Looter with Zero Loss Theory] have issued the Information Memorandum of Spectrum Auction which is slated to begin from Nov-12th, 2012. By the 21st of October,Continue Reading
I’m going to publish series of Articles on the forthcoming Telecom Spectrum Auction in 1800 MHz and 800 MHz band which is an excerpt of the Research undertaken. Various Telecom Managements have chalked out strategies for the upcoming Spectrum Auction and as a result of the same why do IContinue Reading
Reliance Communications announced its June-12 Results and here are the most important things to have a glance at. Reliance Communications management headed by Mr. Anil Ambani doesn’t value corporate governance [report different set of numbers to TRAI, manipulate accounts, etc etc] and thus everything that is reported by the teamContinue Reading
I have tracked Mr. Sunil Mittal closely until he was at the helm of affairs at Bharti Airtel in executive position before diversifying into unrelated areas such as Finance, Insurance and Retail. I clearly remember him answering in some interview what his trade-off would be if he had a choiceContinue Reading
India’s leading integrated Teleco Bharti Airtel reported numbers for June-12 quarter indicating pressure on all fronts. You name it and every parameter was looking down ARPU down to Rs 154 from Rs 158, Voice RPM down to Rs 35.7 from Rs 36.7, Data ARPU down to Rs 40 from RsContinue Reading
Aditya Birla group company Idea Cellular is fighting an uphill task in the Indian Telecommunications sector – Spectrum, M&A, etc yet the the company is putting a brave front. Idea Cellular with an Intra Circle Roaming arrangement with Airtel and Vodafone has PAN India 3G Coverage. The management of theContinue Reading
In my recommendations to the TRAI on Spectrum Auction I had asked the authorities to come up with a roadmap for the Telecommunications Sector. TRAI did take up but not in entirety and DoT is still wrangled with Red Tape bureaucrats,so you know what to expect. TRAI clearly stated thatContinue Reading
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