Mobile in India
Reliance / Mukesh Ambani is well known to influence the Indian media [Reference Nira Radia Tapes]. Anyway, our interest is Broadband and lets see if their new story of Rs 10 / GB of Wireless Broadband is doable. Today’s ET reports that Reliance 4G LTE will be offered at RsContinue Reading
The National Telecom Policy 2011 draft calls for Wireless Spectrum Re-farming. The policy has proposed enactment of a separate Spectrum Act to deal with all issues connected with wireless (spectrum) licenses and their terms and conditions including re-farming/withdrawal of allotted spectrum, spectrum pricing, cancellation or revocation of spectrum license, exemptionsContinue Reading
Indians are basically fond of Assets more than building businesses that can generate cash flow at the end of the day. This is consistent with the Digital Age Asset – Spectrum. I took a Top Down approach to study what is the Total Wireless Spectrum Available and how is itContinue Reading
Idea Cellular has launched Idea ID-280 3G Android SmartPhone in India for a retail price of Rs 5850. It is a Highly responsive touch screen Phone. This phone comes with most useful features for 3G usage like – Live TV – Watch your favorite serial anytime anywhere. Facebook is anContinue Reading
Idea Cellular has launched Idea Blade 3G Android SmartPhone in India for a retail price of Rs 7992. It is a Highly responsive touch screen Phone. This phone comes with most useful features for 3G usage like – Live TV – Watch your favorite programme anytime anywhere. Facebook is InbuiltContinue Reading
3G Service providers are struggling to survive with poor take-off and adding to their woes is Headless Government’s stand to cancel Roaming arrangements. From media reports and letters from CEOs of Telcos to the Government gives us a sense that Government is determined to cancel 3G ICR arrangements. What doesContinue Reading
The Prime Minister should have intervened 3 years ago in the Telecom Sector when 2G Spectrum Scam was happening, sit across the table with various stake holder and sort out the the issue without a Scam. [Well, this is how things are currently done in India, in my limited handsContinue Reading
My apologies that I couldn’t write about the Airtel Conference Call Post Q2 results. However, here is an interesting piece of data which has caught everybody by surprise. Airtel gets 14.5% revenues from VAS of which 9.5% is from SMS. This means the remaining 5% includes VAS like CRBT, IVR,Continue Reading
Indians have given a Thumbs Down to CDMA based Mobile Voice Service as they increasingly embrace the GSM Platform due to the friendly eco-system for consumers. India has 851 Mn Wireless Connections at the end of June-2011. In June-2009 CDMA Mobile Connections commanded a 23% market-share which dropped to 17%Continue Reading
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