Mobile in India
New Telecom Operators with the Weakest Business Case are under fire from various corners. For instance, Etisalat DB is unwilling to even start its operations [Company full of Question Marks and Indian Government’s unwillingness to investigate the funding pattern] while Uniinor a JV of Telenor & Unitech is under fireContinue Reading
The DoT has leaked to the media that some of the new entrants have approached the DoT to surrender license and spectrum in some or all of the circles. Etisalat DB, Loop, S Tel are the likely players. This means their will be an end to the 2G wireless spectrumContinue Reading
Just a while ago, in a conference call the Management of Bharti Airtel confirmed that if 3G Spectrum is allotted to them by Sept-2010, as promised by the Government during 3G & BWA Auction, Airtel will roll out services before the CY 2010. Even though Bharti Airtel fell short ofContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel announced its results for quarter ending June-2010. Its Profits are down by 32% on a YoY basis to Rs 16.8 Bn. Wireless Tariff war in India has hit the bottom-line as well adding to its woes is the 23 days of African Operations. Bharti Airtel has shifted itsContinue Reading
After a long time, almost gap of 2 quarters I am back to participating in Conference Calls, though may not be consistent with all Telcos as my pre-occupation with other projects. Excerpts from Idea Cellular call with Mr. Sanjeev Aga CEO and Mr. Akshay CFO [My comments, if any, appearContinue Reading
Indian Wireless Connections net-adds for Jun 2010 stood at 18.1m, ~11% higher than 16.3m in May 2010. Net-adds of incumbeant operators (Bharti, RCom, Vodafone, TTSL, Aircel) were largely stable. Aggregate subscriber base stood at 630m (+49% yoy), as at end- Jun – 2010. Amongst the new operators, Uninor is gainingContinue Reading
For readers who are naive to the field of telecom, here is a brief corporate history of Infotel Broadband Services Private Limited and its promoter Nahata of the Himachal Futurustic Communications Limited group. In 1995, when the first 2G Wireless Service Licenses were auctioned, HFCL promoted by Maloo and NahataContinue Reading
Infotel Broadband Services Private Limited has won 20MHz [in 2.3GHz frequency] of Wireless Broadband Spectrum across all circles in India outbidding Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and even Qualcomm Inc except few circles. There were only two slows for the 20MHz BWA Spectrum. Infotel promoted by Nahata’s of HFCL has won aContinue Reading
Reliance Communications in May had launched Simply Reliance Unlimited Calling Plan a bundle of Lies to take an innocent consumer on a ride. I filed an RTI with TRAI seeking details of this plan and the Fair Usage Policy bundled with it in fine-print. TRAI in its response [ ReferenceContinue Reading
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