Mobile in India
After 12 days and 70 rounds of bidding on Friday (April 23), 3G bid-price of US$1.71bn (Rs76bn) is almost at my forecast of $1.8 bn and is likely to cross the same, a bad thing for the Indian Wireless Industry as a whole. With Activity requirement still at 80% inContinue Reading
In quest of the CPAEX involved for WiMax and modeling the business case, Citi Analysts spoke to Mr. Lil Mohan, MD (APAC & META) at WiMax Program Office, Intel Corp and here is a brief excerpt from the same, WiMax Spectrum – Network Deployment – Cost for End User –Continue Reading
DoT just a while ago made the demand for 3G spectrum available to the Public. As expected, Telecom Circle A and Metros are witnessing good demand though may fall short of our initial estimate. However, the surprise was even at Base Price, their are no takers for 3G Spectrum inContinue Reading
Mr. Kanwalinder Singh, President of Qualcomm India & South Asia in an exclusive interview to IIFL shared some thoughts on 3G and BWA Appications in India. Qualcomm is already working on alternative computing devices which will connect Indians, based on cloud computing. Devices may be smartbooks, Kayak and combinations.. HereContinue Reading
The much awaited 3G Spectrum auction is finally happening, almost smoothly except that potentially corrupt Telecom minister A.Raja is charged by the Office of Controller and Auditor General for causing a loss of over USD 5 bn to the Government. Anyway, after a careful study here is what Indian WirelessContinue Reading
It wasn’t an easy task to estimate the potential clearing bid prices for 3G spectrum in each circle. Taking into considerations various parameters – current subscribers, reach, income levels, etc I assigned a multiple to each telecom circle depending on the growth potential and 3G service absorption capacity. In myContinue Reading
Lately, there have been increasing number of complaints against Bharti Airtel for unauthorized activation of value added services [Unlimited SMS, Caller Tunes, etc]. Well, I normally don’t resort to writing about pennies, but having had first hand experience myself and two other instances in front of my eyes, I amContinue Reading
The DoT has released the list of qualified bidders along with the eligible points. As per section 4.2.4 of the section inviting applications for 3G and BWA Spectrum Auction Document, every bidder had to submit Earnest Money Deposit [EMD] in the telecom circles they are interested in for 3G /Continue Reading
Strive Masiyiwa, CEO of Econet Wireless Intl [ Econet is locked in dispute with Zain] said that it will be difficult to replicate the Indian wireless industry model of network outsourcing, minute factory, and infrastructure sharing in Africa. In the past African operators were approached with the network outsourcing modelContinue Reading
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