Mobile in India
Reliance Communications added a whopping ~5mn subscribers in Jan-09. But the rate of growth certainly looks unsustainable as it could add mere 3.38 mn subscribers [GSM + CDMA] in Feb-09. Even after taking into account Feb as a month with 3 short days, compared to Jan, RCom couldn’t maintain theContinue Reading
TRAI’s ruling on reducing the Interconnection Usage Charges [IUC] by 33% favors incumbent operators, really especially the GSM Operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Aditionally, the GSM Lobby had raised their voice to increase the termination charges for ILD / ISD calls and TRAI has reviewed the sameContinue Reading
I happened to watch this interview of Mr. Sunil Mittal [Founder and Chariman of Bharti Airtel] on CNBC this evening where he said MVNOs don’t make sens in the current context of Indian Wireless market. DoT has given the Green Signal for MVNOs to be operational in India. I can’tContinue Reading
I just saw a newsflash on CNBC TV18 that Reliance GSM has added a whopping 5 mn customers on its newly launched GSM Platform. [I believe this is an all time India Record] The rest of GSM Pack led by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL etc have managed to add 9Continue Reading
Another important parameter to measure the strength of a wireless operator is on the basis of Adjusted Gross Revenue – AGR, which is the first indication of the relative financial strength 😉 All figures are for the end of Dec-2008 quarter. Bharti Airtel has consistently gained in the past 12Continue Reading
If you are wondering like me why do they mention call 1-800 180 0016 [BSNL / MTNL only], then here is the answer. I was extremely unhappy and thought Toll Free Calling was a mess created by Telecom service providers. No!!! Business Establishments and Corporates establishing the connections are equallyContinue Reading
There are two different developments on the cash rich USO Fund A/C. BL reports that USO Administrator has launched a scheme to reach rural India by means of Wireline Broadband. USO has signed a deal with BSNL for providing 0.86 mn broadband lines in rural areas. Further, the administrator isContinue Reading
Now that we have results from all the 3 listed cellular companies and Research Reports pouring in from various brokerages, I wanted to compare what Research Analysts think of these 3 companies post Q3 FY 09 results and the Conference Call with the management. Before we discuss the analyst ratings,Continue Reading
The Reliance Communications management including Anil Ambani himself had lot of self praise about the nationwide launch of Reliance GSM Mobile services in India. The nationwide GSM / EDGE services was launched on Dec-30th, 2008 thus taking the bouquet of GSM offering across PAN India. Here is an excerpt fromContinue Reading
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