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Finally, Incumbent Operators led by Airtel, Idea and Vodafone have laid to rest the conflict of 1800MHz Spectrum with new operators and Dual technology Operators [ RCom and Tata DoCoMo]. Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Principal Adviser for Spectrum, TRAI clarified on the 1800MHz Spectrum which was bone of contention. Mr GuptaContinue Reading
Idea Cellular Management in an Investors call said that revenue growth for Idea will remain strong over the next 12 – 18 months despite regulatory concerns. Pricing power has returned to to incumbents with increase in minutes market share and increased contribution from non-voice revenues. Idea’s Analytics team probably expectsContinue Reading
The Results of 1800MHz Spectrum Auction 2012 are as I had expected – Failure in Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka etc. Other important highlights of the Auction are as follows, Of the 18 circles that saw bids, the winning price did not exceed the reserve price for 17 circles, means Demand wasContinue Reading
Idea Cellular the Pure Play Wireless Telecommunications service provider in India is inching closer to 1800MHz PAN India Spectrum as the Auctions began this morning. Why Kumar Birla Pomoted Idea Will Bid Aggressively in Spectrum Auction ? Idea Cellular is promoted by Aditya Birla Group. A.V.Birla’s Management DNA is veryContinue Reading
The Indian Government levied Additional Spectrum Fees for Wireless Carriers in India using 1800MHz band to provide GSM based mobile Services. Decision on 800MHz band used for CDMA Services will be taken separately. The Scam scarred Government has tried to strike a fine balance with incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone, IdeaContinue Reading
Airtel today announced the results for quarter ending Sept-2012 and also disclosed lot of details on the company’s strategy and 3G / 2G Data and other metrics. Without getting into the financials lets straight away get into Data / Broadband, which is of prime importance to us. Airtel DSL BroadbandContinue Reading
The so called Indian Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) who slept over the 2G Spectrum Scam now have decided on partial re-farming of the 900MHz spectrum, wherein incumbent operators [Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Telecom(GSM), Idea] can retain up to 2.5MHz of spectrum and have to surrender the remaining spectrum for auction.Continue Reading
Reliance Infotel Broadband licensees of BWA Spectrum in 2300MHz band have written to the DoT seeking permission to conduct Voice Services over its 40 LTE/ 4G enabled Locations across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. They have also sought for Blocks of Phone Numbers for the same. However, one is skeptical aboutContinue Reading
One of the surprise bidders at this exuberant price of Spectrum is Videocon Telecommunications. Videocon on its website lists as a $5Bn conglomerate but if you see the market capitalization of its flagship Videocon Industries, it is mere $1Bn and add another $1Bn for its unlisted energy ventures, that’s it.Continue Reading
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