Mobile Data the Key Theme for Indian Telcos in 2015 Leading Towards Convergence
In India, Mobile Data Service is already substituting traditional revenue streams like SMS, with data use per sub increasing 316%, vs a decline of SMS sent per subscriber by 34%, over the past 2 years. With the upcoming launch of LTE on a large scale, incumbent operators [Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel]Continue Reading
TRAI Wants to Know Consumer Perception about Mobile Services in India
The Indian telecom regulator TRAI wants to know about consumer perception on mobile services in India. TRAI Survey collects details from Mobile Service Customers on various parameters such as – Provision of Service, Billing, Network Performance, Reliability and Availability, Value Added Services, Customer Care, Implementation and Effectiveness of Telecom RegulationsContinue Reading
LTE-Unlicensed to Augment Mobile Broadband Networks
We have already seen how Wi-Fi is better suited for enhancing coverage as Carrier Grade Technology. LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) or License Assisted Access LTE (LAA-LTE) is a new technology that was first introduced by Qualcomm in 2013, although it is not expected to be commercially available until late 2015 or earlyContinue Reading
How Wi-Fi is Graduating to Carrier Grade Technology for Mobile Services ?
In the last decade Wi-Fi evolved as adhoc technology for connecting to the internet. Wi-Fi hot spots were not networked to each other in a contiguous network; for example, if you left your house, your session ended, and if you entered your office, you’d have to log in all overContinue Reading
Incumbents Oppose DoT’s 900MHz Spectrum Block Size in Pre-Bid Conference
The Department of Telecom (DoT) conducted a pre‐bid conference for addressing the queries and concerns of the stakeholders for the upcoming 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz mega spectrum auction in Feb 2015. One of the major points of discussion was the block size of 5 MHz for 900 MHzContinue Reading
Tencent Cracks Mobile Monetization Code, Aggregates Content
Chinese Mobile & Internet Giant, Tencent after integrating its GDT advertising platform for PC and mobile has been successful for performance-based advertising services. Initial trends on mobile performance-based advertising (i.e., mobile QZone, official accounts on WeChat) have been encouraging with substantially higher click-through rate and cost per click.Continue Reading
Narendra Modi Govt Swiftly Moves for Largest Telecom Spectrum Auction- High Reserve Prices
The Narendra Modi led BJP Government has moved swiftly to conduct the Largest Telecom Spectrum Auction across four bands 800MHz, 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz in India beginning Feb-25-2015. After a series of Scams during the Corrupt Congress regime and a headless move to impose retrospective tax on Vodafone with constitutionalContinue Reading
4 Years After 3G Launch, Does 3G Spectrum Help Operators Win RMS ?
Four years into the commercial launch of 3G in India, we have tried to analyze the impact of 3G on relative market shares of 3G versus non-3G operators in this note. For our analysis, we have looked at the cumulative change in revenue market share (based on operator-wise gross revenuesContinue Reading
TRAI Recommends Auction of Multiple 2100MHz Spectrum Blocks at Lower Reserve Price
The Indian Telecom Regulator TRAI, in a bold move has recommended auctioning 15-20 MHz (3-4 blocks of 5 MHz each) of 2100 band spectrum [3G Spectrum] in the upcoming auctions along with 900 and 1800 spectrum. TRAI expressed strong disagreement with not auctioning 2100 spectrum at all or auctioning aContinue Reading