How 900Mhz Spectrum Auction will Give Reliance Jio Infocomm PAN India 2G Voice + 3G Footprint ?
With the new NIA for Spectrum Auction it is evident that renewal of Telecom Spectrum for existing licensees is out of question and Auction is the only way forward. We all know that Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd [RJIL has ambitious plans. However, RJIL is locked in the inefficient 2300MHz PANContinue Reading
900 + 1800 Mhz Spectrum Auction – Suitable for 4G LTE Data Services
After repeated instructions from the Hon’ble Supreme Court and recommendations from every corner, the Department of Telecom just a while ago has put a Notice inviting Applications for the 1800Mhz and 900Mhz Telecom Spectrum Auction in India. All the Spectrum Auctions will be liberalized [Technology Neutral] and can be deployedContinue Reading
Airtel – Reliance Jio Infocomm Deal Positive for Industry, Bharti Infratel – Negative for RCom
India’s Largest Integrated Telecommunications company Airtel and Reliance Jio have announced a comprehensive arrangement to share infrastructure created by both companies, including optic fiber network, towers, submarine cable networks and internet broadband services. The agreement can be extended in the future to cover roaming on 2G, 3G and 4G networks.Continue Reading
How Tikona Built Low Cost Wi-Fi Broadband Business in Free Spectrum ?
Tikona Digital Networks is a wireless broadband provider that operates in the unlicensed spectrum band. The company uses 60MHz of bandwidth in the 2.4GHz band for linking customers to cell sites and an additional 50MHz of spectrum in the 5.8GHz band for backhaul. The company has a presence in 25Continue Reading
How Idea Cellular Can Bid for 900MHz Spectrum in Mumbai and use for 3G ?
The government yesterday cleared the auction for 900MHz Spectrum. In Delhi 900 auctions (16MHz on offer), holders Airtel and Vodafone should shut out challengers and each retain their entire 8MHz. It’ll be surprising to see if they reduced their stakes let a new holder take a head start in 900Continue Reading
China Mobile Internet Reaches Low End of the User Spectrum – Baidu Report
Chinese Internet Giant, Baidu published its Quarterly Report of Mobile Internet User Trends on Nov. 27. Here are some Ground Breaking Facts on the state of Mobile Internet in China. Mobile Internet penetrates to lower-end users and is becoming more independent from PC Internet. Retention rate and usage of long-tailContinue Reading
5 Key Stratgeies of Google India – Mobile, Social and Enterprise
Indian Mobile / Wired Data Growth is a focus for many including Google – and not just the traditional telecom operators as is evident from Google’s India centric advertisement in November which has gone viral (4mn views in six days). Based on Various reports, we think that Google is workingContinue Reading
Mergers & Acquisition in Indian Telecom – Spectrum Pricier – Case study Aircel Exit
The Indian Telecom Minister along with Cabinet Colleagues have almost finalized on the Mergers & Acquisitions [M&A] Norms for the Telecom Service Providers. The following are the broad guidelines, The spectrum held by the merged entity in each circle will be capped at 50% of total available spectrum.Continue Reading
Battle for EGSM 3G Data Band – Airtel led GSM Lobby Vs Reliance led CDMA Lobby
The Scam Scarred Congress led UPA Politicians in the Government of India recommended the DoT to call for fresh Auction guidelines from the TRAI on Auction of 800MHz band Spectrum. TRAI had earlier favored the creation of EGSM band but is unlikely to happen now as 800MHz Spectrum Auction willContinue Reading