If you recall my post on DoCoMo buying stake in Tata Teleservices at a super premium, I had ended the post by saying, Shall we now expect Anil Ambani to strike a deal at higher valuations And ET is reporting today that RCom is looking for a strategic investor toContinue Reading
DoT has also released yet another set of guidelines for the auction of Browdband Wirless Access [BWA] Spectrum. Key points are as follows, [Our comments in Italics] Spectrum in 2.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz band allocated for BWA. [ Once again Foreign ISPs would have to tie-up with Indian entitiesContinue Reading
I just got off the Reliance Communications conference call and would like to share some of the key points from the same. They have announced real good results for FY2008, though with a caveat on Debt and others [See the balance sheet, I hardly know accounts] Mr. Anil Ambani said,Continue Reading
A year after then IT Minister, Mr. Maran declared 2007 as the year of broadband, BSNL DataOne and Bharti Airtel have quietly launched a tariff war and are ready to serve customers’ higher bandwidth needs. It was BSNL DataOne which announced the launch of 512Kbps unlimited data transfer plan atContinue Reading
This article should have been posted long time ago, sorry for the procrastination. India already has close to 250 million wireless subscribers. At a growth rate of mere 26% YoY by 2010 we will have 500 million subscribers. I really fail to understand the entry of new Telecom operators –Continue Reading
Just yesterday TRAI released and justified that 256 Kbps is not a bad speed at all. Today they have recommended ways to boost the growth of broadband penetration in India. Some of the key recommendations are as follows, [My Comments appear in Italics] BSNL / MTNL to appoint franchisees. TotalContinue Reading
At the end of quarter ending June-2007, India has mere 2.52 million broadband subscribers [256 Kbps speed, it hasn’t changed yet :-)] A QoQ growth of just 8%. If we grow at this pace [8% QoQ growth] then we will have mere 10.06 million by 2010 half way through DoT’s Broadband PolicyContinue Reading
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