Idea Cellular 700-1800-2100 Mhz Spectrum Bid only After Roadmap – No Crunch for now – Himanshu Kapania
Idea Cellular Ltd India’s Third Largest Wireless Company which participated in the Nov-2012 1800Mhz Spectrum Auction has said that they do not have any crunch for Spectrum to run the current Pan India 2G Voice & 3G Services in selective circles. Idea CEO Mr. Himansu Kapania addressing analysts said that,Continue Reading
Mediatek Powered Octa-Core Processors for SmartPhones to Launch in 2014
Mediatek the Fabless Semiconductor Giant for SmartPhones has forged into octa-core processors for smartphone IC and has been well received in the maket. Given this, octa-core ICs could become mainstream in China by 2014. Its octa-core Cortex A7 MT6592 IC has impressive clock speeds of 1.7-2GHz, and has low powerContinue Reading
iPhone 5C / 5S Massive Support for 4G LTE Bands, Pricing – Airtel & Reliance Jio Infocomm, India Missing
At an excited press event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S (new flagship) and the iPhone 5C (predominantly the same as the iPhone 5 but with multi-colored plastic case). iPhone 5S Hardware Spec This model is based on the new A7 chip (64-bit, 32nm, new ARMv8) and new M7 companion chipContinue Reading
1800MHz Spectrum Reserve Price Halved for Auction + Spectrum Trading, E-GM Band Reality
The Indian Telecom Regulator, TRAI has released its set of recommendations for the forthcoming Auction of 1800Mhz. Key Recommendations to the Ministry of Telecom & DoT are as follows,Continue Reading
Policy Bazaar – MeritNation – Canvera – InfoEdge Subsidiaries Lead in MarketShare
InfoEdge has invested early in 3 Platforms – Selling online Insurance with PolicyBazaar, Meritnation Supporting Education and Canvera PolicyBazaar has a dominant share of around 90% in the insurance aggregator space. The space has five to six other organised players, including MyInsuranceClub, EasyPolicy and InsurancePandit. The company also faces competitionContinue Reading
TRAI Open House – Lower Spectrum Prices, 900Mhz ReFarming, Spectrum Trading & E-GSM Band
Guess most of the Telecom Analysts missed the TRAI Open House Discussion on Telecom Spectrum Auction & Pricing event held in New Delhi late last month. However, here is what we are picking up from our interactions with Analysts who were in the meeting. There was Visible Opposition from someContinue Reading
Korea Spectrum Auction Ends – 1800MHz Blocks Allotted for 4G LTE-A
The Most Progressive Government when it comes to the Telecommunications, South Korea concluded Auction for Telecom Spectrum bands of 1800Mhz and 2600MHz which enables Data Transfer at unimaginable speeds of 100Mbps, which in India is still a dream even on our office Network where it theoretically gets connected at thatContinue Reading
3G SmartPhones Sales Rising in India – Hurdles Exist for large Scale Data uptake
According to data from “The MobileStore” a leading Mobile Handset retailer in India, with a presence across 100 cities through 800 stores, suggests that decline in 3G smartphone prices and data usage evolving beyond social media are helping accelerate smartphone adoption (~10% of handset volumes). Current 3G smartphone volumes areContinue Reading
Airtel & Idea Cellular Data Grows 100% YoY – Network Expansion
Data Traffic for Airtel and Idea Cellular has shown growth of CQGR 18-21% which translates to about 100% YoY. Airtel’s Data per Cell Site / Month has increased from 31 GB to 65 GB and while that for Idea the Data per Cell Site / Month has increased from 20Continue Reading