Airtel Bucks the Trend – Raises Off-Net Tariff – Uninor + DoCoMo Offer Deals – Mobile Traffic Analysis
India’s Largest Cellular Traffic carrier Bharti Airtel with 174 Million connections took the dare-devil step to arrest the falling Telecom tariffs by a 20% hike to 1.2 Paise/ Second, thus putting an end to 1 Paise / Second call regime few months ago; other operators quietly followed. Effective Today, AirtelContinue Reading
LokSabha Website Security Compromised – Serving Malware / Badware like Indian Politicians
It is no surprise that dozens of Indian Government Website security has been compromised for months / years, but who cares ? Oho! I did and approached the NIC Office near Bangalore GPO like an eminent citizen only to realize the Massive Red Tapism from top to bottom in theContinue Reading
Security Warning – Why Never Share / Use your E-Mail Passwords Elsewhere ? MyMakan Shutsdown Exposes + Entire User Database
This Article has been in the Draft for quite sometime because the Webmasters of MyMakaan.com took long time to take the mortal remains of their website offline. Thought I’ll push it out. Their used to be a site MyMakaan.com operating in the Real Estate Classifieds category. The Site was veryContinue Reading
Wireless Data / Broadband – Percentage of Total Revenues + Risk = Caution to Reliance
Before I write about the M&A in Indian Telecom, I’d like to write a little more on the evolution of Wireless Data / Broadband services. Investment Bankers and Strategists at Telecommunication companies are pitching that Data as the next Big driver for the sector, especially with the advent of cheaperContinue Reading
Can Reliance LTE / 4G Disrupt the Indian Mobile Market ?
Reliance / RIL LTE / 4G the $8Bn Project has sent feelers that it will disrupt the Indian Data / Broadband services market with mere Rs 10 / GB tariffs when rolled out next year. But will this disrupt the Voice Telephony ? RIL’s LTE / 4G Strategy – RILContinue Reading
What Could be the Market Value of 2G Telecom Spectrum in India ?
India’s telecom regulator – TRAI, under severe pressure from Corporates and Politicians has flip flopped several times on the pricing of the Spectrum. Here are 3 different View of TRAI / Government on the Telecom Spectrum May – 2010 – TRAI Links the price of Telecom Spectrum in excess ofContinue Reading
RIL Infotel Broadband’s 4G / LTE at Rs 10 / GB – Perfect Media Bomb / Gift to India ?
Reliance / Mukesh Ambani is well known to influence the Indian media [Reference Nira Radia Tapes]. Anyway, our interest is Broadband and lets see if their new story of Rs 10 / GB of Wireless Broadband is doable. Today’s ET reports that Reliance 4G LTE will be offered at RsContinue Reading
900 MHz Wireless Spectrum Refarming – Will this Happen ?
The National Telecom Policy 2011 draft calls for Wireless Spectrum Re-farming. The policy has proposed enactment of a separate Spectrum Act to deal with all issues connected with wireless (spectrum) licenses and their terms and conditions including re-farming/withdrawal of allotted spectrum, spectrum pricing, cancellation or revocation of spectrum license, exemptionsContinue Reading
What is the Total Wireless Spectrum Available in India across all Bands / Technologies ?
Indians are basically fond of Assets more than building businesses that can generate cash flow at the end of the day. This is consistent with the Digital Age Asset – Spectrum. I took a Top Down approach to study what is the Total Wireless Spectrum Available and how is itContinue Reading