Idea Cellular’s – Idea ID-280 Android 3G SmartPhone Launched for Rs5850
Idea Cellular has launched Idea ID-280 3G Android SmartPhone in India for a retail price of Rs 5850. It is a Highly responsive touch screen Phone. This phone comes with most useful features for 3G usage like – Live TV – Watch your favorite serial anytime anywhere. Facebook is anContinue Reading
Idea Cellular’s – Idea Blade Android 3G SmartPhone Launched for Rs 7992
Idea Cellular has launched Idea Blade 3G Android SmartPhone in India for a retail price of Rs 7992. It is a Highly responsive touch screen Phone. This phone comes with most useful features for 3G usage like – Live TV – Watch your favorite programme anytime anywhere. Facebook is InbuiltContinue Reading
Implications of Canceling Wireless 3G Intra Circle Roaming Agreements
3G Service providers are struggling to survive with poor take-off and adding to their woes is Headless Government’s stand to cancel Roaming arrangements. From media reports and letters from CEOs of Telcos to the Government gives us a sense that Government is determined to cancel 3G ICR arrangements. What doesContinue Reading
What’s the 3G Intra-Circle Roaming Issue in India – Incompetent Governance + Worst Telecom Bureaucreats
The Prime Minister should have intervened 3 years ago in the Telecom Sector when 2G Spectrum Scam was happening, sit across the table with various stake holder and sort out the the issue without a Scam. [Well, this is how things are currently done in India, in my limited handsContinue Reading
Airtel Result Analysis – SMS Rocking – 3G / 2G Data Revenues Pathetic
My apologies that I couldn’t write about the Airtel Conference Call Post Q2 results. However, here is an interesting piece of data which has caught everybody by surprise. Airtel gets 14.5% revenues from VAS of which 9.5% is from SMS. This means the remaining 5% includes VAS like CRBT, IVR,Continue Reading
GSM For Voice – CDMA for Broadband – Wireless Life of Indians
Indians have given a Thumbs Down to CDMA based Mobile Voice Service as they increasingly embrace the GSM Platform due to the friendly eco-system for consumers. India has 851 Mn Wireless Connections at the end of June-2011. In June-2009 CDMA Mobile Connections commanded a 23% market-share which dropped to 17%Continue Reading
Is IndiaGetOnline Google’s Starting Point for SME & MarketPlace Apps ? SaaS Opportunities for Entrepreneurs
Google backed IndiaGetOnline is a Platform for SMEs to establish their Web Identity – Domain, Company e-mail id, Website, Google Apps [ Online Documents, Spreadsheets, etc]. Google has partnered with Hostgator for Hosting Solutions and ICICI Bank / FISME to probably get SME database and channel to reach potential customers.Continue Reading
Will Reliance Communications Roll Red Carpet to Mukesh’s RIL LTE-Broadband ?
Here is a very interesting development on the 4G LTE-Broadband front. Mukesh Ambani’s RIL had invited bids for Telecom Infrastructure [Fiber and Tower] and Economic Times journalists who spoke to insiders in the deal send feelers that Reliance Communications [RCom ]is probably the choice for RIL’s 4G LTE Broadband Rollout. Continue Reading
Idea Cellular to launch Android SmartPhone + Justifies 3G Roaming as Legal
This is an update from the Idea Cellular conference call with CEO Himanshu Kapadia over the weekend [Forgive me, for being late, but time is a big constraint]. First, let me update you on my favorite subject – Broadband. Idea Cellular has 2.5Mn 3G Data Subscribers. However, Himanshu clearly statedContinue Reading