TRAI Releases New Pricing for 2G Spectrum
The TRAI has released its recommendation on Spectrum pricing as analyzed by an expert group. The Full text of the recommendation is here. The main takeaways are – Based on the spectrum allocated beyond 6.2Mhz and the balance period of the license in those markets, Operators will have to shellContinue Reading
All India Mobile Number Portability Trends
Early Trends after the introduction of All India Mobile Number Portability is in-line with my expectation – CDMA and BSNL will be the biggest losers. Operators launched competing plans for Number Portability. Surprisingly it is Vodafone which has captured the most number of Port-Ins followed by Idea with its aggressiveContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel – Consolidating Position in India + Africa
Bharti Airtel reported Dec-2010 quarterly results for its Multinational Operations in India, Africa and other countries. Here are excerpts of the Results & the conference call concluded just a while ago. Airtel has 1.42 Mn broadband subscribers with an ARPU in this segment of Rs 934 [ Pure Broadband ARPUContinue Reading
Idea Cellular – Unhappy with Government + Politicians Must Stay Away from Telecom
Sorry for the late post but life is turning into a hell with Governance Deficit and Paralysis of Policies headed by one of the Weakest Prime Minister’s in our History. In the Conference Call hosted on the 25th of Jan, Idea Cellular Management expressed their unhappiness over the Government’s reluctanceContinue Reading
Reliance NetConnect Broadband – (EVDO Based) to 500 Cities
I get more excited than necessary when I get to read / hear availability of broadband in different parts of India and as consumers get a choice. Reliance Communications will expand its EVDO based Reliance NetConnect+ Broadband offering to more than 500 cities / towns across India. From a modestContinue Reading
2G Spectrum Scam – Banks / FIs to get Piece of Spectrum ? – Systemic Risk
Not too long ago, the year 2008 went down in the history as year of sub-prime crisis. Just as the Spectrum Scam intensified with the stepping down of A. Raja, Goldman Sachs Sr. Banking Analyst and Director Tabassum Inamdar pushed the report on the concerns about Banks financing to IndianContinue Reading
Mobile Number Portability – Trends for first 2 Weeks
The long delayed Mobile Number Portability went live in Haryana on the 25th of November. After 2 weeks into effect, there hasn’t been much churn and this can be attributed to the fact that Haryana represents a small number of mobile users. About 2% of prepaid users and 4%?5% postpaidContinue Reading
Ratan Tata’s Rescue of Nira Radia Unwarranted – Another Stage Act by Nira ?
Ratan Tata is no doubt one of the best CEOs of India Inc. I am deeply touched by generous contributions to the victims of Taj Group Employees after 26/11, which no CEO has ever done. However, when it comes to Telecommunications, Ratan Tata / Tata Group for some reason neverContinue Reading
Barkha Dutt – Nira Radia Tapes Power Broking between Congress – DMK
This is not really related to Telecom / Broadband, However, Barkha Dutt, the Editor in Chief who acted like a Holy Goddess against one of the blogger C. Kunte when he wrote an Article Titles Shoddy Journalism and made him apologize. What do you have to say about these tapesContinue Reading