Wireless Broadband Spectrum linked to 3G Prices
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
India 3G Spectrum Auction Guidelines
Just minutes ago the Department of Telecom has released guidelines for 3G spectrum auction and allocation, Key points to be noted are as follows, [Our comments appear in Italics] Spectrum in 2.1 GHz band earmarked for 3G Telecom services 3G Eligibility: Any person [including foreign entities, subject to FDI regulationsContinue Reading
Supreme Court orders to start Do Call Registry
Even after a year of operation of NDNC Registry, TRAI regulations have failed to curb the tele-marketing mess in India. A division bench of the Supreme Court has now ordered the Ministry of Communications to setup a “Do Call Registry“. Only those callers who wish to be contacted by tele-marketingContinue Reading
Reliance Communications – Wireless Business rings cash registry
Reliance Communications, an integrated Telecommunications company today announced its results for the quarter ended June-08. Key highlights of the results and conference call are as follows, Wireless Business [GSM + CDMA] continues to fill the company’s coffers. 18% wireless market share on PAN India basis. Slightly over 50 mn subscribers.Continue Reading
After Bangalore + Delhi, Mumbai plans citywide Wifi
After the initial hype and pilot runs, Bangalore Unwired has come to a grinding halt. Delhi planned to WiFi enable the city and looks like the project has taken a backseat for now. Then came the turn of Pune / Pimpri and now South Asia’s Financial Capital, Mumbai wants toContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel – Q1FY09 Results Insight
Mobile services still constitute majority of the revenues with Enterprise Services gaining traction. Airtel reported a profit of Rs 20bn for Q1 FY09 up 25.7% compared to Q1 of last FY. Here is a quick summary of the results, Mobile Customers increased to 69.38 mn at the end of June-08Continue Reading
Northgate’s Globe7 partners with Baidu and Alimama
Northgate Technologies Ltd through its wholly owned subsidiary Globe7 HK Ltd has formed partnerships with Chinese advertising giants, Baidu, Alimama and Allyes, to build mainland advertising exposure for Globe7 products Globe7.com, Egglad.com, Ziddu.com and Longhaier.com. Clayton Haswell, president and CEO of Globe7 said, We are glad to extend our ChineseContinue Reading
15.8 Mn WiMax users in 4 years – Question for Springboard Research
In a report released by Springboard Research, the analyst forecasts a whopping 15.8 million WiMax subscribers in India by 2012. I am a little bit skeptical about this forecast. At the end of May-2008, India had 4.15 mn broadband subscribers [most of them Wired / DSL] DoT’s target for 2010Continue Reading
Merrill not convinced about Datacom + new wireless entrants
Datacom promoted by Videocon group expects to start pan-India operations by end- FY09 with a network of ~35-40K towers [This is a Sunny Day Scenario with Indian Economy in reverse gear and rising Interest rates, you know what will happen]. The Company has floated its RFP for active infrastructure &Continue Reading