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TRAI chief, Mr. Misra has now come up openly against A. Raja, on whose behest the DoT operates. Mr. Misra alleges that DoT has not accepted TRAI’s recommendations on Spectrum allocation in its entirety and has modified to favor CDMA operators [ Reliance Communications ]. Mr. Misra raised his voiceContinue Reading

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The year 2007 was another remarkable year for Bharti Airtel. The company retained its Numero Uno slot in the Indian Wireless market. At the end of Dec-2007, the company had 55.16 mn subscribers up by 72.5% YoY. Vodafone Essar India ended the year with 39.86 mn subscribers. BSNL which gainedContinue Reading

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TRAI has come out with final recommendations for providing IPTV services in India. On the definition of IPTV, TRAI accepted Microsoft’s suggestion to adopt ITU’s definition of IPTV rather than Cable or I&B Act’s definition. Telecom companies [Mobile or Wireline], Cable Operators and ISPs with networth over Rs 100 croreContinue Reading

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The battle for supremacy in the fastest growing Mobile communications market intensified with Bharti Airtel slashing prices in the pre-paid segment and RCom reacting within couple of hours. ~80% of the mobile phone users are in the pre-paid category. It has been widely reported in the press that Bharti hasContinue Reading

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Facing criticism from us and other media, TRAI went ahead and released a paper to justify that 256 Kbps is an acceptable speed to define broadband in India 🙂 According to the US FCC, internet speed greater than 200 Kbps is considered as broadband 🙂 Australia, Finland, Italy and SpainContinue Reading

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In the absence of a well thought Telephone Numbering Plan and more than four [maybe more in the next year] telecom operators providing services in each circle, TRAI is now forced to think about publishing White pages for Fixed and Wireless subscribers [PDF] Currently, only BSNL publishes Whitepages for itsContinue Reading