With aggressive push by Reliance Jio in the past one year, 4G- LTE accounted for nearly 40% of the data subscriber base and 80%+ of data usage in India in the June 2017 quarter. LTE accounted for nearly 81% of the total wireless data consumption of 4.3 bn GB duringContinue Reading
Vodafone India CEO Sunil Sood and CFO Thomas Reisten in an analyst call said that they are comfortable with the current market circumstances. Since Jio started charging for its services, Vodafone has retained its high value mobile broadband customers and has seen a lower rate of revenue decline inContinue Reading
Idea Cellular, the master of Just in Time expansion and execution analogous to the Java compilers running your Android Apps is in deep trouble when it comes to 4G LTE Mobile Data Networks. In the last 8 years, Idea Cellular improved its revenue market share mostly banking on 2G VoiceContinue Reading
Nokia’s latest report on the state of Mobile Broadband in India suggests that the Indian data market continues to be in a sweet spot backed by – high-end 2G data users are migrating to 3G, 3G/4G device penetration is accelerating on the back of decreasing handset prices, video, audio andContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel India’s leading Integrated Telecommunications service provider has made steady progress on 4G/LTE and initiated 4G rollout in 23 cities. Airtel’s first mover advantage has the following implications – (a)Dilute value proposition for Reliance Jio 4G by being the first to launch 4G and let Airtel have a leadContinue Reading
South Korea’s SK Telecom has taken the lead with the start of LTE-A service on 26 June and became the first player in Global Telecommunications history to launch LTE-A services, followed by LGU on 18th of July. The merit of LTE-A has been that it is mainly achieved through softwareContinue Reading
MTS Sistema India, with 11mn wireless subscribers in India, is down to operations in 9 circles now, but is still sounding upbeat on exploiting its data capabilities (LTE outlook) and focusing more on tier 2/3 cities. These 9 circles represent 75% of their existing revenues and around 60% total marketContinue Reading
Today we’d like to enlighten on the Backhaul Connectivity of Indian Wireless Networks [2G / 3G / 4G-LTE]. For now, read Backhaul as the connectivity between the tower (site) and the inner parts of the network through which the aggregate of all traffic from mobile terminals served by a towerContinue Reading
Data from Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) suggests that one third of today’s 96 commercial LTE operators have deployed 4G / LTE using the 1800MHz spectrum in their networks. The benefits are many, as the coverage area is 1.5x – 2x compared with deploying the 2.6 GHz band and thereContinue Reading
© 2007-2022