The management of Bharti Airtel will attempt acceleration of India capex in FY16 by an additional $200-400m. Airtel will have enough capacity (~120,000 BTS in 3G or 4G Coverage Pan India. Currently, it has 62,000 3G BTS and an estimated 20,000+ 4G BTS) by Q1-2016, leaving it comfortably ahead ofContinue Reading
Data continues to be a key driver for tower demand and management suggested 3G and 4G network deployments have almost doubled on a year to year basis. The company suggested that most of the 3G/4G deployments were via the loading route and for the next 6-12 months telcos are expectedContinue Reading
The Department of Telecommunications has come up with a test procedure for rollout obligations of BWA spectrum. In May 2010, Airtel, Aircel, Qualcomm (acquired by Airtel), Tikona, Reliance Jio, and Augere were successful bidders for BWA spectrum.Continue Reading
Plain Vanilla Wireless Operator, Idea Cellular is bullish on data growth and data revenue growth. Its current 3G utilization rates stand at 20% to 40% across circles. Idea’s focus is to increase the utilization rate by driving up the volumes. Realization will be the focus when utilization is ~60% toContinue Reading
Mukesh Ambani managed Reliance Jio Infocomm’s network roll-out is clearing the air that this will not be a small-scale, niche network but a geographically spread, large-scale rollout. Though media reports indicated RJio roll out to happen with 45,000 towers connected, our sources inside Reliance have indicated a definite 30,000 towersContinue Reading
At an excited press event, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S (new flagship) and the iPhone 5C (predominantly the same as the iPhone 5 but with multi-colored plastic case). iPhone 5S Hardware Spec This model is based on the new A7 chip (64-bit, 32nm, new ARMv8) and new M7 companion chipContinue Reading
Apart from the Corrupt Government Practices which has ruined the Telecom Industry of India by vested interest decisions, Indian Wireless Carriers have some tough situations and decisions to make now to ride future growth, we highlight some of the key questions which telecom boardrooms are battling. Reliance Jio Infocomm’s 4GContinue Reading
Infotel Broadband Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani Controlled Reliance Industries Ltd has began testing 4G / LTE Broadband Services in Delhi NCR which includes the Areas of Gurgaon, Dwarka, Faridabad, Noida, Okhala, Greater Noida, Dadri, Ghaziabad, etc] 4G / LTE services are being tested at 90+ locations inContinue Reading
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