The Republic of India is known as the “Largest Democracy” in the World but when it comes to lucrative sectors such as the Telecommunications / Military / Defense, etc it is the oligarchy that prevails, wins and runs the nation. TRAI the so called Indian Telecom Regulator is a parasiteContinue Reading
The extension of promotions by Jio were a negative for Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone Lobby as incumbents would have expected some of their customers using free Jio services to start paying them once the free services of Jio concluded; however with free services from Jio continuing for one moreContinue Reading
Airtel, Vodafone and Idea [A-Vo-Id Operators] have come up with a very clever strategy to counter Reliance Jio Infocomm’s Mobile Data revolution. A-Vo-Id lobby will split the Indian Telecommunications services market based on Voice Vs 3G/4G Mobile Data. Justifying their stand, they put up an argument that 2G phones stillContinue Reading
The much awaited Jio Tariffs have taken the industry by storm. It could well disrupt the industry as cheaper data and free unlimited calls have sent telecom captains into tizzy and massive anxiety. Bundling of free voice along with data service offering was not at all a surprise to us.Continue Reading
Vodafone India’s Mobile Data [3G] revenue grew by meager 4% to INR23.9bn. This explains the weak data absorption, which is worse than Idea’s 7% and Airtel’s 10% growth. This is led by 13.5% data volume growth, largely offset by a sharp 8% data pricing fall in line with industry’s dataContinue Reading
The Department of Telecom (DoT) conducted a pre‐bid conference for addressing the queries and concerns of the stakeholders for the upcoming 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz mega spectrum auction in Feb 2015. One of the major points of discussion was the block size of 5 MHz for 900 MHzContinue Reading
In the TRAI open house discussion on “Spectrum valuation for licenses expiring in 2015 and 2016“, there was a consensus among all telecom stakeholders that the amount of spectrum put for auction is inadequate. TRAI has already indicated that more spectrum should be made available. All telcos made recorded statementsContinue Reading
Anil Ambani managed Reliance Communications’ 900MHz GSM spectrum in seven circles (Assam, Bihar, HP, MP, North East, Odisha and West Bengal) expires in Dec 2015; RCom would need to renew its current spectrum holdings in these circles in an Auction sometime between now and Dec 2015. RCom holds 6.2 MHzContinue Reading
At a time when Indian Telecom Operators are dropping 3G prices, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular [A-Vo-Id] have bucked the trend and are instead raising 2G data prices offering pathetic data speed and have refused to move an inch on 3G data pricing. A-Vo-Id Cartel have increased 2G data tariffsContinue Reading
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