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
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
The management of Bharti Airtel is optimistic about 3G Data Revenues which was seen at 20% q-q growth in Q4-FY2013. This should continue to grow, partly also driven by improving coverage. Current 3G coverage is at 30% of its 2G coverage. This means Airtel 2G/ 3G Data services will growContinue Reading
There is a strong industry collaboration between operators, handset vendors and component makers to accelerate TD-LTE momentum. One must note that the focus is on multi-mode solutions, given the majority of operators will launch TD-LTE as an adjunct to another service. LG Electronics noted that it has worked closely withContinue Reading
Mr Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, India and South Asia, Bharti Airtel Ltd explained Airtel’s strategy of Data especially 4G when 3G is yet to take off. 2G is here to Stay Five years from now, a large number of Indians would still be using 2G feature phones (probably even 50% ofContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel has sealed a deal with BWA Spectrum Owner – Qualcomm & Tulip Telecom. According to the Deal, Airtel will have 49% interest in the Venture which has BWA 4G LTE spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala Circles. Airtel will shell out mere $165 Mn [Rs 908 CrContinue Reading
Traditional media is Gung Ho about whatever Mukesh Ambani does and in the process doesn’t weigh the Business / Model and just paints a shangri-la picture irrespective of what the outcome is. It is well known fact that 3G hasn’t gained much traction despite eco-system in place as affordability isContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest Telecom Company has come a long way from being a 2G Voice operator in Delhi circle by acquiring license exactly 20 years ago to launching of 4G LTE Broadband Data Services in Kolkata a week ago. For curiosity, I happened to compare the 4G LTE PricingContinue Reading
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