If you are a regular reader here [As If I update Regularly ?], you know Broadband is my Food 🙂 I can go without food for a Day but not Broadband. I knew that Airtel and Reliance Communications have been deploying Wireless Point to Point Technologies for SMEs where theyContinue Reading
Qualcomm which changed and diluted its arrogance stand on its proprietary CDMA chip sets by promoting the Open Market Handset Alliance last year has realized the potential, a country with billion hands offers to it, and has now gone to an extra mile to bid for Broadband Wireless Access Spectrum.Continue Reading
Much has been talked about and written about how WiMax will get everybody connected online. However, the Shangri-La picture painted by WiMax lobbyists is far from the ground reality. Here are some facts about Reliance Communications’ WiMax operations across the world. Reliance Communications – RCom has multiple WiMax subsidiaries acrossContinue Reading
With increasing pressure in Wireless Voice segment, Telcos are now shifting their attention to data services starting with Broadband where ARPU / Month is ~4 times than Voice. I would like to do a status check on the available Wireless / Mobile broadband technologies in India and their adoption byContinue Reading
Finally, I was able to go through the 136 page document. I am very excited about this auction as 3G marks the beginning of Telecom 3.0 in India 🙂 [Sam Pitroda was Telecom 1.0 and current 2G is Telecom 2.0] DoT has stated its goal is to maximize revenue proceedsContinue Reading
We have reliably learnt from our sources that the Government of India has made mockery of itself demanding WiMax spectrum alloted to ISPs for broadband services. The government had earlier allocated 2.5GHz spectrum to a number of players including Tata, Bharti, Reliance, Sify and Spectranet. It has now asked theContinue Reading
DoT has also released yet another set of guidelines for the auction of Browdband Wirless Access [BWA] Spectrum. Key points are as follows, [Our comments in Italics] Spectrum in 2.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz band allocated for BWA. [ Once again Foreign ISPs would have to tie-up with Indian entitiesContinue Reading
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