Mobile in India
Reliance Communications continue to invest heavily in expanding its Wireless Network [mostly in the GSM segment now] Cumulate Wireless investments have almost doubled [~80% YoY] and has now touched Rs 45,000 crore. However, this has not arrested the falling Wireless ARPU which touched an all time low of mere RsContinue Reading
India’s largest Telecommunications company Bharti Airtel achieved a new milestone by recording Rs 9,000 crore revenue in Q2FY2009 [@ Rs 45 / $] and also added the highest number of customers in any single quarter since its inception, 8.2 mn taking the total tally to 80 mn [79.89 mn]. TelecomContinue Reading
WiMax, the disruptive Wireless Technology, mostly suitable for providing broadband and data services is getting a big boost from the Government of India. The Ministry for Communications is hosting a two day expo cum conference at Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi on the 15th and 16th of this month. ThoughContinue Reading
On this blog I have consistently covered about hurdles in CDMA operators way. Various factors have led to the decline and fall of subscribers and market share. At the end of Dec-2006, CDMA operators had 27.85% market share. 20 Months later [Aug-2008] CDMA operators have 76.5 mn subs[ RCom CDMAContinue Reading
At the end of August 2008, Indian Telcos reached a big milestone of serving 300 million wireless subscribers. The big news is that Tata Teleservices focused on providing CDMA cellular services has slipped out of the Top 5 ranks and Idea Cellular is the new entrant. Bharti Airtel has consolidatedContinue Reading
Acknowledging that the National Do Not Call Registry hasn’t been effective in curbing UCC even after a years operation, the TRAI has issued amendments to the existing act to make it more effective. TRAI has asked service providers to give an option to consumer to opt of of UCC atContinue Reading
In spite of the Inflationary pressure prevailing in the Indian Economy, GSM Wireless Operators continue to add record users though the m-o-m growth has tapered now, at least in case of Bharti Airtel. As usual, Reliance Communications numbers are not yet available and assuming the same number of adds asContinue Reading
This is the first time I am able to see the revenues of Vodafone India, which really is very impressive. Wireless operations account for the bulk of revenues for these Telcos as already seen from Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications results. Here is a quick comparison on how various verticalsContinue Reading
Here is the latest 2G GSM spectrum allocation chart, circle wise and operator wise. BSNL and MTNL have the maximum 2G spectrum, at least 10 MHz in each circle. Karnataka the Billion Dollar [FY 09 Topline Expectations] Telecom circle for Bharti Airtel is the most sought after 2G Wirless circleContinue Reading
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