India Telecom
TRAI in its recommendations has surprised everybody that GSM spectrum assigned beyond 6.2MHz up to 8MHz to be charged at current (linked to 3G auction) price and at 1.3x current price beyond 8MHz [You can see the complete 2G Spectrum allocation chart here]. It has recommended no auction of 2GContinue Reading
TRAI data reveals that the overall wireless industry revenues grew 3.3% qoq in 4Q after remaining flat in the previous 3 quarters. At the end of FY 2010 [March-10], Bharti Airtel still leads the Revenue Market share in Wireless segment with a Pan India share of 32% down from 32.8%Continue Reading
After the recent Chinese telecom equipment controversy, the Government of India has swiftly moved and appears to have sought advise from TRAI on setting local telecom gear manufacturing in India as operators are expected to go shopping for gears to the tune of $12 bn. TRAI in its pre-consultation paperContinue Reading
You all are aware of the WinTel lobby which prevailed once upon a time and the fat management layers in these companies still think that they can get it to work. In the context of this management attitude, Mr. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel wrote to Dr. Manmohan Singh, theContinue Reading
As competition intensifies, new innovative tariff structure greet consumers. Last October I had said that there is till more to come, especially the unlimited Calling Plans were missing and Reliance has introduced the same but still falling short of my expectation Reliance Communications has launched Simply Reliance Unlimited CDMA LocalContinue Reading
The Government of India has been very diplomatic in dealing with the Ban on Chinese Telecom Equipment being deployed in our networks. The Government first issued notifications that all Chinese Gears must be certified and approved by the DoT before being deployed in the network. When Telcos like Reliance CommunicationContinue Reading
Uninor which is struggling to make inroads into the Indian Wireless Market have unveiled one of the Most Innovative Wireless Plans – 24x 7 Badalta Discount Plan [Badalta means Varying] Mr. Rohit Chandra [Not related to Chandras of Unutech], Executive VP launched the calling plan for Pre-Paid customers in Karnataka,Continue Reading
After 12 days and 70 rounds of bidding on Friday (April 23), 3G bid-price of US$1.71bn (Rs76bn) is almost at my forecast of $1.8 bn and is likely to cross the same, a bad thing for the Indian Wireless Industry as a whole. With Activity requirement still at 80% inContinue Reading
In quest of the CPAEX involved for WiMax and modeling the business case, Citi Analysts spoke to Mr. Lil Mohan, MD (APAC & META) at WiMax Program Office, Intel Corp and here is a brief excerpt from the same, WiMax Spectrum – Network Deployment – Cost for End User –Continue Reading
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