India Telecom
If you have been regularly reading my posts on Internet and Broadband here, then I am sure you’d sense my bearish attitude towards Internet / Broadband growth [Hey!, don’t blame me, it was the Netas, Babus and CEOs who were unwilling to open their eyes towards broadband service] However, afterContinue 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
MTS India is really on the roll. They have become the World’s 1st wireless service provider to adopt 1X Advanced technology. MTS India would become the first CDMA2000 brand in the world to offer a future-ready technology that will enable best-in-class and simultaneous voice and high speed EV-DO data services.Continue Reading
Reliance Communications is ringing the cash register by offering its OFC network as as well as passive Infrastructure for other Telecom companies. The company has scored a hat-trick – RCom -Etisalat DB in July, RCom – S Tel just a few days ago and today its RCom – Aircel. TheContinue Reading
I must first step back a bit from my stand that new operators had a weak business case [cash flow wise, it appears so, who cares]. However, looking at the recent developments, they are going to disrupt the business case [at least in short to medium term] of even theContinue Reading
If you have been thinking of Airtel Special 5 as cool product, its a Gimmick to survive the competition from new operators. I have already received tip-off from leading Telecom Analysts on Dalal Street about new operators readying to cut throats of incumbents [Yes I mean it, i’ll post itContinue Reading
Now that we have results of all the Telecom Companies for the quarter ending June-2009, i was curious to see the latest Customer market share Vs Revenue Market share. Bharti Airtel managed to grab the sweet spot. One good strategy about Airtel is Grow consolidate and then back to theContinue Reading
According to NTT DoCoMo’s investor presentation, Tata DoCoMo GSM Wireless services which went live in South India on June 24th has managed to add a whopping 1.8mn subscribers. This represents approximately 50% market share of net-adds, based on Jun-09 figures, in the five Southern circles where TTSL launch GSM inContinue Reading
In order to give a big push to the Indian Wireless industry, then IT & Communications minister, Dayanidhi Maran had tried hard to negotiate between CDMA operators [Reliance and Tata Indicom] and the technology provider – Qualcomm in July-2006. Exactly 3 years later, as Indian operators and customers began toContinue Reading
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