India Telecom
I read about the SMS spam created by the leaders of our nation including the ruling Congress Government in Delhi, during the recent Assembly elections. It is estimated that 60 mn cell phone users were spammed with 120mn SMS messages. One97 communications said that they scrubbed the list against theContinue 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
The DoT has announced the time line for the auction of 3G Spectrum and BWA Spectrum. Earlier it was reported that BWA Auction would happen first. However, DoT is now auctioning the 3G spectrum first and BWA later. As proposed earlier, BSNL / MTNL have got a backdoor entry inContinue Reading
If you recall my post on DoCoMo buying stake in Tata Teleservices at a super premium, I had ended the post by saying, Shall we now expect Anil Ambani to strike a deal at higher valuations And ET is reporting today that RCom is looking for a strategic investor toContinue Reading
TRAI in its recommendations released just a while ago is of the view that 3G Spectrum Licenses be restricted to existing Telecom Players – UASL / CMTS licensees.? These recommendations come at a critical time as the Spctrum Auction schedule is already announced. DoT is of the view that 3GContinue Reading
The DoT which is one of the most non-transparent departments of the Government of India, directly under the Telecom Minsistry has come under the scanner of Parliamentary committee on IT constituting MPs. The committe has sent 34 questions to the DoT on why it is not following the regulations of?Continue Reading
Nimbuzz which partnered with largest German social network – StudiVZ has announced partnerships with several VoIP service providers. They are facilitating arrangements between service providers and content owners. Jahangir Raina at iLocus says that they will be the first VoIP operator to make money. The Nimbuzz release said, By joiningContinue Reading
You are already aware of the exuberant deal between NTT DoCoMo and Tata Telservices at the time of global economic crisis. Certainly, Tata’s need to be congratulated as they were able to command a 50% premium valuations to India’s leading mobile operator – Bharti Airtel [basis of EV / SubscriberContinue Reading
Bharti Airtel’s Gross Revenues from Wireless Operations in Q2-FY09 [June-Sept] equals combined revenues of BSNL and all the CDMA operators in India [RCom, Tata TeleServices, Shyam and HFCL]. Alternatively, Bharti Airtel’s Revenues also equals to the combined revenues of second and third largest mobile operators [Vodafone India and Reliance Communications]Continue Reading
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