India Telecom
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
Analysts do give a company sometime before they react on recommending a stock and the amount of time Tata Communications got was more than anybody expected. What is really commendable is the report released by HSBC Telecom Analysts – Sharma and Grinnan who have openly expressed their views against TataContinue 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
I first pointed out last year that RCom was seriously considering to switching to GSM Wireless network when CDMA Operators talks with Qualcomm were deadlocked [supervised by then IT Minsister, Mr. Maran] However, Mr. Ambani himself has denied in the past two conference calls, that CDMA will be turned offContinue Reading
TRAI has released recommendations [DoT is likely to accept them with some modifications] permitting ISPs to offer unrestricted internet telephony [permitting them to terminate calls on PSTN/PLMN networks]. Until now only international VoIP telephony was legal. NLD operators shall be permitted to connect to public internet and shall have mutualContinue Reading
Here is some insight on how 3G has shaped in Asian Economies. We second TRAI’s decision to go with Auction of 3G Spectrum because of Transparency over the Beauty Contest Method which can be tilted anyway the Bureaucrats want. Most countries have awarded 3G spectrum to service providers when 2GContinue 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
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