India Telecom
This article should have been posted long time ago, sorry for the procrastination. India already has close to 250 million wireless subscribers. At a growth rate of mere 26% YoY by 2010 we will have 500 million subscribers. I really fail to understand the entry of new Telecom operators –Continue Reading
The battle for Telecom supremacy between Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications has entered a new phase with Reliance Communications [Rcom] lowering entry level mobile service lifetime tariffs to as low as Rs 199, while Bharti Airtel is charging Reliance Communications 10-12 times higher for interim undersea international bandwidth. Rcom loweredContinue Reading
In a conference call concluded just minutes ago, Reliance Communications [RCom] Chairman, Anil Ambani said that by March-08 all CAPEX investments on the CDMA front would be done. Mr. Ambani hopes to end the year FY08 with a CAPEX of $5.2 bn and has a guidance of $6 bn CAPEXContinue Reading
Just a while ago I received Bharti Airtel’s results for Q3 FY2008 and here is an excerpt, [ subscriber nos at the end of Dec-2007] It has 55.16 mn Wireless subscribers and 2.1 million Telemedia subscribers [Wireline and Broadband division will henceforth be known as Telemedia because it will alsoContinue Reading
After TRAI’s objections to DoT’s stand on spectrum, DoT has quickly changed its stance and quietly adopted TRAI’s recommendations. The following graphs show how GSM mobile operators can claim incremental spectrum, which is linked to subscriber addition in various Telecom circles. Metro Circles: Circle A: Circle B: CDMA operators areContinue Reading
TRAI chief, Mr. Misra has now come up openly against A. Raja, on whose behest the DoT operates. Mr. Misra alleges that DoT has not accepted TRAI’s recommendations on Spectrum allocation in its entirety and has modified to favor CDMA operators [ Reliance Communications ]. Mr. Misra raised his voiceContinue Reading
Reliance Communications has been granted 4.4Mhz spectrum in all the 14 circles where it wanted to start GSM operations. From various reports it looks like the DoT and the government has favored Reliance Communications, especially no transparency in accepting the recommendations on spectrum and issuing LoI to other incumbents. VodafoneContinue Reading
The year 2007 was another remarkable year for Bharti Airtel. The company retained its Numero Uno slot in the Indian Wireless market. At the end of Dec-2007, the company had 55.16 mn subscribers up by 72.5% YoY. Vodafone Essar India ended the year with 39.86 mn subscribers. BSNL which gainedContinue Reading
The battle for supremacy in the fastest growing Mobile communications market intensified with Bharti Airtel slashing prices in the pre-paid segment and RCom reacting within couple of hours. ~80% of the mobile phone users are in the pre-paid category. It has been widely reported in the press that Bharti hasContinue Reading
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