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With spectrum being a scarce resource, the war between GSM and CDMA operators has intensified asking for a probe in every major policy decision. CDMA operators allege that GSM operators are not paying for additional spectrum allocated and for the spectrum allocated over 6.25 MHz, a cap for every operator. GSMContinue Reading

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In what we can call the reversal fo trend, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Essar have quietly hiked the tariffs by 20%. All pre-paid and post-paid subscribers using lower end tariff pack with rentals les than Rs 150 / month will now have to pay Rs 1.20 per minute for calls betweenContinue Reading

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Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is Voice and Data’s Telecom Person of the Year 2007. Anil Ambani assumed charge of Reliance Infocomm [subsequently name changed to Reliance Communications] in June-2005 after the division of Reliance empire with elder brother Mukesh Ambani. [Photo: Anil Ambani entering DAKC after assuming charge as the Chairman ofContinue Reading

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For the financial year ended March-2007, the Wireless/Mobile services revenue grew 56% YoY in India. Mobile service providers recorded revenues of 56,183 crore [~ $14 Billion] while the Wireline segment witnessed a 11.6% decline in revenues to Rs 30,190 crore [~ $7.5 Billion]. Indian consumers and corporates made more calls overseas recordingContinue Reading

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All the decks are now clear for BSNL’s rapid wireless expansion with Ericsson accepting the terms of the revised BSNL GSM 2G / 3G tender. Ericsson has also submitted a bank guarantee accepting the offer. We all know that, BSNL’s mega  GSM tender was in a mess with change of guard inContinue Reading

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Here is a peek into Bharti Airtel’s performance for Q1 2008. It has 42.7 million wireless subscribers [up from 37 Million a quarter ago]. Bharti Airtel has the highest wireless market share in India at 23.5% Bharti has 1.9 Million Broadband and Telephony[Wireline] customers Airtel Broadband Subscriber number now stands atContinue Reading

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The National Do Not Call Registry of India, an initiative by TRAI is Up and Running now. TRAI in a notification in early June had promised to take the registry live in 3 months. The NDNC Registry is hosted here. The registry has an issue. If you subscribe to BSNLContinue Reading

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Reliance Communications acquired Yipes Enterprise Services on Monday in an all cash $300 Million deal. Yesterday, it dumped 5% stake in its subsidiary, Reliance Telecom Infrastructure Ltd [RTIL] company to strategic investors [VCs,PE Funds and FIIs] at a whopping $337.5 Million thus valuing RTIL at whopping $6.75 Billion. This is a very intelligentContinue Reading