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I should not hesitate to congratulate Hon’ble IT Minister, Dayanidhi Maran for clearing all the hurdles that are in the way of telecom growth story in India. He initiated, chaired and negotiated a meeting of the captains of the Indian Mobile industry asking them to share and efficiently use infrastructureContinue Reading

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We are talking of Telecom revolution in India and boasting about lowest rates in India. But everything is coming at some cost. Poor QoS and customer service, lack of security and incompatibility between operators. What ? Yes did you know that Toll Free calling is incompatible between telecom service providers.Continue Reading

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Looks like telcos and cellcos in India are in no mood to slowdown. Reliance Communication’s GSM arm, Reliance Telecom has announced to expand aggressively in 4,000 cities and towns. Reliance has also sought a license fees of Rs150 crores and Rs100 crores for 3G licenses for Metro circles(Delhi, Mumbai, ChennaiContinue Reading

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Finance Ministry has favoured entry fees for autioning 3G licenses. The fees could be as high as Rs250 crores for each of the metros – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkatta. Each of the “Category A” states (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Mahrashtra, Gujarat and Tamilnadu) are likely to attract fees of Rs150Continue Reading

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What you do over the weekend ? Most of us clean. Exactly I was cleaning(deleting and backing up) my laptop and bumped into some interesting stuff. Historic tariffs of Indian Telecom – Local, STD and ISD. ISD/ILD prices have fallen from a peak of Rs90/Minute to less than Rs9.0/Minute now.(AirtelContinue Reading

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After SEZs, its time for a wirless park. Telecom multinationals operating in India – Nokia,Motorola and Siemens are setting up shop in Jarkhand’s Rs75 Crores wireless park. Hutch and Essar continue to battle over BPL mobile’s Mumbai circle. Latest acquistion by Esaar group is, Hutch executives tried to poach theContinue Reading

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I was determiend to find out what were the 4th cellular operators license costs in India that were auctioned of in 2001. I first looked at DOT & TRAI but I couldn’t expect more from them being government managed websites. Then I landed up on Hindu. I found two reportsContinue Reading

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Finally, the Anil Ambani controlled Reliance Infocomm thought it was time to declare results and bring some transperency. Blame it on the Indian government’s telecom policy or Ambani’s inherited busienss practice, it is still not very clear who holds how much in Reliance Infocomm with so many subsidiaries and crossContinue Reading