Internet Services Revenue Breakup for June Quarter-09
Internet Services in India is still a small market – 2039.51 cr / USD430 mn in Q1-2009 [June-30]. Here is the break up under various offerings as published by TRAI. Dial-up is still in vogue – 138.52 cr 🙂 Leased Lines – 454.09 cr Broadband – 1221.06 cr VoIP whichContinue Reading
MTS India EVDO Wireless Broadband Internet Branded as MBlaze
One the first of September-09, as soon as MTS revealed to me that they have deployed 1X Advanced CDMA Network, I first wrote on this blog that they are going to launch EVDO Based broadband very soon and then established communication with them, which was clarified the next day 🙂Continue Reading
Mobile Tariff War – Can Airtel’s Mittal Sweteen Ambani’s Holiday Gift ? Scope Offer More
Anil Ambani coming from Finance background may have approved the Simply Reliance Tariff plan in denial. [Somebody made money shorting Bharti Airtel heavily, if you are from SEBI, investigate this] However, I must differ from opinion of the rest that this is not the end of the Tariff war. Mr.Continue Reading
Reliance Simple Tariff Plan Leads to Downgarde of Indian Telecom Stocks
RCom’s Simply Reliance Tariff which has redefined the Wireless Industry Tariff Benchmark in Inda has led to Downgrade of Indian Telecom Stocks. Here is what Analysts had to say in their report. Vinay Jaising of Morgan Stanely wrote, ….the cheapest one for the consumer, we think the only gainer fromContinue Reading
Simply Reliance – Mobile Tariffs – India at 50 Paise / Minute
I normally don’t like to write about Tariff Plans. However, this is something that needs a mention as it is the Most Disruptive Tariff plan for a PAN India Operator like Reliance Communications. ~3.5 years after BSNL Rolled out One India Plan [Call Anywhere in India at INR 1 /Continue Reading
MVNO Applicable to 2G + 3G Wireless Services in India
The DoT is supposed to release the Information Memorandum on 3G Auction which contains other related information as well. The Document is not yet officially released but channel sources have been leaking information. Here is one I have got just seconds ago. In a development that will lead to furtherContinue Reading
3G Auction to be HOT – Foreign telcos foray likely into 2G space as well
Government is understood to have accepted a key demand from foreign telecom operators which were looking to participate in the forthcoming third generation (3G) auction. As per a proposal from the department of telecommunications (DoT), successful foreign bidders for the 3G spectrum would also be allowed to participate in theContinue Reading
BSNL DataOne Broadband Plans Get Evil – Restrict Bandwidth
State owned Telco – BSNL known for its consumer friendly plans has gone Evil [maybe under the influence of Private operators lobby who started the bandwidth cap] BSNL Dataone Broadband has introduced two new unlimited plans, designed much on the lines of Bharti Airtel’s new broadband plans and has goneContinue Reading
Fon WiFi Routers go Web 2.0 Savvy – Fonera 2.0N
Apart from writing on the Indian Telecom space, I like innovation and here is one such product that makes me write about it with a WoW feeling. At first in 2006, Fon / Foneras[ WiFi Spot] was to have FREE WiFI network. The startup is backed by Valley’s most innovativeContinue Reading