DoT running short of Mobile Numbers – One time charge of Rs 5 coming
What applies to a common Indian’s lifestyle about amassing and hoarding [property, jewelery, etc] also applies to most Telecom operators in the country. After Spectrum hoarding, these companies have also amassed Mobile numbers sending the planners in TRAI and DoT back to the Design board. In the first place, theContinue Reading
Accelerators + Visual Search + Web Slices bring innovation to IE 8.0
Microsoft which lagged the browser war for the last couple of years has bounced back with the release of IE 8.0 packed with some innovations – Accelerators, Visual Search and Web Slices. According to ieaddons.com, Accelerators – Simply highlight some text from any web page and then click on theContinue Reading
Reliance launches EVDO based Broadband – Will it make a Difference ?
Following the footsteps of BSNL and Tata Indicom Photon, Reliance Communications has launched its Broadband services on EVDO Technology branded as NetConnect. [Coverage on NetConnect Plans and Coverage Map here] Wireless Broadband using EVDO – What does this mean ? RCom already offers broadband services via Optical Fiber Cable andContinue Reading
Reliance GSM Subscriber Addition Fizzles Out – Growth Rate Drops 33%
Reliance Communications added a whopping ~5mn subscribers in Jan-09. But the rate of growth certainly looks unsustainable as it could add mere 3.38 mn subscribers [GSM + CDMA] in Feb-09. Even after taking into account Feb as a month with 3 short days, compared to Jan, RCom couldn’t maintain theContinue Reading
Interconnection Usage Charges down 33% – Favors Incumbent GSM Operators
TRAI’s ruling on reducing the Interconnection Usage Charges [IUC] by 33% favors incumbent operators, really especially the GSM Operators – Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Aditionally, the GSM Lobby had raised their voice to increase the termination charges for ILD / ISD calls and TRAI has reviewed the sameContinue Reading
Mittal Plays Down on MVNOs in India – Virgin Mobile not very profitable
I happened to watch this interview of Mr. Sunil Mittal [Founder and Chariman of Bharti Airtel] on CNBC this evening where he said MVNOs don’t make sens in the current context of Indian Wireless market. DoT has given the Green Signal for MVNOs to be operational in India. I can’tContinue Reading
Airtel introduces Broadband Speed Cap on Unlimited Plans + Speed on Demand
Airtel Broadband has quietly introduced a cap on broadband speed its customers can use every month. For instance, if you look at their website for Home 2222 Plus plan, the company is supposd to provide 1 Mbps unlimited data transfer for a month. However, Airtel now says that they provideContinue Reading
Pubmatic / Komli Platform Helping Large Publishers Increase eCPM
This blog may not be categorized into the category of Big Publishers [ couple of millions of Page Views / Month]. However, volunteering to be the Webmaster for others, I am looking for a solution to monetize big inventory across 3 different verticals. At first I thought Google was theContinue Reading
Reliance gets 5 mn GSM Customers in Jan – Airtel’s Mittal in Emergency Meeting
I just saw a newsflash on CNBC TV18 that Reliance GSM has added a whopping 5 mn customers on its newly launched GSM Platform. [I believe this is an all time India Record] The rest of GSM Pack led by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL etc have managed to add 9Continue Reading