http://telecomtalk.info Tracking Developments In Indian Telecom Industry Wed, 16 May 2012 18:30:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://telecomtalk.info/mobile-number-portability-a-quick-read/41205/ http://telecomtalk.info/mobile-number-portability-a-quick-read/41205/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:24:06 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=41205 Back in the day’s people mostly used wire lines to communicate. It was noticed that customers never liked if they had to change there telephone numbers if they move from one place to other. The wireless industry was just picking up then.Number Portability came making it possible for subscribers to move from one place to [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/mobile-number-portability-a-quick-read/41205/feed/ 50 http://telecomtalk.info/4g-an-overview/54672/ http://telecomtalk.info/4g-an-overview/54672/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:10:44 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=54672 Behold, 4G is coming soon. As 3G services are on the verge of start, operators are already chalking out plans for deploying 4G here in India. As you might know Verizon in USA and Vodafone D2 in Germany have successfully launched 4G services, many operators around the world are ready to follow soon. The following [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/4g-an-overview/54672/feed/ 15 http://telecomtalk.info/miniature-base-stations-at-your-home/36893/ http://telecomtalk.info/miniature-base-stations-at-your-home/36893/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:49:07 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=36893 Hello would you like to have a base station? Well, not really base station doesn’t fit my house. So how about a tiny base station that sits somewhere in the corner of house. Sounds interesting? Basically, a mobile is connected to a base station all the time to make or receive calls the stations are [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/miniature-base-stations-at-your-home/36893/feed/ 22 http://telecomtalk.info/wireless-internet-why-speed-differs-at-different-times-in-different-networks/36273/ http://telecomtalk.info/wireless-internet-why-speed-differs-at-different-times-in-different-networks/36273/#comments Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:50:07 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=36273 The current major mobile internet deployment in India is EDGE with pockets of 3G deployed by couple of operators. EDGE gives a maximum speed of 384Kbps with per channel capacity being around 50Kbps max. So a user on EDGE is atleast guaranteed a 64Kbps speed, which is fair enough for email and chat. EDGE is [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/wireless-internet-why-speed-differs-at-different-times-in-different-networks/36273/feed/ 15 http://telecomtalk.info/internet-on-mobile-a-pipe-perspective/35417/ http://telecomtalk.info/internet-on-mobile-a-pipe-perspective/35417/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:48:37 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=35417 Now who doesn’t want to watch a HD movie on a mobile phone? Ok, so here is how it all works. When a mobile is a connected to a network, for data access, a pipe is created for the same in the network. The pipe gets fatter as you pay higher below in simple words. [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/internet-on-mobile-a-pipe-perspective/35417/feed/ 12 http://telecomtalk.info/unlimited-plans-subscribers-dream-operators-nightmare/34709/ http://telecomtalk.info/unlimited-plans-subscribers-dream-operators-nightmare/34709/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:04:55 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=34709 Network and spectrum are pretty expensive things. Huge costs go in deploying networks. An operator who is ready to incur costs expects good return on investment. But the costs are so huge that it takes years for an operator to look at profits. Also they cannot charge heavily for service because they have incurred huge [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/unlimited-plans-subscribers-dream-operators-nightmare/34709/feed/ 46 http://telecomtalk.info/what-is-3g-a-quick-look/33512/ http://telecomtalk.info/what-is-3g-a-quick-look/33512/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:59:10 +0000 Santosh Dornal http://telecomtalk.info/?p=33512 3G is here or will be here! Much awaited spectrum has been auctioned and service providers are gearing up to launch their services. Even the mobile phone manufacturers are excited too. 3G has been around for a while in Europe and East Asia and has been refined to work efficiently there. International Telecom Union (ITU) [...]]]> http://telecomtalk.info/what-is-3g-a-quick-look/33512/feed/ 28