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Sanjay December 18th, 2013 12:30 PM 24 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Surrenders Extra CDMA Spectrum in 15 Telecom Circles

Dual technology telecom operator, Tata Docomo, the flagship brand for Tata Teleservices (TTL) has surrendered its excess CDMA Spectrum in 15 telecom circles out of 19 circles due to huge losses amid intense competition or less scope in CDMA services. Tata Teleservices (TTL) which is country's sixth largest telecom operator in terms of subscribers (including both CDMA and GSM) had told the Department of Telecom (Dot) - Govt of India... Read More

Sanjay April 17th, 2013 4:02 PM 23 COMMENTS

Tata Teleservices To Submit Additional CDMA Spectrum back to DoT in all circles except Delhi and Mumbai

According to our exclusive sources, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) all set to submit its additional CDMA spectrum back to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in all circles except Delhi and Mumbai to avoid one time payment charges. Recently,the telecom department (DoT) had imposed a one-time spectrum charge on airwaves held by existing mobile phone companies (CDMA and GSM) after the central Government had cleared the proposal in late 2012. For... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 8th, 2013 3:48 PM 5 COMMENTS

Empowered Group of Ministers Decides to Halve CDMA Spectrum Price by up to 50% for Upcoming March Auction

The empowered Group of Ministers has suggested slashing of CDMA spectrum price by up to 50 per cent for upcoming auction in March. However, the final decision has to be taken by the cabinet. If approved, this will help in halving spectrum prices to about Rs 4,500 crore, and would help the CDMA to scale up services. The government will also auction spectrum in the 900-MHz band, supposed to be... Read More

Sanjay November 2nd, 2012 10:51 PM 34 COMMENTS

Videocon Telecommunications Withdraws Bid for CDMA Spectrum

Videocon Telecommunications today withdrawn its bid for the 800 Mhz band - CDMA Spectrum in the upcoming 2G Spectrum Auction of India. On October 29 Videocon has announced as a pre-qualifier in bidding process by Department of Telecommunications (DoT). The last date for withdrawing applications is 5 November. Videocon which has also applied for GSM spectrum, had got the 2G licenses for 21 telecom circles in 2008 which has been... Read More

Sanjay February 24th, 2012 4:28 PM 19 COMMENTS

Dual Tech Telcos Responsible For Losses of Over Rs.51977 Crore : COAI

India's GSM industry body COAI - The Cellular operators Association of India, today said that the Government has suffered a loss of Rs.51977 crore due to owing to license and related violations by the Dual-Technology operators (Tata Docomo and Reliance) in the country. COAI claims that Dual-Technology operators (GSM-CDMA) are in fact beneficiaries of a decision taken by DOT during the period September 2007 to March 2008. Decisions taken during... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 2nd, 2010 12:36 AM 36 COMMENTS

Can 3G Become Swiss Knife In Coming Days?

3G from Tata Docomo is just few days away! 3G business was a pricey one, now it is affordable, thanks to BSNL who drops unlimited 3G data plans to Rs 700 per month! More excitement are just some months away as most operators plan to roll out their own 3G services in Q1 of 2011. After becoming affordable 3G will bring some changes in India despite of the fact it... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas October 18th, 2010 10:03 AM 79 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo 3G Is Coming – Preview By Telecomtalk

Tata Docomo, the joint venture of TTSL and Japan’s telecom major NTT Docomo has announced launch of next gen 3G mobile services by diwali. TTSL is one of those companies who operate both on CDMA and GSM technologies to offer telecom services throughout the country. The company has reached the mark of 80 million subscribers on GSM and CDMA platform at the end of September, 2010. As Tata Docomo, the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas October 9th, 2010 1:49 AM 37 COMMENTS

Tata Photon Plus Intros New Affordable Prepaid Plans

Tata Photon plus, EVDO based wireless high speed internet access service (HSIA) from Tata Teleservices introduces new prepaid data plans. Tata Photon plus prepaid plans also includes some unlimited plans, not in true sense as after certain usage on high speed internet speed will be lowered down to 1X speed. Now Photon+ prepaid packs are starting at most affordable Rs 100. Photon Plus also has unlimited postpaid plans.Tata photon plus’s... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 30th, 2010 12:26 AM 30 COMMENTS

MTS Revised Unlimited MBlazer Pack, Now 12GB at High Speed

While everyone is dreaming about affordable wireless broadband as private GSM operators will roll out 3G services, but guess what private telcos are not listening to you. While you can not compare 3G plans of BSNL/MTNL with private operators, you must find sharp contrast of tariff plans of BSNL EVDO and private operators' EVDO services (Reliance, Tata & MTS) where BSNL has affordable plans with limited coverage. MTS India, the... Read More

Santosh Dornal August 9th, 2010 3:20 AM 15 COMMENTS

Wireless Internet Why Speed Differs At Different Times In Different Networks

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 based on legacy GSM radio technology. On the other hand 3G has picked up the... Read More

TT Desk July 28th, 2010 4:12 AM 1 COMMENTS

An Overview Telecom In India -By Frost And Sullivan Part 1

In this two-part segment Frost & Sullivan will help one to analyze the current market scenario of Indian telecom and the 2nd part talks about competitive analysis, future opportunities for Indian telecom industry. MARKET OVERVIEW Entry and geographical expansion of services by new players ensured average monthly subscriber addition of over 18 million and unprecedented low tariff rates in the first quarter of 2010. The mobile subscriber base stood at... Read More

Santosh Dornal July 13th, 2010 11:29 AM 30 COMMENTS

What is 3G – A Quick Look

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) tracks the evolution of the mobile communication systems. Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) from GSM... Read More