TelecomMap: Mapping The Telecom Networks in India

First of all we would like to thank all of you for making very good attempts to guess what we were launching today. Yes, many of you have guessed it right. It’s a brand new website with a difference.

It seems that many of you wanted us to launch one-stop site for mobile recharge, posting complaints against operators, gadget reviews and a lot more. We liked it! Thanks again! We would also like to assure you that we have started working on your suggestions and we will be soon implementing the same.

As we had mentioned in yesterday’s post, it is very different and exclusive, above all it’s for the benefit of general public! We will be leading a first of its kind initiative in the telecom history of India with the launch of TelecomMap.com ! Isn’t the name interesting?? Read on to learn more.

With TelecomMap we are making a novel attempt to apply crowdsourcing techniques to improve the Telecom services in India. TelecomMap maps the information about presence of 3G Networks,Network Quality and free Wi-Fi hotspots in Indian towns/cities.

Details will be overlaid on Google Maps which means you can even map your street for 3G presence! Does it sound complex now? No, it really isn’t. You can submit the information very easily – through tweets, with a simple web-form or even by sending an email. You just submit the information, we will map it for you. Hence it demands extensive participation from you.

You just need to be a 3G or a public Wi-Fi user to participate. TelecomMap aims to provide information about availability and quality of 3G and Wi-Fi across India to existing as well as future users. Thus the information you provide can help someone else when they decide to go for 3G. At the same time you may benefit from other’s inputs. Telecom operators may take a cue from all these and strive to improve their services.

Ways to provide information:

1. Send tweets with hashtag telecommap in this format:

For 3G coverage: #telecommap 3G Covered Loc: Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. NW: Operator name. Qual: In a scale 1-5

For Wi-Fi: #telecommap WiFi Hotspot available Loc: CV Nagar, Bengaluru NW: Operator name. Qual: In a scale 1-5

2. Use Submit a Report option.

3. Mail exact location details with operator name and quality to info@telecommap.com.

So isn’t everything simple and easy now? Go ahead and start submitting information at http://www.telecommap.com! Let’s see who submit’s first!

For time being we will be mapping 3G network availability,Network Quality and Wi-Fi hotspot you can also put forward the suggestion for mapping we would be more than happy to include the same and if you want to Volunteer do drop us an E-mail.

Keshav Jha September 15, 2011 at 5:41 pm

Grate feature TT. Thanks…

Rajesh September 15, 2011 at 7:20 am

Rajesh Soni September 14, 2011 at 8:39 am

Server down???

Prem Dhanapal September 14, 2011 at 5:32 am

Very good move

Puneet September 13, 2011 at 11:45 pm

I think publishing mobile apps is the best way forward. Make apps like speed test for mobile phones. That app will then transmit data back to your server along with the location information. Something similar is provided by Speedtest.net but you can have a much refined system. @Himanshu

AzK September 13, 2011 at 11:43 pm

hey,tarun,who is the winner of your guessing contest?

Tarun September 13, 2011 at 11:46 pm

@AzK well no one was able to give the correct reply

mansoor September 13, 2011 at 11:02 pm

Good move.
1.

sAm September 13, 2011 at 10:29 pm

Really a nice attempt !!!!!!
Keep Growing.. ALL THE BEST TT..

Koustabh Sahoo September 13, 2011 at 8:09 pm

wow +1

Bohra September 13, 2011 at 8:01 pm

@amarrdiip
+1

amarrdiip September 13, 2011 at 6:17 pm

also include bsnl & other service provider evdo coverage detail

sumit kalika September 13, 2011 at 6:14 pm

All the best..

Ankur Mhatre September 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm

Good move

Santu Sovan Mandal September 13, 2011 at 4:06 pm

Congrats TT & best of wishes to TM.

Himanshu September 13, 2011 at 3:23 pm

You could come up with apps android…etc. to map actual signal (of 3g, 2g, wifi) strength along with the GPS co-ordinates. This will give the real picture of signal coverage.

Abhi September 13, 2011 at 3:08 pm

@Admin
It will be more beneficial if you also include EVDO coverage of CDMA operators(BSNL,Tata,Reliance,MTS) because they also provide wireless broadband.

viaks619 September 13, 2011 at 2:36 pm

Congratulations to TT team

wishes best of luck to telicommap hope this site will also become popular as telicomtalk

Dhananjay September 13, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Great… i will inform you soon about 3g coverage of my area

Nadeem September 13, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Would be nice if people can say if WiFi access is free or not.

ravi shekhar September 13, 2011 at 1:23 pm

Congratulations to TT team and TT users,I think this is the best move by TT till now. It will be better if people talk about GPRS or EDGE capability of network and 2G network penetration in a street or region.If you talk about EDGE and 2G then more no. of people will be benefited.

mks September 13, 2011 at 1:07 pm