Passionately following the Indian #Telecom Industry for over a decade from Business, Consumer and a Technical perspective. My primary focus area is Consumer & Digital Experience.
The Indian telecom industry is at loggerheads with the sector regulator, Trai, for various reasons, including call drops. The relationship may further deteriorate and take an ugly turn with the GSM telecom operators is mulling over taking the Trai to court over the ban on discriminatory pricing of data services. … Read More
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said that it is planning to buy US-based startup Gainspeed in order to expand its footprint in the cable market globally. Gainspeed specializes in DAA (Distributed Access Architecture) solutions for the cable industry via its Virtual CCAP (Converged Cable Access Platform) product line. Founded in 2012, … Read More
The Indian telecom regulator has issued a consultation paper seeking opinion of stakeholders whether telecom services be given access within buildings for better service quality. Titled as ‘In-building access by Telecom Service Providers’, the paper says that the people are spending a large part of their time inside buildings. Hence, … Read More
The 2G or GSM/EDGE subscriber base will decline after 2016 due to operator initiatives to migrate 2G subscribers to 3G, decreasing handset prices and bundling of data with devices, according to Ericsson Mobility Report India edition. The report also said that the population coverage of 4G LTE networks in India is … Read More
Players like Datawind and Oxigen have kicked off talks with Indian telecom operators to start offering telecom services as a Virtual Network Operator (VNO) before this year end. The move follows the release of licence guidelines for VNOs by the Indian telecom department. Suneet Singh Tuli, President and CEO DataWind said, … Read More
Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom carrier by subscribers, is planning to open 100 new company retail stores (CRS) across the country to increase the uptake of its 4G services, already available in 10 telecom circles. The Aditya Birla Group Company on Friday launched its hundredth such store in Mylapore, … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday issued guidelines for virtual network operators (VNOs), following the nod from the Telecom Commission in March this year. The move now allows the VNOs to start operations and offer consumers more choices for voice and data services. VNOs are generally retailers of telecom … Read More
The mobile data traffic in India is likely to grow fifteen times by the year 2021 on the back of rapid penetration of smartphone and high-speed 4G LTE services, according to Ericsson Mobility Report. The report said that Indian market added maximum 21 million mobile subscriptions globally in the first quarter … Read More
Ratings firm Moody’s Friday said that Reliance Communications (RCom) outlook will remain negative but the company’s FY 2015-16 results can be accommodated in its Ba3 corporate family rating and senior secured rating. RCom’s consolidated revenues for Q4 ended March 2016 were up 3.8% year-on-year (YoY) to around Rs 59 billion. Revenues … Read More
Jio Infocomm may launch its commercial 4G services with 90,000 mobile cell sites with 608 million GB per month capacity across the country, IDFC Securities said in a note. Jio’s network may well reach 125,000 4G-sites in India on 850MHz/1800MHz/2300MHz spectrum bands by 2019, the agency said, adding the network then … Read More
Bharti Airtel may not bid for spectrum in the 700 Mhz band in the upcoming mega spectrum sale, due to given the high indicative price for this spectrum, limited device availability and the company’s ownership of alternative spectrum (1800MHz/2300MHz) to roll out 4G services, according to ratings firm Fitch. Airtel has … Read More
Reliance Communications has posted a 3.5% sequential jump in its net profit at Rs 177 crore, against Rs 171 crore in the third quarter. The net profit however declined 22% on an yearly basis, hurt by lower revenue from voice and data services. The company has also reported 11.7% sequential surge … Read More
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