2014 has been a significant year for the Indian Telecom market and it has given reasons both to rejoice and despair to the different stakeholders in the industry. We take a look at how the year was for the customers and the operators and how different regulations have impacted the industry. Reasons for Customers to Rejoice: 4G Launch: Airtel launched 4G services thus putting India on the 4G map. Though... Read More
Bharti Airtel, country's largest mobile operator, is going to enter a challenging phase with Reliance Jio's upcoming & much-anticipated commercial launch of 4G services. To make it short, Airtel's strategy regarding 4G is basically in limbo until Jio launches its services. They are watching Jio's footprints but thanks to Jio's super secret policy they can see only what Jio is showing to everybody. Jio have understood that there is no... Read More
Two years back the groundbreaking National Telecom Policy 2012 was made which was set to transform telecommunications in India for new digital era. While the government managed to implement some of the recommendations, most of them are still just on paper. One of the key recommendations of the policy was to increase minimum broadband speed to 512kbps and subsequently to 2 Mbps by January 1st 2015. National Telecom Policy 2012... Read More
OnePlus One, the newly formed company's first smartphone garnered positive reviews due to its flagship-grade specifications at a mid-range price tag. It was initially launched in 17 countries including China, some European countries, and the US. Following a huge positive response from Indian consumers, the company decided to officially launch itself in the country. A few days ago, the company made it official that the OnePlus One will be officially available in India through Amazon... Read More
In a recent update, Google is starting an initiative in India to optimize its search results on mobile devices. This optimization will bring faster Google search on mobiles even on slower internet connection (2G or 1x). Google is serious about this, that’s mainly because Mountainview based company’s majority of revenues come from online advertisements. But now Facebook is becoming a strong competitor to Google, thanks to Facebook’s popularity on social... Read More
Few years back TRAI allowed operators to charge for contacting customer care executives at 50p/3min. But on condition that the operator should have a dedicated toll free complaints number 198. While all operators did follow this, but they are limiting number of calls made to 198 per day. So I did an investigation to reveal exact number of calls allowed per day to 198 by each operator. How did we test?... Read More
Competition is ripe and heating up in every product, industry and domain. The battle has now reached the Internet players. Recently Facebook hit the news for its pilot project where drones would be used to increase the connectivity and penetration of Internet. A recent report by Analysys Mason only strengthens the news. A new study from the telecom specialist firm Analysys Mason shows the internet players are investing upto USD... Read More
We had already analysed the affect of IM apps such as WhatsApp and Viber on telecom providers. Now, the rumours about WhatsApp introducing the voice calling feature have been doing the rounds since February. Last month, WhatsApp’s Jan Koum had indicated in a tweet that the voice calling feature would prove to be challenging to network carriers all around the globe. So should carriers be worried about the upcoming voice... Read More
Choosing a data plan is tough, especially when Indian Internet Service Providers are still providing misleading information to the users. In March 2012, TRAI had released a directive asking service providers to stop misleading customers with their advertisement. It said: “Advertising the titles of the tariff plans or other packages/schemes, which suggest unlimited usage, will be treated as misleading in situations where the features of such plan/scheme/package put restrictions on... Read More
You would have noticed different symbols appearing on your smartphone or tablet's status bar at different times such as G, E, 3G, H and H+. Ever wondered what do they actually mean? Many readers have been asking us their exact meanings and why those symbols keep on switching. I have created a small table which explains the meaning of all these symbols. Note 1: 8 Bits = 1 Byte. Hence, you need to divide... Read More
In my last article I explained how Indian ventures via 'PSEUDO-MVNO' route failed to sustain. But in the changed situation in the telecom sector, which includes less competition, exit of most new operators, power to incumbents, standardized tariff regime, expansion of 3G coverage & hence more uptake, upcoming 4G based mobile broadband, aggressive growth of mobile internet in urban areas, interest in mobile internet in rural areas, gross difference between... Read More
After new government sets in, there are only good news for state-run telcos - BSNL & MTNL. In the latest development BSNL decides for leasing or sharing its telecom towers across the country. The revenue from tower sharing can boost its present weak financial status. At present BSNL has around 73,000 towers of its own and a good number of them are in remote areas which will give good valuation. We... Read More
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