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Rudradeep Biswas November 28th, 2012 1:28 PM 49 COMMENTS

Telenor to merge with Tata Tele : Another Media Speculation ?

In an interesting development Telenor is reported to be in talks with Tata Teleservices to merge their operations in India. Though the media reports suggest that it may happend only after country's telecom regulator comes out with an abstract M&A rule. Both Telenor and Tata Telesevices are silent on this market speculation. Considering earlier market report of CDMA operator Sistema Shyam Teleservices (operates under MTS India ) buying GSM/3G/BWA service... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 21st, 2012 3:11 PM 46 COMMENTS

A Simple Text Message Makes the Operators Locked Horns

Indian mobile operators are in a tussle as some of them are disconnecting SMS interconnection from other operators. And as usual the subscribers are in a mess at the end. The issues have been started since Diwali, when Airtel blocked incoming SMS from Reliance and Aircel on the ground of spamming their network. Currently the SMS interconnection is mandated by TRAI, but the termination charge is not decided by TRAI, it can be negotiated between two... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas November 4th, 2012 12:31 PM 15 COMMENTS

Spectrum Refarming on 900MHz : Is it Another Mess-up for Telecom Sector?

Spectrum refarming is a hot issue in Indian telecom. Telecom Commission of India recommended to go for spectrum refarming on 900 MHz band so that this band can be used for 4G roll out. Currently incumbent players like Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL are holding most of the 900MHz spectrum and Aircel, Reliance, Idea are having it in selected circles. New players who got licenses in 2008 have using 1800MHz band of... Read More

Srikapardhi October 22nd, 2012 11:11 AM 37 COMMENTS

Operators Uses New Ways To Seek Attention

Back to 2007, TRAI has set up a National Do Not Call (NDNC or DND) Registry to curb unsolicited Promotional or Commercial Calls/Messages arising from Telecom Systems to protect consumer interests. It was in 2010, I attended a cousin’s wedding where I and a few others had to take care of all the arrangements for the ceremony. As usual a hectic workload managing things, receiving calls, answering them all day... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas October 21st, 2012 12:22 PM 52 COMMENTS

Does India Need to Adopt Speed Based 3G Data Plans ?

In India, 3G services are yet to be a mass adopted technology unlike 2G is a massive hit. One of the reasons behind India's poor uptake of 3G is internet speed over 2G network is still sufficient for web search, social networking and music download for many users. Operators and VAS companies are still to build to ecosystem apart from just internet for 3G services, which is lucrative enough for the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 16th, 2012 1:38 PM 59 COMMENTS

3G is Still Not Popular: What Can Be Done?

3G is double edged sword for the operators. First they paid huge to get the spectrum, secondly 3G did not take off properly among the Indian consumers. For 3G operators mistook in many terms, they didn't anticipate the failure of 3G on the contrary to very successful 2G, they probably did not estimate the cost for network expansion and spectrum buy out as well. So after nearly 2 years of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 9th, 2012 4:02 PM 42 COMMENTS

What BSNL Can Do With CDMA 800MHz Spectrum

State owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd which runs a CDMA network country-wide alongwith much used GSM /3G network is planning to hire a consultant firm to take suggestions on What to do for its CDMA network? According to industry sources, BSNL is on the way to explore the options to utilize Pan India CDMA network on 800MHz band. But Chairman and Managing Director or BSNL, RK Upadhyaya confirms that the company... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 26th, 2012 11:11 PM 15 COMMENTS

Five Moves Airtel Can Take for 4G Penetration

If you see telecom market is going through some dull moments, all are waiting for the spectrum pricing decision to be taken by EGoM. However what happens to excitement around 4G? 4G excitement is now lowered down because no second player in the market, Airtel is just sitting alone on 4G space with their costly devices and not-so-bad tariff plans. There is no definite date from Reliance Infotel about launch... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas May 30th, 2012 3:01 PM 1 COMMENTS

3G Tariff War Begins in India – Our Take

18 months back, Tata Docomo turned to be India’s first private mobile operator to start 3G services, followed by Reliance, Airtel, Idea and Vodafone. State owned MTNL and BSNL are in 3G business since 2009 3G was delayed to launch in India, but due to high tariff, poor coverage as well as lack of affordable devices 3G services did not take off properly. Though BSNL and MTNL tried to cut down... Read More

Mandanna March 21st, 2012 2:16 AM 94 COMMENTS

TRAI Simplifies Life for Mobile Users Starting Today

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) the regulatory body seeks to ensure Quality Of Service (QOS) across telecom operators in the country. On 6 January 2012 it outlined several guidelines via Directive no. 308-5/2011-QOS dubbed as TELECOM CONSUMERS PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2012, as earlier we shared on TelecomTalk. On 21 March 2012 these directives need to be implemented starting today. BSNL will be the first telecom operator which has already announced... Read More

P K Tarun March 16th, 2012 6:44 PM 14 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Sectors Reaction on Union Budget 2012

The telecom market of India is still on the phase of expansion and attractive to operators, passive infrastructure providers, equipment vendors, OEMs and other related industries. Telecom industry today has become as important to the economy as another basic need for people.Few operators and manufactures have come forward and shared the post budget reaction and we have summed it up. Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO MTS India Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO of Sistema... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 11th, 2012 2:45 AM 51 COMMENTS

Can Uninor Sustain in India ?

Following the Supreme Court's verdict to cancel 122 2G mobile licenses, Indian telecom market is going through jeopardy. STel and Cheers already shut down their services and asked their customers to opt for other operators via MNP; while Loop is ready to return the spectrum of 21 licenses. And those are partially hit - Idea Cellular and Tata Tele filed a review petition on the ground that they applied a... Read More