India's telecom minister Mr. Kapil Sibal has announced that Govt will conduct the auction for 700MHz spectrum by next year. In an event to commission country's first independent lab at Mumbai for measuring specific absorption rate (SAR) for mobile devices Mr. Sibal has told that Govt is going to auction 700MHz band (698-806 MHz) in any case by 2014. It is almost certain that 700MHz band will be used for... Read More
Before a storm, nature becomes too calm. In the midst of dull days at telecom we are expecting the tornado called 4G. The first 4G flight had taken off by Airtel but it is not a great journey so far. RIL Infotel is working on 4G to bring it in next 2-3 months and Tikona is scheduled for mid 2013. And there are media reports that say Aircel, which owns... Read More
Telecom operator Videocon Mobile Services will roll out fourth generation (4G) services across all is newly-won circles next year. Videcon had received spectrum across six circles - Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West), Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana - in the recently concluded spectrum auction. "We will get spectrum in January and we expect to roll out our LTE services in six circles by middle of 2013. We will... Read More
Though Indian telecom sector is going through a up and down phase this time, mostly because of regulatory irregularity, spectrum price and lukewarm response to 3G services; many analysts bet high on Reliance Infotel's upcoming 4G/LTE roll out in the country. In 2010 Infotel Broadband bagged pan India BWA spectrum i.e. 20 MHz on 2300 MHz band in all 22 circles, soon after Reliance Industries took 95% of Infotel Broadband.... Read More
Aircel the fast growing Pan India telecom operator in the country in a latest move has now chosen to offer iPhone 5 which will be launch on 2nd November, 2012 in India. According to our sources, Aircel will offer Factory Un-locked iPhone 5 priced 16GB model at Rs.45500, while the 32GB and 64GB versions will be available for Rs 52500 and Rs. 59500, respectively.The prices may vary in some States... Read More
It seems Reliance Industries owned Infotel Broadband has told the reason why they are not bidding for upcoming 2G spectrum. In a latest report RIL Infotel has asked Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to allocate mobile numbers as the company is ready to run trials of voice services on their yet-to-be-launched LTE-TDD network. Infotel is the pan India BWA spectrum winner, and is going to be biggest competitor to Bharti Airtel... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile service operator today launches its 4G LTE - High Speed Wireless Broadband Service in Pune (Maharashtra). After Kolkata and Bangalore Pune becomes the 3rd city in India wherein 4G - LTE services available. There is no changes on the Airtel Pune 4G tariff plans and device cost. The cost of the 4G USIM will be Rs. 49 and 4G dongle and wireless router is to be... Read More
Huawei today announced the launch of its Ascend P1 4G LTE smartphone in India, which becomes the country’s first 4G LTE smartphone. Huawei has launched this smartphone with Bharti Airtel and it will run on Airtel’s LTE 4G network commercially available in Kolkata and Bangalore and also in Pune from 18th October. The Huawei P1 LTE 4G smartphone running on Android 4.0.4 ICS with a variation of Huawei's very light... Read More
Bharti Airtel, leading mobile operator and first LTE/4G operator in India is all set to officially launch 4G/LTE-TDD services in Pune, Maharastra on October 18th. Pune will be the third Indian city to get LTE network after Kolkata and Bangaluru. In Maharastra Airtel's LTE-TDD network is made by Nokia Siemens. It should be noted that ZTE and Huawei are managing Airtel's LTE network in Kolkata and Bangaluru respectively. There is no changes on the Airtel... Read More
In India LTE services are yet to go mainstream, as Airtel 4G is still on its way to find a better uptake. But worldwide LTE is getting huge momentum as it seems to be the fastest growing mobile technology ever. In a recent report by GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) LTE (both LTE-FDD and LTE-TDD) services has been commercially launched by 105 operators til October 1, 2012 and available in... Read More
Though there is no definite date of launch is announced or rumored, there are lots of happenings inside Infotel Broadband, the 4G arm of Reliance Industries. It is expected that Infotel will kickstart 4G/LTE-TDD based wireless broadband services in Delhi and Mumbai in early 2013. Reliance Infotel is the only company in the country which won 20MHz pan India spectrum on 2300 MHz band to offer 4G/BWA services. Infotel will... Read More
Apple today announced iPhone 5, the world's most awaited new up-graded 6th iPhone, packed with new features like a larger retina display, measuring 4-inches and a resolution of 1136×640 pixels; A6 chip for blazing fast performance; and ultrafast wireless technology support with HSPA+, DC-HSDPA and LTE and dual-band Wi-Fi. iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6 OS with over 200 new features including the all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography and... Read More
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