After the roll out of 3G (EVDO/HSPA) from operators, next big thing for India's telecom sector is going to be roll out of 4G services. India was late to enter 3G era, but 4th Generation communications will not allow that much delay as BWA auction is already done and spectrum was given to the auction winners in September 2010. WiMAX & LTE (Long Term Evolution) are not true 4G, rather... Read More
AIRCEL the fast growing Pan India telecom operator in the country, today announced launch of 3G Mobile and Data service in Punjab telecom circle. With the launch of 3G service in Punjab, now Aircel 3G launch completed in 11 telecom circles out of 13 wherein the operator has 3G spectrum. The 11 telecom circles are Chennai - TamilNadu, Karnataka, UP East, Kolkata, Bihar & Jharkhand, Assam, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,... Read More
MediaTek India, the Indian subsidiary of the Taiwan based, MediaTek Inc. ,today said that it is working closely with all India based handset manufacturers and operators to provide low cost Android and 3G smartphone solutions and also aims to become the most reliable mobile chipset partner in Indian market. MediaTek believes that its latest single chipset solution- MT6253, and a customized Android platform for the India market that features many... Read More
India's largest mobile operator Airtel is going to launch its 3G mobile and data services with in a week. However the launch date is not announced by the operator. But we believe launch will take place on 26 or 27th January 2011 and Airtel is also holding a press conference on 24th at 11:30 am which we believe is expected to be a 3G launch in Bangalore circle.So now we... Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed three 3G Mobile service providers, Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) and Reliance Communications (RCOM) to put on hold their 3G Video Calling services until interception facilities are cleared by security agencies or Home Ministry. A demonstration was organized by Reliance Communications, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Bharti Airtel during which the law enforcement agencies pointed out that on-line delivery of 3G Video Calls... Read More
When Tata Docomo announced their launch of 3G services during Diwali, people got excited by dreaming of mainstream affordable 3G services by private operators. But Tata Docomo threw water over its mobile users who had hopes of “cheap tariff” for 3G Mobile services. We received hundreds of comments and critics on our earlier post about the Tata Docomo's 3G Tariff plans.Today we have some good news for frustrated Tata Docomo... Read More
Only one in five of India’s urban, mobile subscribers will adopt 3G services in the short term, a new study by The Nielsen Company has found. Despite high awareness of 3G and its capabilities to deliver broadband content, it may be as long as 8-10 years before the majority of mobile users are on a 3G phone plan. Released at Nielsen’s flagship Consumer 360 conference in Delhi today, the study... Read More
By Diwali, Tata Docomo will be India's 1st private mobile operator to start 3rd generation high speed services in 9 circles where it won licenses. Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Aircel and S Tel all stated that they are also joining the bandwagon by the end of 2010 or Q1 of 2011.Currently MTNL/BSNL, the PSU duo are offering country wide 3G services and is getting momentum to add more subscribers! So... Read More
Pan India 3G mobile service operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today announced the launch of Video Call and 3G Data facility for its 2G service users in Tamilnadu telecom circle. Under the BSNL’s Free Video Call and 3G Facility offer, all Postpaid and Prepaid 2G-GSM subscribers of Tamilnadu are now up-graded for next generation 3G mobile services to provide the video call facility by default irrespective of whether customer... Read More
After Telecom talk reported that TATA Docomo will flag off its 3G Services by Diwali, it seems that Telecom giant Bharti Airtel too not gonna delay its 3G Service offerings. As Airtel is preparing grounds by first launching a dedicated web page giving information about its 3G offerings as well as general awareness information like comparison of 2G and 3G services, is your mobile 3G ready etc. With 3G Airtel... Read More
Hopefully at the end of this year or begining of next year private operators will start their 3G services. While most people cross their fingers for a cheaper 3G services, more specifically cheaper wireless data services, experts and operators saying negative as 3G licences came at a huge cost and operators will not offer 3G services at cheap rate. The tariff war on 2G platform was triggered by new entrants... Read More
The Government of India will start allocation of 3G spectrum to telecom companies that bid the highest in the May 2010 3G auction. Earlier the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had set the deadline to September 1 for allocation of 3G spectrum.The defence forces had already released two slots of 3G spectrum before the auction. Leading Mobile Service operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, Reliance Communications (RCOM), Aircel, Tata Teleservices, Idea... Read More
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