Many people (including me) dislike 3G for the fact that it has low caps, varying speeds, bit high latency and lastly super expensive. Well, all that is true, but still 3G makes lot of sense. How ? Today I had a very interesting experience where I saw a farmer siting next to me in bus and looking into commodity prices in cell phone’s web browser! (wow!) Well that was really... Read More
3G is here or will be here! Much awaited spectrum has been auctioned and service providers are gearing up to launch their services. Even the mobile phone manufacturers are excited too. 3G has been around for a while in Europe and East Asia and has been refined to work efficiently there. International Telecom Union (ITU) tracks the evolution of the mobile communication systems. Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) from GSM... Read More
The Department of Telecommunications will conduct auctions for 3G spectrum across 22 telecom circles in the country on January 14, 2010 a pre-bid conference would be held on November 16, 2009. The 3G spectrum will be auctioned in four stages invitation stage, pre-qualification, auction and grant of spectrum and a mock auction will be conducted on January 11 and 12. The memorandum also gives details of the spectrum charges the... Read More
Telecom Minister A Raja, who has retained the portfolio he held in the previous UPA government,quoted in an interview that 3G auction will be held in two months and his top priority is to bring down the mobile tariffs to 10 paise a minute for local calls and 25 paise a minute for STD calls. In India at present local call rates vary from 40 paise to Re 1, and... Read More
Things seem not going well for Indian Intelligences Bureau after the launch of 3G service. Indian Intelligence bureau such as Research and Analysis Wing and Defense Intelligence Agency are screwing DOT to put an end to BSNL and MTNL’S 3G service until a monitoring device for video call is installed. This comes at a time when MTNL and BSNL enlightened that interception to calls can be made during meeting with DOT officials... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), is all set to launch its 3G operations in 700 cities across north and east India by June and in the south by July.The services would be launched in east and west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar, Jharkhand and Assam.BSNL plans to cover over 700 cities in the next three months. BSNL is also targeting its 3G launch in Kolkata next month.... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) would provide 3G Facility in Nahan, Baddi and Solan in telecom district Solan during the second phase of the expansion.BSNL is trying to provide the facility in proposed three towns in Solan SSA before the end of this year.They have advised heavy broad band users to opt for unlimited plans in home and business categories.Home subscribers can opt unlimited plan of 750 rupees whereas business... Read More
Following the launch of 3G service in Chennai on February 23 BSNL will launch 3G services in Durgapur and Haldia towns of West Bengal on Feb 27. According to the chief general manager (CGM) of BSNL West Bengal and Sikkim circle Mr Souma Roy following the launch at Durgapur and Haldia on 27 February the 3G service would be instantly available to a small group of subscribers.By March 3G service would... Read More
MTNL Delhi today announced the launch of Indias first Commercial 3G service.To activate MTNL 3G service one needs to pay Rs500 plus taxes as activation charges and a monthly rental of Rs.599. VOICE CALL A voice call within MTNL’s network will cost 60 paise per minute calls to other networks will cost Re.1 per minute. STD and ISD call tariff will be as per the budget plan.Voice STD calls will... Read More
For the second time in a row 3G auction has been delayed,the auction which was originally scheduled to start from January 16 2009 has been delayed due to a proposal by the Finance ministry to double the base price still it’s waiting for the approval from cabinet and a further delay is possible. Potential bidders will now need to submit their applications from January 09 till January 15. DoT will... Read More
3G Auctions will have two stages. Clock stage and Assignment stage in clock stage the winners of a generic lot in each circle are determined where as in assignment stage the specific frequencies allocated to winning bidders in each circle are determined . The clock stage determines a common winning price for a generic lot in each circle where spectrum is available The assignment stage allows winners to bid for... Read More
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