Are we in the race anymore or have we fallen behind? That's the question Indian subscribers will be asking as the day approaches for the quite essential 3G services being bid for. Of course its another matter all together when it would be implemented and services will be made affordable to the end consumer. If this is the case with Indian government agencies moving so slowly on the much awaited... Read More
After a lot of delays, the long-waited 3G & BWA auction processing for private players has been started in India. A total of 9 operators have applied for 3G spectrum auction and 11 companies have applied for BWA auction. So it will be a intense tag of war among companies as only 3 slots (in few circles 4 slots) are available for 3G, and only 2 slots are for BWA,... Read More
India's much aviated third generation (3G) mobile services spectrum auction process begins today. According to the latest schedule announced by Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) will be issued today i.e. February 25, with March 19 given as the last date for submitting applications for 3G Spectrum. On March 26, the ownership details of applicants will be published and mock auctions will be held on... Read More
Alcatel-Lucent the leading telecom Infra solutions provider, today announced the introduction of a new radio module, based on software defined radio (SDR) technology, that gives mobile service providers the flexibility to support any mix of 2G GSM, 3G W-CDMA/HSPA+ and long term evolution (LTE) mobile and data services simultaneously. In addition to supporting new deployments today, this capability can be introduced in more than 700,000 Alcatel-Lucent base stations already deployed... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today expands its 3G Mobile and Data service coverage in 2 more Districts in the state of Kerala by launching much awaited 3G mobile services in the Kollam city, Punalur, Karunagappally (District-Kollam), Pathanamthitta and Sabrimala which is known as Headquarters of Pilgrimage (Disrtict Pathanamthitta) in the state. BSNL offers new 3G GSM Prepaid connection at Rs.59 wherein subscriber can enjoy lowest Video, Voice and Data... Read More
India’s third generation (3G) mobile services spectrum auction may be delayed by 6 months or being pushed back to next fiscal year from the original date of auction.The Law Minister of India, Mr. Veerappa Moily, who is member of the EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers), has opined that the auction should he held when the spectrum is available. The 3G auction process was earlier scheduled to begin on Jan 14... Read More
India’s much awaited third generation (3G) mobile services auction was reschedule to February 2010 as we shared in our earlier news. Before the long expected 3G auctions, telecom experts advised prospective operators to search for the High-end customers in their existing subscriber base and prepare to them to shift to high speed download with the 3.5G that the third generation spectrum would facilitate. The telecom expert's view at a 3G... Read More
The third generation (3G) mobile services auction now will be held in February after being pushed back from their original date of Januarry-2010. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of India, introduces a new schedule related to 3G and Broadband Wireless Acess (BWA) spectrum auctioning. The new process will begin from January 10 with DoT inviting formally inviting applications from interested players. The 3G and BWA (Wimax) auction will take place... Read More
In 2010 we believe that Indian Telecom industry expects to continue with its fast pace of subscriber additions, at least 11 million per month, launch of 3G and WiMAX spectrum, while tariff would continue to slide during the year. The industry having crossed the 500 million subscriber mark earlier in September 2009 itself, the next milestone would be 750 million. (Global research and analysis firm Gartner, in a recent study,... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, India’s leading telecom operator and 3G GSM Mobile service provider commercially rolls out 3G mobile services in Chennai Telecom circles with an exiting lowest tariff plans. BSNL 3G subscribers can enjoy the Video callings high-speed Mobile Internet with download speeds up to 3.6 mbps and ‘Live Mobile TV 24 popular television channels. BSNL 3G the next generation mobile service will be available to all Prepaid and... Read More
The Union Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Sachin Pilot in Gangtok citied that 3G service will be launched in the state by August 15th 2009 and also quoted BSNL would increase its broadband strength to 30 GB PPS in the state to improve its services. All the 26 blocks in the State would be covered by broadband services within 100 days after review meeting with BSNL, Postal... Read More
After the successful launch of next generation 3G mobile service in India by state operators MTNL and BSNL, the customers of the private operators are very eager for 3G services by their own operator. A critical battle has been won for the Indian telecommunications industry as the defense ministry has agreed to release 45 mega hertz (MHz) of spectrum, the radio frequency on which mobile phone signals travel. Out of... Read More
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