Airtel Clocks 0.5 Million 3G Users In A Month

by | posted: March 4, 2011
Its just been a month since Airtel started rolling out 3G services across various cities. After launching in Chennai and Bangalore on Thursday India’s largest telco rolled out the 3G services in...
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3G Rollout Will See Telcos Working Together To Maximize Coverage

by | posted: January 5, 2011
In India’s almost cut throat telecom sector it isn’t very often you see too many Telecom companies working together. All thanks to the 3G spectrum auction, now they pretty much do not have...
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WATShow With Kumar Ramanathan Of Vodafone Essar On 3G In India

by | posted: December 8, 2010
We caught up with CMO of Vodafone Essar Mr. Kumar Ramanathan and questioned him on the opportunity posed by 3G in the Indian market. Watch the exclusiv e WATShow below with him.. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5FDOKLLYK0 Watch...
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3G Rollout Is Docomo’s Diwali Gift To Subscribers

by | posted: October 12, 2010
The wait for 3G services has been long and painful one. With multiple delay’s in the auction and then finally a big bang auction with huge fees paid for licences. Even after the auctions got over...
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3G To Penetrate Rural India By 2012

by | posted: July 12, 2010
The recent 3rd generation (3G) spectrum auction totaled a whooping Rs 67710 crore, much against the government expected Rs. 35000 crore. With its services starting post September 2010, a new era awaits...
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3G Auction Ends (Finally!) – Government Grosses 67,719 Crore!

by | posted: May 19, 2010
Auction for 3G licence ended Today with bids reaching Rs 16,751 crore which means that the total revenue for government is pegged at Rs 67,719 crore. We have expressed our concerns earlier on how this...
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3G Crosses 12,000 Crore Mark – Govt Set To Gross 50,000+ Crore From Auctions

by | posted: May 10, 2010
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the 3G auctions are worth its weight in gold for the Government. This is because the ongoing auctions have broken all assumptions and metrics which we spoken about...
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3G Auction Bids Cross 2 Billion $ – Auction End Nears

by | posted: April 30, 2010
The 3G auction has worked out better than expected for the Government. Not only have the bids gone up with each round of bidding its looking like the overall collections would easily exceed government...
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Mumbai Overtakes Delhi In 3G Auction Race

by | posted: April 27, 2010
The bids seem to be going higher and higher each day as the 3G aution unfolds in the country. At the end of day 14 Mumbai had overtaken Delhi with the bids reaching a total of  Rs 1,252 crore for Mumbai...
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3G Bidding Reach Dizzy Heights – Delhi – Mumbai In The Fray

by | posted: April 26, 2010
Saturday took the 3G bidding to a dizzy height. The bidding reached Rs 7,900 crore at the end of bidding on Saturday which is more than double the initial base price of Rs 3,500 crore which was set at...
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Government Finally Nods Its Approval To The 3G auction: Better Late Than Never!

by | posted: February 25, 2010
After delaying it for what seemed like an eternity, the Government has finally given green signal to 3G spectrum auction. The auction was to be completed last year but it is yet to start. The Notice Inviting...
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Mobile Roundup – Uninor 1.2 Mil Subscribers, Airtel-Warid Bangladesh; 3 Slots For 3G In India

by | posted: January 14, 2010
Lots of action happening in the telecom space in India. Here is a roundup of the same: Uninor secures 12 lakh subscribers in the very first month Last month we told you about the Norway telecom giant  Telenor...
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3G & MNP Get Feb, March 2010 Deadlines

by | posted: January 4, 2010
The incessant delay in the 3G auction and the launch of MNP continues. We have covered both 3G and MNP extensively here on WATBlog. The latest on both fronts is as follows: 3G Auctions To Start By Mid...
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Recap 2009: 3G In India

by | posted: December 29, 2009
The much awaited 3G services on our mobile phones became the most annoying fact after all the delays, as they just kept us hanging on. The Great Indian 3G Saga has come a full circle this year and that...
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3G Auction In Jan 2010 – 4 Slots – Allocation In August

by | posted: December 22, 2009
3G Auctions have become a butt of quite a few jokes in the telecom industry circles. One could actually make one of those ads where two young men talk about 3G launching every week and they keep doing...
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India’s Telecom Space – A Case Of Lofty Targets & Inflated Numbers?

by | posted: November 12, 2009
There are targets and then there are targets! Some targets make you smile and some targets make you wonder. Now dont get me wrong.. I may be sarcastic and a cynic sometimes but by and large I feel very...
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