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Recap 2009: 3G In India
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 ray of hope still appears somewhere in all the darkness that it’s hype had created. Let [...]
3G Auction Delayed AGAIN!!
Here are the pointers, as we have condemned any more analysis on the farcical 3G Saga and their phoney hoped-for calendar! January 14 ain’t happening anymore as DoT and the defence ministry are yet to work out the specific frequencies or sub-bands of the airwaves, which can be assigned to telcos. Airwaves are yet to [...]
3G India – 5th International Conference – A First Look Review
The 3G India International Conference kicked off with the speakers and the chairperson lighting the Diya to mark a sanctum start. The first session was based upon the road ahead for telecom landscape in India from the service providers’ point of view majorly highlighting the opportunities for 3G in India.
P. Balaji, Ericsson’s Vice President for [...]
3G Auction Possible On January 14 – The Despair Continues!
At the 3G India 5th International Conference held in Mumbai, gags were cracked about the 3G auction delays and business drivers for 3G in India were also discussed. Later the Department of Telecom (DoT) announced yet another date for the auctions to take place i.e. January 14, two days after which the auction for broadband [...]
Pranab Raises A Stink Against Anymore 3G Auction Delays
3G (3rd Generation) which is expected to bring in another telecom revolution in India is still manifestly facing hurdles. After many delays, the auction of 3G spectrum was attired for August-September 2009. Then again it was delayed, and the tentative dates were set at the end of calendar year. Recently, communication minister A Raja said, [...]
3G Auction Delayed – The Wait Keeps Getting Longer!
The much awaited 3G auction continues becoming one of the most pestering fairy tales ever. The defence ministry has apparently delayed the 3G auction stating that they would be releasing the committed 20 Mhz of spectrum only in June 2010 instead of December this year. WATBlog has tracked all of these changes and delays continuously, no [...]
275 Million 3G Subscribers In India by 2013: Evalueserve
The pesky 3G scenario in India is long evident from the minuscule 3G subscriber count for Public Telcos – MTNL & BSNL. Their current subscriber count stands at mere 1000 & 5000 subscribers respectively and MTNL is even trying to give away 3G services on franchise basis.
A recent study by Evalueserve could provide respite [...]
GSM Shows A Marginal Dip In August Subscriptions
After a brief pick up in the GSM subscribers in the month of July, August showed just a marginal dip over the previous months. Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) data shows that the total GSM subscriber base in August increased by 9.31 million taking it to 335.45 million. The total net additions in July [...]
Bharti Airtel To launch 3G By October 2010 – The Heat Is On!
We’ve just covered the Empowered Group of Ministers nailing the 3G price at 3,500 cr, and with it, we’ve hopefully seen the last of the ups and downs that symbolised the 3G saga. The eGoM has settled down with final base price of Rs. 3,500 crore for the 3G spectrum. The auction is expected to [...]
3G Base Price Nailed At Rs 3,500 crore – A Look At How The 3G Saga Was Held Back
Price fixed, price changed. Auction confirmed, auction delayed. Everything settles down, but it gets messed up again. And, again. If you’ve still not figured out what I’m talking about, too bad! There’s only one epic masterpiece which was witnessed in similar fashion – The 3G Saga.
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Finance and Telecom Industry – Rs 4,040 crore [...]
Awaiting 3G Services? Here Comes The 4G Gaga
After the 3G Saga, here comes the 4G gaga. The 3G spectrum auction is yet to be nailed down, and the DoT is thinking about introducing the fourth generation technologies. The 4G revolution will be called LTE (not LeT). It stands for Long Term Evolution. Don’t go with the name, since there’s more to it [...]
Does The Government Realize The Importance Of 3G Technology?
It was August 15 2005 when the Press Trust of India came up with a report saying “3G Launch in India early next year“. In this report, BSNL & MTNl were supposed to rolled out services by January 2006 while the private companies would also have launched the services by around the same time. Now [...]
Another Delay In 3G Spectrum Auction
In the earlier posts, we covered the delays in 3G auction due to conflicts between the Telecom Industry and the Finance Sector in fixing the Reserve Price following which our finance minister Pranab Mukherjee formed an Empowered Group of Ministers for issues relating to the 3G spectrum auction. Well, here we are again. A bad [...]
“3G is Overhyped While Revenue Share In Mobile VAS Is Fair To Content Providers” – Arvind Rao, OnMobile
We spoke to Arvind Rao – Chairman, CEO and Co-founder, OnMobile about the on-going 3G saga, the post auction market scene, impact of MNP on VAS and more to get a gist of his views and opinions -
On 3G -
The biggest beneficiary of 3G will be mobile internet access.
Operators in India are trying to [...]