Comments on: Indian Telecom Industry:CDMA subscriber base reaches 50 million mark

By: dani bajwa

dani bajwa — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:13:55 +0000

i m telecom student of pakistan.
i have a question.
how we can solve the problem of selective fading?
thanks.
dani

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:55:31 +0000

Hi Anoop,
I totally agree with ur remarks. But the issue with being tied up with a mobile phone will eventually phase out with new mobiles launched with RUIM cards. But the quality ensured in CDMA is spectacular and its quality is best tested in huge cities like Mumbai, Bangalore etc where GSM (time slot based) is becoming utter failure.

By: arshad khan

arshad khan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:15:49 +0000

I have been using Reliance for over 2 years. I was never unhappy with the tech. per se.
As you correctly point out in the post, they have very good entry level phones and various data features like cricket scores etc.(Pratyuh’s point).

With more aggressive push from Reliance and Tata Indicom(these days), I see the CDMA usage going up.

However, the concern I have is we will be left with a kind of duopoly in this area (Reliance, and Tataindicom) in the CDMA.

Also how’s the game going to change with the 3.5g if it ever roles out in the next few years

By: arshad khan

arshad khan — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:14:41 +0000

I have been using Reliance for over 3 years. I was never unhappy with the tech. per se.
As you correctly point out in the post, they have very good entry level phones and various data features like cricket scores etc.(Pratyuh’s point).

With more aggressive push from Reliance and Tata Indicom(these days), I see the CDMA usage going up.

However, the concern I have is we will be left with a kind of duopoly in this area (Reliance, and Tataindicom) in the CDMA.

Also how’s the game going to change with the 3.5g if it ever roles out in the next few years

By: Ashish

Ashish — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:06:56 +0000

Ankur – You might want to check out this report: http://www.pluggd.in/2007/12/future-of-mobile-vas-in-india-market-research-report

By: ankur

ankur — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:34:53 +0000

do you know the future of cdma mobiles in india

By: ramesh

ramesh — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:32:25 +0000

Gsm is better in india due to only availiablity of wide gsm network.
One thing is important is that people are not aware about advantages of cdma.

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By: rAm

rAm — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:24:07 +0000

With more aggressive push from Reliance and Tata Indicom(these days), I see the CDMA usage going up.

However, the concern I have is we will be left with a kind of duopoly in this area (Reliance, and Tataindicom) in the CDMA.

Also how’s the game going to change with the 3.5g if it ever roles out in the next few years?

By: Prashant

Prashant — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:16:31 +0000

this report might give a new insight to you guys on why CDMA is able to catch up with GSM

http://www.slideshare.net/pacificleo/mobile-handset-value-chain/1
as they say its all about numbers

By: Shashi

Shashi — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:37:40 +0000

I have used GSM for two years and am currently on CDMA for another two years. I find, voice quality on CDMA is unbeatable. (Choice of handsets is lousy, though.)

CDMA uses available spectrum efficiently, hence the number of towers required to cover a given area is lower than GSM, which makes it cost effective. Apart from that, Reliance has always been aggressive in its pricing. So, it will continue to be cheaper alternative.

I guess, CDMA can add another 100 million subscribers in next 5-7 years.

By: Anoop

Anoop — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:23:03 +0000

Great piece of analysis. The only reason why I’ll shift from GSM to CDMA is better network. Technically, CDMA is better than GSM but the only problem is you are tied up with the mobile number..

By: Pratyush

Pratyush — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:03:16 +0000

Hi Ashish,

Great article – I think a few of the uses below would drive CDMA growth more apart from the factors you mentioned.

1) Data connectivity over CDMA. One may dismiss it offhand but people like Reliance have built great uses piggybacking on CDMA’s inherently superior data and connectivity. I was surprised when I gifted my Dad (who uses Reliance and is totally a newbie in technology / phones) a cool GSM phone. He asked “Can I book train tickets through this?”, Can I check cricket scores?
I was pleasantly surprised to know that. CDMA (and reliance especially) id driving behavior and geting acceptance.

2) Price and moving to a higher model – CDMA is typially priced well lower than GSM and Reliance etc have made it easy to move to a higher end phone (in case u need to).

3) Connectivity issues – I have personally faced lots of issues with GSM connectivity vis a vis CDMA (have both). I totally empathise with the Kajol ad, in which she says “17th floor pe connection Gayab!”