3G Auction will start from Feb 25th and government is expecting Rs. 30K crores from the auction. Spectrum would be allotted in the first week of August and successful bidders would have to make a payment upfront within 15 days of winning 3G licence. – source DoT is also likely to impose a ban on...
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DoT earlier announced adding an extra ‘9’ to mobile numbers from January 2010, in order to increase the number capacity for future growth. And now, TRAI is planning to drop the 11 number plan and instead go for numbers from ‘2’ to ‘9’. While existing mobile numbers will remain intact, this model will lead to...
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3G auction dates have been announced and is scheduled for January, 2010 (as of now). The spectrum will be allotted to winners by August 2010 and the January auction will cater to four slots (via). As we mentioned earlier, the decision (which results in a loss of Rs. 5K crores.) to restrict the auction is...
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The great Indian telecom delay saga is on and mobile number portability which was scheduled for December 31st, 2009 cannot happen before April of 2010.
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Telecom tariff war is in and as we mentioned earlier, Uninor has launched it’s GSM service in India (they are the 8th GSM operator in India). The launch, as the company claims is the largest single day launch in telecom history, as the service is now available to 550 million people, i.e. 7 circles –...
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DoT, after exhausting numbers starting with ‘9’ launched the ‘8’ series and is now planning to move from 10 digit to 11 digit by prefixing the numbers with ‘9’
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Great Indian 3G Auction has been the Great Indian Delay Story, and there are chances that 3G auction, which was scheduled for January 14th can be delayed by a ‘few weeks’, owing to operational differences between defense and DoT. “..the armed forces have agreed to vacate 25 MHz of 3G spectrum for the auctions by...
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Indian telecom industry is going through interesting times – entry of new players like DoCoMo and MTS has changed the entire landscape. After pay per second, the industry is going to witness another tariff war – location based tariff – i.e. one can avail discount on calls made from certain locations (where the network is...
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And while we are in the middle of telecom scam, TRAI has released the subscription numbers and Indian telecom subscription base has touched 500 million mark. Total Telephone subscriber base has reached 509 Million (Wireless subscription reaches 471.7 Million, Wireline subscription declines to 37.3 Million) 14.98 Million new additions in Wireless segment Wireline subscription declines by 0.02...
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BSNL’s Rural Broadband Kiosk BSNL plans to setup 30,000 kiosks by 2011 (on a franchisee basis). These kiosks would extend broadband connectivity to those who have no alternative access to the facility, and to those who have little to spend on such services. The rural people will pay a small fee to access the services. The...
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Google is planning to participate in India’s WiMAX auction with an Indian partner (the 3G Auction is scheduled for January 14th). As per BS, Google is either looking at broadband wireless access and may participate in the auction or could serve as a technology partner to a telecom service provider (Foreign companies can buy up...
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3G dates have been revised (yet again) and the auction will happen on Jan 14th.
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What's the total telecom subscriber base of India? 400 million+? Well, Telecom operators have inflated the numbers to gain additional spectrum and real numbers could be substantially low.
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Roundup of latest news for today - TRAI has announced that per-second billing is not mandatory. MTS has launched it's mobile service in NCR region and is offering per-second billing. Govt has blocked Etisalat-Allianz merger deal.
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Latest Telecom News: Zook goes International, 1-second pulse to be made compulsory and more.
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3G Auction in India slated for another round of delay?
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Bharati MTN Deal Called off.
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Latest news from Indian Telecom Industry - Mobile Number Portability by December, 15mn subscribers added in August
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India has exhausted mobile numbers starting with '9'.
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VoIP calls could get blocked in India, as per Intelligence Beaurau's notice to Communications ministry
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