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9 more companies to offer NLD/STD services in India
DOT has approved 9 more service providers paving way for them to offer NLD/STD services. Those who got the green signal include, Shipping DOT com of the Essar group, HCL Infinet, Hughes Communications (India), Tulip IT Services, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam, Power Grid Corporation of India, RailTel Corporation of India, Oil…
Bharti launches Airtel Mega – Fixed Wireless Phone
Fixed Wireless Phone – A phone which is similar to your land phone but operates using Mobile Networks(GSM in case of Bharti). That means unlike your routine landline phone which requires wire till your home is not necessary in Fixed Wirless Phones. I am not sure if this kind of…
Mobile companies can’t operate on CDMA & GSM networks in the same circle
DOT (Department of Telecom, India) has clarified that mobile operators in India can hold only either of the two licenses – GSM or CDMA in any given cricle. This is a severe blow to Reliance Communication’s GSM expansion plans. DOT had earlier sought Reliance’s roadmap for GSM plan which the…
Reliance Vs Qualcomm – Royalties, Spectrum, Network Independence, etc..
I would like to summarize the entire Convergence. In coverage on the issue involving Reliance, Tata, Qualcomm, GSM or CDMA and Spectrum. It started in the first week of June when Anil Ambani’s Reliance Telecom applied for GSM license. Then I got an insight about Reliance’s call to switch to…
Reliance and Qualcomm Saga – Royalty, Spectrum, Network Independence
Excerpts from gobroadband.In. It started in the first week of June when Anil Ambani’s Reliance Telecom applied for GSM license. gobroadband.In got an insight about Reliance’s call to switch to GSM – Mainly demanding Qualcomm for network independence and lower royalties. The costly CAPEX for its CDMA to migrate to…
National Long Distance(NLD/STD) Wars breaks out in India
MTNL is planning to launch NLD/STD service between Mumbai and Delhi at the rate of Rs0.40/Minute(less than a cent). Reliance Communications, didn’t take long time to react and immediately announced that its fixed wireless phone customers can avail of similar benefit and call between any state capitals at the same…
Royalty is the issue, not spectrum policy – Maran
Dayanidhi Maran has made it clear that their is no fault in India’s spectrum policy. Qualcomm chief also offered to establish and fund a Telecom research institute in Chennai,India. Maran and his officials maintained that it is the handset cost and incompatability of CDMA handset with GSM technology that is…
Qualcomm – Tata Indicom Talks Fail
FE is reporting that the talks between CDMA pioneer Qualcomm and Tata Indicom have failed. Tata Indicom team for the meeting included Ratan Tata and Darryl Green, while Paul Jacobs led the Qualcomm team. It is understood that, Jacob expressed inability to reduce the 7% royalty which was one of…