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494 mn Wireless + Wireline Subscribers
The All Indian Telecom Subscriber base has reached 494 mn at the end of August-2009. This includes, Wireless [CDMA + GSM], Wireline, Fixed Wireless Phone etc connections. We spend lot of time and other resources to collect this data. Here is the compilation of subscribers [in million] from all the…
Migrating SMF from One Domain to Other
Recently I had to migrate a SMF Forum hosted on one domain to another. In this process the servers also changed as both the domains are hosted on different servers. Assume, abc.com/forum is the original site hosting the SMF forum and was migrated to xyz.com/forum Where to start ? SMF…
Airtel slashes Tariff to Compete with DoCoMo
Bharti introduced a new ‘Airtel Advantage’ (AA) prepaid tariff plan over the weekend, which offers local/NLD calls, 25-66% cheaper than headline rates, for payment of Rs50/month. This plan would result in convergence of effective realized rates for local and NLD calls; as such, the real cut is in the NLD…
New 3G Spectrum Auction Timeline
The DoT has released the new time line for the auction of 3G / broadband Wireless Access spectrum in India. Dec-7th-2009 is the date when the Government will conduct the 3G Spectrum Auction. EVDO and BWA Auctions will be held 2 days after the conclusion of 3G auction. Revised Time…
Optimistic Subscriber Numbers from CII + IMRB
According to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and IMRB Broadband Report, Indian broadband penetration is expected to reach 214 million by 2014 for which the government needs a capital outlay of around Rs 17,000 crore laying fibre cables. There are nearly 7 million broad band connections in the country, which…
OnMobile Global Benefits from TRAI amendment to VAS
Late Friday, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued an amendment to its original ruling dated 27 April 2009 on the provision of value-added services (VAS) to customers. The new ruling no longer requires an explicit customer originated call, SMS, fax or email to subscribe to VAS. While a…
Tata Indicom – Pay Per Call – Max 10 Minutes
The disruption of Indian Telecom Tariffs continue with Tata Indicom the CDMA Wireless service introducing Pay Per Call at flat Fee of Rs 1 / Local Call and Rs 3 for STD Call. Tariff valid to any Phone in India / Mobile or Landline and the maximum duration of the…
S Tel’s Tenancy with Reliance Infra – Positive for RCom
RCOM announced an infrastructure sharing agreement with S Tel that includes sharing of Telecom Infrastructure (TI), transmission BTS and fiber backbone. S Tel is one of new operators in India with licenses in 6 C circles – Orissa, Bihar, HP, Northeast, Assam and J&K. S Tel plans to launch wireless…