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Google Android Phone Cost $649

Google has announced the availability of Android G1 Phone under the open handset alliance. This phone will be Unlocked, without any carrier contract, use any GSM SIM card and no obligation whatsoever. However, there is a caveat – the unlocked version of the phone is not for everybody is is…

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Reliance Communications Probed for Evasions

Last Month we were the first one to point fingers at Reliance Communications data reporting practices. An Indian Member of Parliament who supposedly knows that corruption that is taking place within DoT on behalf of Reliance Communications, has directly written to the Central Vigilance Commission seeking an inquiry into RCom’s…

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Indus World’s Largest Tower Company ?

Indus Towers, a company jointly promoted by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular is all set to be the World’s Largest Telecom Tower company some time in 2009. They already have 73,000 towers up and running and the number is likely to cross 100,000 mark sometime in Mid-2009. Indus…

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Subscribers Cross 5 Million – Users Double in 12 Months

Small number yet great news to Indians. Just a while ago we got numbers from TRAI and broadband subscribers have crossed the 5 million mark – 5.05 mn at the end of Oct-08. This is a 100% rise in the number of subscribers between Oct-07 and Oct-08. India added more…

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TimeLine for Wimax + 3G Spectrum Auction Announced

The DoT has announced the time line for auction of WiMax Broadband Spectrum [20 MHz for 3 Operators, tentative] and 3G Spectrum. Meet potential bidders on Dec-11 and Dec-13 3G + WiMax Spectrum pre-bid conference on Dec-19th Last date for submitting applications to participate in the bidding – Dec-31st Pre-qualification…

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WiMax Internet – Differences – US Vs India

Indian operators, Tata Indicom Broadband and Reliance Broadband took the initiative to stand up to the National Telecom Policy’s target of 20 mn broadband users by 2010 and introduce wireless broadband services using WiMax technology. However, we went ahead and did a little study on how WiMax offering in India…

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Google Local SMS Search Live + Patented

Innovator of the decade, Google Inc is striving hard to make its presence felt with 300 million mobile subscribers in India and the fastest growing Wireless market in the World. Google Mobile in India has launched an innovative search product powered by SMS. You can search and get local business…

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Reliance Communications Flat Growth – Oct-08

At a time when GSM subscribers in India set a new record by adding highest ever subscribers in October-2008, Reliance Communications struggled to managed to stay flat M/M in subscriber additions. RCom added 1.76 m new subscribers with 1.38m for CDMA and 377k for the GSM. Total RCOM CDMA subscribers…

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