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Research and Analysis on the Indian Internet and Broadband

Airtel 16 Mbps Speed – The Fastest – Should You Go for it ?

Airtel which already provides the fastest broadband service in India – 8 Mbps has launched 16 Mbps broadband internet service in Delhi NCR, Bangalore and Chennai which will be later extended to Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata. Airtel 16 Mbps Plan Details:We have obtained the details of the 16 Mbps…

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Tata Communications – Retail Subscribers Growth

Tata Communications / Indicom [TCOM] intends to invest heavily in this segment. TCOM already has WiMAX connectivity on 3.3GHz band, and it intends to participate in the upcoming BWA auction. This would help TCOM bridge the last mile access as well as add muscle to its retail broadband services. TCOM…

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BSNL 3G DataCard – Review

The battle for Wireless broadband intensified as BSNL now has a competitor – Reliance. We review the BSNL 3G USB interface DataCards for HSDPA [a 3G service]. Kindly note that 3G calling and Voice services has been withdrawn in certain circles until the security equipments are deployed. 3G / EVDO…

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Reliance NetConnect Plus Tariffs + Plans

We have obtained the Reliance NetConnect Boadband Tariffs and Plans made available to citizens of 35 cities. Here is the details about the same. All plans come with Nationwide roaming [i.e 35 cities currently] Pay as you go – Rs 299 Monthly Rental + Rs 2 / MB of Data…

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Reliance NetConnect Cities + Coverage in Detail

We have obtained the list of cities where Reliance NetConnect Broadband Plus will be available within the next week. Wireless Broadband services over EVDO will be offered in 35 Indian cities and they are as follows. Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur Bangalore, Mysore Delhi NCR Chennai, Ernakulum, Salem, Tirupur, Erode, Coimbatore Hyderabad,…

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Reliance NetConnect on EVDO Technology

Reliance Communications has announced the launch of Reliance NetConnect Broadband using the Wireless EVDO technology using its underlying CDMA network. Only using this technology, Reliance Broadband will be able to touch a speed greater than 1 Mbps. We are highly skeptical if Reliance can deliver the speed that it has…

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Tata Indicom + Airtel Turn Hostile – Avoid

Bharti Airtel Broadband and Tata Indicom Broadband have turned hostile towards their broadband customers. They have silently introduced a cap on the Speed / Bandwidth that customers will enjoy under UNLIMITED Plans. Airtel fixes the maximum rate of data transfer to a much lower speed once you exhaust the permitted…

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TRAI fixes contention ratio 1:50 and 1:30

Apex body Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued guidelines to the internet service providers (ISPs) and telecom operators to provide the minimum required broadband speed to their subscribers and fixed the contention ratio for broadband at home of 1:50 and for business at 1:30. What is Contention Ratio…

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