Category: mobile

Tariff War leads to Highest Ever Monthly Net Adds

The ongoing Tariff war in the Indian Wireless industry has led to Wireless operators adding 16.6m new connections in Oct-09 vs. 14.8m in Sep, the highest ever in the History of Indian Cellular Services. The total mobile subscriber base now stands at a whopping 483 mn. Tata Tele Services Ltd…

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Average Call Duation 58 Seconds

Reliance Wireless President, Mahesh Prasad has revealed the magic number sought after by all the Telecom Analysts in India – The Average Call Duration – 58 Seconds. Now this means Pay Per Second Billing will not be suitable as customer ends up paying Rs 0.60 / call instead of Rs…

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Uninor Scales Back Rollout – New Operator Weakness Evident

The first signs of Weakness in new Operators is now evident that Uninor [ a JV of Telenor and Unitech Ltd] has confirmed that it will have a focused rollout in majority of 22 circles, while meeting license obligations in all circles. Uninor also said that India capex plans have…

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Complete 2G Spectrum Allocation Info GSM + CDMA

Wireless Spectrum is topic of controversy as successive governments have favored set of operator/s and have given away India’s Natural Wealth [Spectrum] without determining the true price by means of auction, which has caused loss to none other than you and me. Here is the complete Spectrum Allocation Details Operator…

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RCom Revenue Discrepancy Explained

goBroadband broke the news live from Reliance Analyst Call on the discrepancy in Wireless Revenues reported by Company to TRAI and to the shareholders was due to the fact that telcos were booking handset revenues as part of Wireless Revenues. The industry practice of bundling CDMA handsets with service has…

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Airtel Introduces Freedom Plan – Per Sec Billing

A week ago we made a business case that Airtel is likely to shift to per second billing. Bingo! Bharti Airtel has introduced Freedom Plan which is based on a pulse of second. Details of Airtel Freedom Plan:Airtel OnNet Calls [Terminating on Airtel Network] – 1 Paise / Second –…

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Airtel Likely to Shift to Per Second Billing

It is highly likely that Bharti Airtel will shift to Per Second billing as per whispers in the analyst circle. Overcapacity in urban centres has accelerated the dual SIM phenomenon, in our view, as new schemes have allowed for arbitrage opportunities. We believe that Bharti needs to stop arbitrage opportunities,…

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Speed Post SMS Tracking Feature – Making Money

India Post which is here to serve the Public has taken a noble initiative by introducing SMS tracking interface for Speedposts. However, we register our objection to the premium SMS service which the Government undertaking has taken to serve the consumer as it will cost a whopping Rs 3 /…

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