Category: mobile

Reliance Communications will soon enter into the postpaid GSM business, for which they have started mass media advertising for the first time. The company has plans of launching corporate offerings and utilizing its cross leveraging with its data card business. New offer launches in the roaming business, strong brand positioning,…

We do not expect meaningful deviations on the policy front from the government’s earlier term. The government may however provide clarity/ take decisions on the following. 3G auctions – 3G auctions could not materialize during the planned Jan 2009 month due to delays in procedure clarifications. We believe that 3G…

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) today launched its India Local Council to serve the growing needs of the mobile marketing communities in the country. Local Council membership includes representation from 34 leading organisations in the field such as Admob, BDA Connect, Google, Group M, Hungama, Microsoft, mKhoj, Nokia, Reuters, Vodafone,…

Reliance Communications Wireless Operations were Patchy. Minutes growth of only 3.7%qoq (lowest among peers) and mobile revenue growth of 2%qoq surprised negatively as free minutes on GSM were expected to show up more. Termination cost on free mins (net revenues down 2%qoq) and higher nenetwork opex led to flat mobile…

Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked operators to disconnect services to handsets that do not have an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number and estimates ~25 mn handsets to be out of service from Apr 15. What is the IMEI number and what does it have to do with illegal…

The TDSAT order stated that the GSM operators don’t have rights beyond 6.2MHz, in the same breadth TDSAT has termed the interim subs criteria as “reasonable” and even questioned the need to give additional licenses and hinted at relaxed M&A rules. Given that allotted spectrum is unlikely to be taken…

Today I am going to enlighten you some findings on what has happened post introduction of Mobile Number Portability [MNP] in few countries. The DoT has recently selected Telcordia & Syniverse as 3rd party neutral operators for providing porting MNP in two zones, and wants it to go live by…

I decided to compile a lit of all the Mobile / Wireless Service providers in India. The technology they operate on, Service Areas and Joint Venture Partner if any is also mentioned. Bharti Airtel (GSM) Operates PAN India. Has investments from Singapore Telecom Reliance Communications – (GSM + CDMA) Crippled…