Category: telecom
Tariff War – Disruption first + consolidation later
RCom’s move of introducing the simplest All India Voice tariff was no surprise to us. This rapid rebasing in pricing by an incumbent (as announced on Monday) will seriously affect and threaten smaller, regional and startup operators, perhaps shortening the period before which industry consolidation inevitably takes place. Price cuts…
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…
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…
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…
Only 4 3G Licenses for Auction – Reserve Price Higher
The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) constituted by the government to deliberate on the issue of on third generation (3G) spectrum auction has decided the minimum price for the for pan-India 3G license at Rs 3,500 crore. The panel also decided to allow only four operators [plus BSNL / MTNL…
Tata DoCoMo GSM services in Mumbai
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra (TTML), the listed entity of the Tata Group engaged in offering CDMA-based mobile services in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra including Goa, is set to roll out its GSM-based mobile services in Mumbai on Thursday, according to a media report. TTML will launch the services under…
1 paise / second Mobile Billing Gaining Traction
Tata DoCoMo, the GSM Mobile servics from Tata Teleservices and DoCoMo introduced the new concept of 1 paise / second pulse billing in the Indian market to cannibalize the revenue cream of arrogant incumbent operators like Airtel and Vodafone India. MTS India – the new CDMA operator is also offering…
Reliance GSM Mobile Coverage Par with CDMA
Reliance Communications’ GSM coverage is almost at par with CDMA coverage – currently, RCOM is offering GSM services in ~22k towns and ~400k villages (CDMA presence in ~23k towns and ~500k villages). Reliance Infratel the Tower company had a tower portfolio of ~48k towers in March 2009. Management indicated that…