Category: telecom
SIP / VOIP Phones by BSNL-MTNL
State owned Telecom Giants, MTNL and BSNL are testing SIP based phones to target their broadband customers. Mr. Sinha of MTNL said – Many entities are offering Internet Telephony both legally and illegally. Why will a broadband customer opt for SIP phone when he can do voice chat for free…
The State of Wimax in India
Their have been numerous reports about broadband over WiMax. BSNL still has it in its test labs for over 6 months now. Sify announced Mobility solutions over WiMax and when I called their office they told it may not be available for next few months in Bangalore and was meant…
Government frees 5.8 GHz for Wimax
With severe crunch for Internet bandwidth in India, the DoT has delicensed 50 MHz of WiMax spectrum in the range of 5.8 GHz. WiMax a disruptive technology for wireless IP communications operates in three frequencies 5.8 GHz, 3.5GHz and 2.5GHz. Of these, the 5.8GHz is a license exempt brand and…
Growth prospects spur Bharti Airtel, RComm
Bharti Airtel jumped 5% to Rs 770. The stock hit a high of Rs 773, which is a life high for the scrip. As many as 3.6 lakh shares changed hands in the counter on BSE.Reliance Communications (RCL) was up 4% to Rs 493. The stock hit a high of…
Value added services SMS numbers standardized
In an effort to standardize services as per the National Numbering Plan, TRAI issued an order [PDF] today to migrate all Value Added Service SMS numbers to a uniform format of 5 digits starting with number “5”. For example you are aware of Indiatimes “8888” SMS service, henceforth it will…
Hutch Essar Sellout – Indian Telecom Regulations
Troubled Emerging Telecom, Hutchison Essar in India is for SALE. However, HTIL and Essar both have so far denied sell out talks and guess what could be the morale of the employees working at Hutch – just like Zombies in Unix ? Parentless Child ? Lets look at the regulations…
Lifetime Validity Mobiles – A Success in India
It has been a year since Indian Mobile service providers launched a scheme that offered lifetime validity to pre-paid subscribers. What it essentially means is the subscriber can receive calls for lifetime [lifetime is until the year the service providers license is valid, 5-10 years] Sure, the mobile service providers…
Aperto Networks Powers WiMax in India
Aperto Networks, Wimax certified gear vendor will power BSNL’s WiMax network in 6 Indian cities. Bangalore had some trial runs about WiMax in October. The 6 cities that will be lighted by WiMax are Ahmedabad, Bangalore / Bengalooru, Chennai, Kolkatta, Hyderabad and Pune. Apart from these centers, BSNL always keeps…