Category: telecom

Based on interactions with DoT and TRAI officials we believe the draft NTP 2011 is likely to be out soon and post inviting and incorporating public suggestions the final policy is likely to be announced by the year end. What will the new policy offer? Spectrum availability and allotment: Roadmap…

Indian Telecom Operators have seen sharp declines in Subscriber Net Additions in recent months, with industry net adds falling by nearly two thirds between January and August 2011. Adding to their woes is the Seasonality in Indian Telecom industry. Indian operators are experiencing among the highest churn rates across the…

The decline in subscriber net additions partly reflects the conscious efforts of the telcos to eliminate wasteful SIM card sales (low revenue potential & no more spectrum allocation based on subscriber numbers) in order to reduce subscriber acquisition costs and preserve numbering resources. Based on VLR subscriber-based subscriber base of…

We first Analyzed the Mobile Call Tariff hike in India after talking to various operators and their strategies. During this interim period we closely monitored the actions of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. What we infer now is there is still scope for small upside from increases in call…

Though the Telecom sector sails through turbulent times, the Industry captains have continued to pour money into their companies lighting new networks and connecting 1.1 Bn Indians. As 3G Services have been rolled out in major Indian Towns & Cities, here is a quick research from the street on 3G…

To satiate the minds of our Readers, we are sharing the Market Research on How Indian Consumers Opt for Mobile operators and How they Choose Mobile handsets. To begin with, What factors matter to customers when choosing a service provider? 88% of all respondents rated Network Coverage and 68% of…

The India telcos minister provided further updates on NTP-11 today. These are just the drops from Mr. Kapil Sibal to get a feeling of Analysts and Industry on his new proposals and may be changed before the final draft is presented for approval. The Good in New Telecom Policy 2011:…

The key regulator of the fastest growing telecommunications market in the world, TRAI shared its views on the various issues plaguing the Indian Telecom Sector. Excerpts from the discussion areas follows, Spectrum Pricing – TRAI expects directives on spectrum pricing – one-time charges and future spectrum costs on license renewals…