Tag: 4g-india
Reliance Infotel LTE Deployment – 4 Strategies
Reliance -Infotel Broadband has BWA spectrum and planned to deploy LTE across circles. LTE in 2011 was an emerging technology being developed by 3GPP. From an operators perspective, LTE provided technical benefits such as more flexible spectrum usage and fewer nodes and economic benefits such as increased spectrum efficiency and…
What are the 4 Key Drivers for LTE in India ?
In our view there are four key drivers: network, devices, international deployments, and deployments by China – the largest telecom market. On the international network side, the two standards FD and TD are very similar – both OFDMA. Most vendors are Shutting Down their Wimax Ventures and are shifting to…
LTE Rollout Status – LTE Vs 3G vs WiMax vs EVDO Internet
Augere is a wireless broadband provider with operations in Pakistan & Bangladesh (using WiMax). It has also won the BWA spectrum in India for the MP circle in the auctions held last year and plans to launch services using LTE. Even though the number of deployments of WiMax outnumbers LTE…
Airtel ready to takeover Qualcomm’s BWA / LTE Spectrum
Bharti Airtel is all set to buy Qualcomm’s India broadband wireless licenses for US$ 1.2 bn. Qualcomm has licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala and Haryana and paid US$ 1.1 bn in Jun 2010 during BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum auctions. So what does this mean for Bharti Airtel’s Broadband /…
Reliance WiMax – LTE Dilemma Advantage for 3G Operators
Reliance Industries Ltd [RIL] inherited by Mukesh Ambani is in a dilemma to choose WiMax or LTE for providing wireless broadband services. RIL invested close to USD 1 Bn for PAN India BWA license and since then is quiet on its plans. BWA licences are technology-neutral and both WiMax and…
Wireless Spectrum – BWA Vs EVDO Vs 3G – Insight
Wireless broadband is the way forward in India which lacks Wired Infrastructure and where it exists, it is in the hands of State Owned Monopoly – BSNL. We’d like to enlighten on the current situation of the underlying infrastructure that powers Broadband in India. RIL with 20MHz of BWA spectrum,…
BWA Likely on WiMax First then to LTE – No Threat to 3G
BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) winners recently received wireless spectrum, our meetings indicate they are no in a hurry to rollout the services given the eco-system constraints and slower pace of equipment procurement. Based on our discussions with industry participants we believe almost all BWA operators will initially rollout Wimax. Some…
Reliance Wireless Broadband likely over LTE
Infotel Broadband Services Ltd, winner of Pan India BWA Spectrum is now 95% owned by Reliance Industries Ltd led by Mukesh Ambani. Reliance told us that, A single 20 MHz TDD spectrum when used with LTE (Long Term Evolution) has the potential of providing greater capacity when compared to existing…