TRAI Releases New Pricing for 2G Spectrum
The TRAI has released its recommendation on Spectrum pricing as analyzed by an expert group. The Full text of the recommendation is here. The main takeaways are – Based on the spectrum allocated beyond 6.2Mhz and the balance period of the license in those markets, Operators will have to shell out more money.
The pan-India per MHz price of spectrum for 20 years is Rs 46bn for allocation up to 6.2Mhz and Rs 17.7bn for spectrum beyond Read more
All India Mobile Number Portability Trends
Early Trends after the introduction of All India Mobile Number Portability is in-line with my expectation – CDMA and BSNL will be the biggest losers. Operators launched competing plans for Number Portability. Surprisingly it is Vodafone which has captured the most number of Port-Ins followed by Idea with its aggressive advertising campaign. However, compared to a massive 725 Mn Subscriber base on all India basis, the churn is very very low as I expected upto 5% of subscriber base then. It is not even 1% now so I was awful in this prediction.
Here is the complete Data on Operator, Port-In, Port-Out and Net Gain
- Vodafone 94747 44041 50,706
- Idea Cellular 74978 43011 31,967
Bharti Airtel – Consolidating Position in India + Africa
Bharti Airtel reported Dec-2010 quarterly results for its Multinational Operations in India, Africa and other countries. Here are excerpts of the Results & the conference call concluded just a while ago.
- Airtel has 1.42 Mn broadband subscribers with an ARPU in this segment of Rs 934 [ Pure Broadband ARPU could be much higher] Launched IPTV services in Bangalore.
- Compared to Idea Cellular, QoQ wireless voice traffic growth was just 6% while that for Idea was 10%. However, note that as Airtel’s scale of operation is twice that of Idea.
- 2G Spectrum License Fees in India – Management clearly stated that Read more
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