Earlier this month, Tata Teleservices had opposed the entry of foreign players in 3G space. [I have supported Tata’s views] Now, TRAI sources have  said, Last year, Trai in its recommendations has said that only existing service providers be allowed to bid. If the DoT wants to make changes toContinue Reading

Vodafone believes 2G, 3G and 4G will co-exist in India for years to come and believes multiple networks can help address the needs of all strata of customers and is cost efficient. Management highlighted past failure of a 3G-only network. Vodafone is increasing its own 3G network footprint from nineContinue Reading

3G mobile Data revenues in India for incumbents are incremental to Voice revenues initially because initial 3G adopters are relatively high-income subscribers whose telecom bill is a very small proportion of their total disposable income. These subscribers maintain their voice consumption despite incremental data usage (largely for entertainment and continuousContinue Reading