Airtel Pan India 3G Services by end of 2010 + No Problem in Sourcing Telecom Gear
Just a while ago, in a conference call the Management of Bharti Airtel confirmed that if 3G Spectrum is allotted to them by Sept-2010, as promised by the Government during 3G & BWA Auction, Airtel will roll out services before the CY 2010. Even though Bharti Airtel fell short of Pan India 3G Spectrum, it is in talks with various operators for Roaming Arrangement so that Airtel Subscriber has seamless 3G connectivity anywhere in India.
Airtel’s Sr Executives dismissed the notion of 3G Spectrum and Back-haul crunch as they have deployed the best Network Gear as well as have laid an extensive OFC network. Current gears enable the carriers to carry higher capacity traffic as well. Airtel said that it is not facing any issues with in-sourcing of Telecom Equipment from its European Vendors Read more
End of Tata’s WiMax Broadband Dream Run
In a Conference call with Analysts [I couldn't make it but here are the excerpts] Tata Communications Ltd, erstwhile VSNL acknowledged the end of its WiMax Dream Run.
Credit Suisse Analysts wrote,
Management expressed disappointment over not having won any spectrum in the recently concluded BWA auctions in India. Management indicated that prices crossed their internal realistic valuations quite early in the auction process, and thus it opted out of the bidding.
State of Wireless Broadband Market in India
I’d like to do a quick status check on the current state of Wireless Broadband market in India. [ 149 mn Data Connections on GPRS Network is excluded] Indians can subscribe to wireless broadband on 3 types of networks – WiMax, EVDO and 3G HSPDA.
WiMax in India – Tata Communications and Reliance Communications deployed WiMax Broadband networks in unlicensed spectrum in select cities 3 years ago but gave up on the same in early 2009. Both being CDMA operators, switched focus Read more
Intel’s WiMax Lobbyist Paul Otellini gets befitting reply from COAI
You all are aware of the WinTel lobby which prevailed once upon a time and the fat management layers in these companies still think that they can get it to work. In the context of this management attitude, Mr. Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel wrote to Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Hon. PM of India claiming that WiMax is the best technology to provide broadband services.
The PMOs office sought the opinion of DoT and the telecom industry in India. COAI, representing the GSM operators gave a befitting reply and strongly disagreed with Mr. Otellini’s claim. COAI said, Read more
WiMax Broadband as Business Case in India
In quest of the CPAEX involved for WiMax and modeling the business case, Citi Analysts spoke to Mr. Lil Mohan, MD (APAC & META) at WiMax Program Office, Intel Corp and here is a brief excerpt from the same,
WiMax Spectrum – Network Deployment – Cost for End User – 2 slots of 20 MHz in the 2.3 Ghz band available for wireless broadband auction in India can be used for any wireless broadband technology (WiMax/LTE). In addition to the spectrum fees, BTS will cost ~US$10-20k depending on the vendor/market. A basic WiMax roll-out in top 100-120 cities in India will require ~20k cell Read more
Wimax ecosystem weakened + 3G a Nationwide Service – Qualcomm
Mr. Kanwalinder Singh, President of Qualcomm India & South Asia in an exclusive interview to IIFL shared some thoughts on 3G and BWA Appications in India. Qualcomm is already working on alternative computing devices which will connect Indians, based on cloud computing. Devices may be smartbooks, Kayak and combinations.. Here is an excerpt from his interview,
Qualcomm’s plans on India’s BWA auction
Qualcomm has a history of participating in spectrum auctions to expedite commercialisation of new wireless technologies. TD-LTE is compatible with 3G WCDMA/HSPA and EV-DO for a seamless broadband experience in-country and while roaming globally. Also, when it comes to data, the quality needs to be extremely good. Read more
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