What is Airtel’s Strategy to Combat Reliance Infotel on 4G-LTE Turf ?
Traditional media is Gung Ho about whatever Mukesh Ambani does and in the process doesn’t weigh the Business / Model and just paints a shangri-la picture irrespective of what the outcome is.
It is well known fact that 3G hasn’t gained much traction despite eco-system in place as affordability is still the main concern. In the context of this, let us see what is Airtel’s strategy in rolling out 4G LTE Broadband Wireless Access services ahead of others.
Everybody expected Reliance to launch and market 4G services, but how is it possible to build Read more
Airtel 4G LTE Broadband – Cheapest Plans Globally
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest Telecom Company has come a long way from being a 2G Voice operator in Delhi circle by acquiring license exactly 20 years ago to launching of 4G LTE Broadband Data Services in Kolkata a week ago.
For curiosity, I happened to compare the 4G LTE Pricing of Top 4G LTE Operators Globally and Airtel is the Cheapest when it is compared on Price / MB Scale, even though it pinches our pocket in INR Terms and not to forget the $160 Dongle 
The following Chart Shows the Comparison of Pricing of 4G LTE Broadband Services for various Data Usage Plans Globally. Read more
How Airtel, AT&T – Top 10 Global Telcos are Positioning 4G LTE Services ?
Bharti Airtel in India became the first Telecom Operator to launch 4G LTE Wireless Broadband Services. I’d like to compare how 4G LTE services are structured globally ? Unlike in India where 4G LTE is introduced as a Data Only service, it can be used for Voice as well in the rest of the world.
Telcos are unsure on how the transition to 4G LTE technology will affect their revenues. Telecom Operators have two schools of thought – Voice cannibalization on SmartPhones, which LTE could facilitate and contradicting the same is an opportunity for carriers to monetize growing data usage. It’s early days for LTE, too early to draw conclusions on how LTE might be affecting ARPUs. Read more
BSNL’s Broadband + Wired + Wireless Integrated Plan Offerings – Will Airtel Catch Up ?
I think from 2007, I have been asking Bharti Airtel to offer Integrated bouquet of Services – Broadband, Mobile, Landline and Dish TV. But they have always answered in the negative. However, there is a reason for Airtel to be ashamed that even a Government company like BSNL has put the integrated bouquet of telecom services on offer for customers for quite sometime and are now pushing them aggressively.
BSNL Hyderabad has launched Two UNLIMITED Broadband Plans – TPTS 799 and TPTS 1999.
TPTS 799 – BSNL DSL Broadband at 1 Mbps upto 10 GB and later speed capped at 512 Kbps [Not bad at all] Read more
Liberalization of Spectrum – Reliance NetConnect Broadband + Tata DoCoMo Photon+ + BSNL EVDO il-Legal Services?
The TRAI Consultation Paper released yesterday talks of the much awaited liberalization of Spectrum – which means making spectrum technology-neutral, or allowing an operator to utilize spectrum won through an auction for any technology. The consultation paper discusses this issue in detail.
The consultation paper clearly mentions that spectrum is not liberalized in India at present – Page 64, Section 3.10
spectrum assigned for mobile services is bound with the technology chosen by the licensee
This view, if endorsed by the DOT, could Read more
All Mobile Operator Compatible 3G USB Data Card / Dongle Huawei E303c + E560 in India
Their can’t be a better news than the release of Huawei E303c and Huawei E560 3G USB Dongles for High Speed Mobile Broadband Access. Both are Network Independent Devices – Meaning Change your SIM and access 3G network of the new operator on the fly.
Huawei E303c This is a 3G USB Dongle Modem with which you can access 3G Broadband on your Laptop / PC / Tablets, etc irrespective of the Telecom Operator. E303c / E560 are compatible with Airtel, BSNL, Vodafone, Idea, Reliance, Aircel and all other 3G Operators operating in India. Detailed Spec available here.
Huawei E303c Indian Rupee Price Read more
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