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| Wednesday, August 27, 2008 |
| Wireless Operators Revenue Comparison |
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 This is probably the first time that you are seeing the revenue comparison of all the major Wireless Operators in India. [Vodafone India's breakup were not available in the past since its not a listed company]
All figures in Rs Million. For Period Apr-1-08 to June-30-08
 Top 5 Wireless Operators based on Q1 FY09 Revenues are,
- Bharti Airtel - 76,493
- Vodafone India - 45,721
- Reliance Communications - 31,486
- BSNL - 22,898
- Idea Cellular - 22,029
It is really surprising to see that Vodafone India with operations in 18 circles and heavily dependent on Mobile Services is beating RCom an integrated Telecom player with International presence. The worst performer is the Government Owned BSNL which has the highest spectrum for operations as well as the largest copper land line network for DSL broadband.
Update: The chart shows only Revenues from Wireless Operations [GSM or CDMA or Both] Sorry, by referring to Integrated Telco it confused some readers. |
Published on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 11:40 AM  |
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| Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| Will RCom Migrate users to GSM from CDMA ? |
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It is well known fact that Reliance Communications will start PAN India GSM Wireless operations by the end of this year. However, the major question is - Will RCom adopt a strategy to migrate all CDMA subscribers to GSM platform and eventually shut the CDMA network ? The management in several conference calls has indicated that it will continue to run both however, analysts at HSBC have a different opinion.
The report said,
We see no reason why an operator would want to run dual networks for a moment longer than is absolutely necessary. Running two networks simultaneously is complex and expensive and, in our view, the sooner RCOM deals with the issue of how to migrate its subscribers from CDMA to GSM the better. HSBC estimates how users in India will be migrated from CDMA to GSM network as shown in the graph below.
 All current developments suggest that Tata another cellular operator will also migrate to GSM. HSBC report strongly suggests that CDMA networks will be closed and it is question of when and not if. Did the Jacobs of Qualcomm shoot in their feet when then IT Minister, Mr. Maran invited them for talks but the former refused to budge.Labels: End-of-CDMA |
| Published on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 9:28 AM |
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| Wednesday, August 20, 2008 |
| Nokia N96 competes iPhone |
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 Nokia has timed it right in India to stop its loyal customers from migrating to the iPhone Platform, which is likelyto be launched by Airtel and Vodafone anytime in the next few days. Nokia has launched the N96 phone - another one in the N Series. [This is something different from the rest, and is moving towards iPhone in features [16Gig Flash + Internet Browsing Features]
Features of Nokia N96:
A 3G phone automatically switching between bands[ WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)] and modes. Weighs 125 gm, 103 mm long, 55 m in width [somewhat smaller for entertainment freaks] and has a depth of 20mm.
The phone has 16GB of internal flash memory plus slots for your microSD Card. Don't worry, the phone is not supposed to hang up or become slow once you have filled that space because it is engineered to use the 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area) It has support for Stereo FM, Visual and Internet Radio playing all the popular music formats except iTunes.
N96 is equipped to handle the following data transfers,
WCDMA HSDPA 900/2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4kbps
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296/177.6kbps
GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107/64.2kbps
N96 supports the following Video Formats,
MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263/SP), up to VGA 30 fps, Windows Media Video (WMV9), RealVideo QCIF, Flash Video in browser and DRM support: OMA DRM 1, OMA DRM 2, WM DRM
The most exciting feature of N96 is support for Live TV,
DVB-H based mobile TV with internal antenna
DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz
N96 also supports GPS and e-mail and messaging. It can connect via WLAN 802.11 b/g. It also has USB and Bluetooth interfaces.
Nokia N96 phone has to be pre-booked online at cost of Rs 4,000.Labels: N-96-Live-TV, Nokia NSeries, Nokia-N96-Prebook |
| Published on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 12:36 PM |
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| Saturday, August 02, 2008 |
| 3G Wireless Spectrum Auction |
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 The DoT has announced 3G Spectrum Auction thus paving way for high bandwidth applications to run on wireless networks. 5-10 blocks (of 5Mhz each) per circle in 2.1Ghz band at reserve price of Rs 20.2bn for nation-wide license. In circles with >5 slots, the bidding intensity would be lower than say Mumbai / Delhi, where there are only 2/3 slots.
Three blocks of 1.25MHz each would be available for CDMA operators in the 800Mhz band. Both, the assured allotment to MTNL/BSNL and CDMA spectrum (pro-rata) would be allotted at the highest bid price in 2.1Ghz. Foreign Operators are also allowed to bid but they need to have a UASL license first.
To summarize, the following chart shows spectrum availability for 3G GSM, 3G CDMA and Wireless Broadband.
Refer to goBroadband for more information and analysis on 3G Wireless Spectrum and Broadband Wirless Access.
Tags: 3G, Telecom India, Mobile India, Wireless Broadband
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| Published on Saturday, August 02, 2008 at 11:34 AM |
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