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| Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| Airtel Introduces Freedom Plan - Per Sec Billing |
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 A week ago we made a business case that Airtel is likely to shift to per second billing. Bingo! Bharti Airtel has introduced Freedom Plan which is based on a pulse of second.
Details of Airtel Freedom Plan:
Airtel OnNet Calls [Terminating on Airtel Network] - 1 Paise / Second - Local or STD
All other Calls - 1.2 Paise / Second - Local or STD.
Kindly note that Airtel Freedom Plan is available only for pre-paid GSM customers.
However, if you observe closely, that is if a customer talks for 1 minute, he ends up paying 72 paise / call compared to 50 paise by Reliance and 60 paise by other operators.
Update:
To activate this plan you have to get a Recharge Coupon of Rs 64 and the plan will be applied to your account with 12 months validity and ZERO Talktime. You have to recharge separately to get Talktime.
Local SMS Rs 0.5
STD SMS Rs 1.5
What a Royal Rip-off by Airtel.Labels: Airtel-1paise-per-second |
Published on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:12 PM  |
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| Thursday, October 22, 2009 |
| Airtel Likely to Shift to Per Second Billing |
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 It is highly likely that Bharti Airtel will shift to Per Second billing as per whispers in the analyst circle. Overcapacity in urban centres has accelerated the dual SIM phenomenon, in our view, as new schemes have allowed for arbitrage opportunities. We believe that Bharti needs to stop arbitrage opportunities, and we would not be surprised if Bharti adapted to billing per second on a pan-India basis or go the RCOM way and lower tariffs on all plans to INR0.5.
A wait and-watch approach may cause a longer-term strategic disadvantage, as it would allow new entrants to build scale and make them eligible for additional spectrum.
Network Utilization Will be the Mantra: Various schemes in the market are allowing subscribers to avail themselves of lower rates on outgoing calls, and as such, traffic is moving away from incumbents to new players. New players following such a move would have limited room for rate cuts.
Finally, in the next 12-24 months, this would accelerate the cash burn of marginal players and could accelerate the consolidation process. However, any consolidation also would depend on spectrum reforms and regulators’ approach to the process of allocation of additional 2G spectrum. |
| Published on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 12:47 PM |
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| Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
| Speed Post SMS Tracking Feature - Making Money |
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 India Post which is here to serve the Public has taken a noble initiative by introducing SMS tracking interface for Speedposts. However, we register our objection to the premium SMS service which the Government undertaking has taken to serve the consumer as it will cost a whopping Rs 3 / SMS.
To track your Speedpost, send a SMS to 55352 in the following format
SPSpeed Number For example - SPSpeed EK381207108 [Omit the IN]
To track EMS by SMS send an SMS to 55352 in the following format
EMSSpeed number
Speedpost's track record, atleast in my experience is quite unreliable. Had booked a Document Packet to Mumbai and I don't understand from where did Rajkot come into picture when I was tracking the document online. [See Pic Below]
 Online tracking of Speedpost is the best alternative today. |
| Published on Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 8:00 AM |
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| Wednesday, October 07, 2009 |
| Windows Smart Phone 6.5 Launched |
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MJicrosoft is running behind in the Fast Growing Mobile Handset market as well. However, the company has launched Windows Mobile 6.5, which will deliver new customer experiences through an improved, easy-to-use and customizable user interface and an enhanced browsing experience.
Handsets Bundled with Windows Mobile - HTC Touch 2 Acer Be Touch E100, Acer Be Touch E101, Acer Neo Touch S200 and Acer Be Touch E200. Further, several handsets running Windows Mobile 6.1, including HTC Diamond 2, HTC Touch Pro 2, LG Eigen and Samsung Omnia Pro.
Window My Phone - Free 200 MB Online Storage and Backup lets you have peace of mind. No longer do you need to worry about losing precious phone data like contacts, texts, pictures & music…even when you lose or damage your handset.
Windows Apps Marketplace - you can have the best of work and play right at your finger tips! Easily find and download for free or purchase high quality mobile applications that not only help access important line of business applications for work, but also popular mobile applications for play such as Facebook, MySpace, Netflix, Twikini, WunderRadio and, ZAGAT, as well as leading game titles including Guitar Hero World Tour, Sudoku.
Browsing - The new Windows Phones offer you desktop like browsing ability on your phone with a completely redesigned Windows Internet Explorer mobile browser.
Office on Mobile - Microsoft Office Mobile on your Windows Mobile 6.5 lets you open and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents right from your phone with the familiar Outlook features and software you know from your PC.
Starting at Rs. 11,000, the new Windows Phones are available across a range of styles and prices. ouch devices to Touch with QWERTY or Non- Touch with QWERTY, slide, slide-out QWERTY etc. to meet your need.
You can check out their Windows Mobile Video made for India here. |
| Published on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 at 4:50 PM |
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| Monday, October 05, 2009 |
| Simply Reliance - Tariff Most Disruptive in Industry |
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 In line with the management's statement during the last quarter's conference call, Reliance Communication is the company that has pioneered the launch of most innovative tariffs, the Wireless division just minutes ago informed about another round of disruptive tariff applicable across the board - CDMA, GSM and Pre / Post paid customers.
Simply Reliance Tariff Plan:- Applicable to both GSM / CDMA Customers - Existing or New
- Existing Pre-paid customers have to do a one time recharge of Rs 48 to enjoy this tariff for lifetime
- Existing Post-Paid customers can migrate to this plan by paying a monthly rental of Rs 99 [You will get Rs 99 worth of FREE SMS Local / STD]
- Tariffs under Simply Reliance is 50 paise / minute for Local or STD Calls to any mobile or Landline. Aditionally, SMS will also cost 50 paise
Only Airtel and Vodafone are the two operators who are not offering any such competitive offers to their customers.
Update @ 18:45 HRS- Simply Reliance Tariff Plan 399:
- Applicable to Post-Paid Users at monthly rental of Rs 399
- Rs 399 worth of Local Calling FREE On-Net of Off-Net
- Rs 399 worth SMS also FREE
- All Local / STD On-Net or Off-Net Calls at Rs 50 Paise / Minute
- In Roaming - Tariff Remains the Same - 50 Ps / Minute Incoming or Outgoing and SMS will cost 50 Paise
Labels: simple-reliance-mobile, simple-reliance-tariff |
| Published on Monday, October 05, 2009 at 5:18 PM |
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| Saturday, October 03, 2009 |
| Telecom Tower Infra - State + Analysis |
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As Reliance Telecom Infrastructure readies itself for the IPO, here is the state and analysis of Telecom Tower Infrastructure in India. At the end of FY2009 [March], India had ~282,000 Telecom Towers serving 390 mn wireless customers.
Tower operators bullish on growth prospects for new entrants, launch of next generation technologies. 3G/WiMAX deployments in top 100 cities could require incremental 18,000 cell sites primarily from 900/1800 MHz operators. Tower operators looking to offer all elements of network for sharing.
Projected Tower Capacity for FY-10 March - 2010
Indus Towers - 116,000
Reliance Infratel - 50,000
BSNL - 55,000
Bharti Infratel - 30,000
Vodafone - 8,500
Idea Cellular - 9,000
Quippo Telecom Infrastructure - 36,000 [For Tata]
GTL Infrastructure - 10,000
Essar Telecom - 6,500
Others - 21,000
The capital cost to install a ground-based tower has declined to nearly Rs 2.5 million on average from Rs 2.8 million–3.0 million a year ago due to falling commodity (primarily steel) prices.
Revenue per tenant has fallen to nearly Rs 32,000 for the first tenant and Rs 30,000 on average for the second tenant for ground-based towers. Fuel and power costs are also paid by tenants on the tower on a shared basis and average nearly Rs 23,000–25,000 per month.
Operator-owned towercos report significantly higher profitability than independent passive infrastructure operators. |
| Published on Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 11:42 AM |
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