Month: April 2012
Aircel 3G – Pocket Internet Smart Plans go Unlimited – Lowest Pricing
Aircel which revolutionized Pocket Internet Plans in India is back with another disruptive offer but favorable to consumer – All Aircel 3G Pocket Internet Smart Plans come with UNLIMITED Usage, of-course there is a Fair Usage Policy – FUP, but still compared to other 3G Plans in India, Aircel will…
Mobile QoS – Airtel Gains Steeply – Idea Falls to Worst – RCom Struggles with Customers
TRAI conducts independent ground survey and research on QoS of Mobile Service Providers. Here is the outcome of the latest Research across all the Telecom Circles in India. Airtel:Bharti Airtel has been has been able to significantly arrest the issue of weak QoS scores, mainly on account of lower-than benchmark…
Mobile Spectrum Allocation – Auction Only + Defends Recommendations – Tells Data is the Way to Go
Mr. J. S. Sarma, Chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India [TRAI] addressed Investors across the World just a while ago on the Recommendations of TRAI on Telecom Spectrum Auction in India. Here are the key points on which Dr. Sharma touched upon, As regards the issue of post-January…
1800MHz 2G Spectrum Auction Pricing Likely at $300 Mn – TRAI
We have already covered the proceedings of the TRAI Open House in Delhi on the issue of 700Mhz Spectrum auction and 900Mhz Spectrum Refarming. Today we’d like to share the most awaited piece of information the Reserve Price for 1800 MHz 2G Telecom Spectrum which is keenly awaited by new…
700 MHz No Consesnsus + 900MHz re-farming complicated – TRAI Open House
TRAI Held an Open House on the Spectrum issues plaguing the Indian Telecom Sector. Here is a summary of the day long discussion on 700 MHz and 900 Mhz Spectrum Bands. 700MHz was discussed too briefly to provide a basis for TRAI to recommend modalities decisively in this round. Airtel,…
Rural Mobile Telephony Saturating in India
Analysts met head of rural communication agency who holds over a decade of marketing experience across India. He is of the view that going forward it will be challenging for the Telecom companies to push services in rural areas mainly because penetration of voice services into rural buying power is…
Mobile Advertising / Monetization on Ringtones – RingAd Android App
This morning I bumped into RingAd a ringtone based advertisement on the Android Platform. This is currently a small opportunity like the reCaptcha Display Brand Building Ad Network but very innovative idea in the Mobile Advertising Space where both the consumers and brand owners benefit. What is RingAd Android Advertising…
Google Cuts Android Deal in India with Reliance – Free RCom Connection + 1 GB of 3G Data
In the past Airtel, Aircel and Vodafone have chosen Apple Inc’s iPhone one of them most expensive pieces of consumer durables in India and a Pathetic Business Strategy by these companies, I’d say. The real need for India is an affordable yet SmartPhone which is only possible by the Android…