Category: internet
Research and Analysis on the Indian Internet and Broadband
Bharti Airtel launches 4G LTE Wireless Broadband in Kolkata
Bharti Airtel today became the first operator in India to launch 4G LTE Services in Kolkata. The airtel wireless 4G LTE service breaks free of everything you knew about the internet. Features include – wireless and blazing fast High-speed mobile internet access with bandwidth up to 40Mbps. See on What…
Why Vodafone Prefers Voice Traffic over 3G Data ?
Vodafone India derives 13% of revenue from nonâvoice services including 5% from SMS and 8% from data services. It currently has 33mn data subscribers with an average ARPU of INR75. Data usage by its 2G customers is currently on the rise. Regarding the 3mn 3G customers after about a year…
700 MHz – 4G / LTE Spectrum Auction Unlikely to Fetch as Much as 3G
The Indian Telecommunications Minister stated that three of the four issues holding back the 4G 700 MHz auctions have been resolved. The minster thinks that this band may raise more revenues than the 3G auction. However, we differ from this opinion because getting a 4G license is not a necessity…
Bharti Airtel 4G – TD-LTE in Mahrashtra on Nokia Siemens + Mobile Data Trafffic to Explode
While Reliance Infotel Broadband keeps talking about 4G / LTE Wireless Broadband Access, Bharti Airtel today announced that it has finalized the deal with Nokia Siemens Networks for Managing its 4G Mobile Broadband LTE Network in the state of Maharashtra where Airtel has BWA Spectrum for LTE Services. Sanjay Kapoor…
Reliance Communications – Revenues from Data Set to Double in 2-3 Years
Reliance Communications – India’s leading integrated Telecom Services Company with GSM and CDMA Licenses along with international Gigabit Circuits is all set to cash in on the Wireless Broadband / Data boom. The company which swiftly moved into Wireless Broadband Services on the CDMA-EVDO Platform 3 years ago with Reliance…
Will Reliance Communications Migrate from EVDO to FDD LTE for Wireless Internet ?
For operators like Reliance Communications that have CDMA spectrum, the advent of 4G will not pose a serious threat as the natural path for technological development is from CDMA to EVDO and subsequently to FDD LTE. [Read the difference between TD LTE Broadband Vs FDD LTE Broadband] While TD LTE…
How 3G / 4G LTE Can be Interecpeted by Law Enforcement Agencies ?
It is of utmost importance that any Government Prevent crime and terror. At the same time to satisfy legal procedures they should by gather admissible evidence and prosecute suspects. In the context of this, let us see how High Speed Networks provide the opportunity for Law Enforcement agencies to intercept…
Reliance Infotel LTE Deployment – 4 Strategies
Reliance -Infotel Broadband has BWA spectrum and planned to deploy LTE across circles. LTE in 2011 was an emerging technology being developed by 3GPP. From an operators perspective, LTE provided technical benefits such as more flexible spectrum usage and fewer nodes and economic benefits such as increased spectrum efficiency and…