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National Telecom Policy 2011: A fresh breather!

by Paul Joseph November 13, 2011 Featured

Just as Finance bills are used as an opportunity for announcing economic policy decision, draft NTP 2011 has more on intent and direction Minister Sibal’s reformist draft policy traverses far beyond telecom services and attempts to encompass manufacturing of IT & ITeS equipment and addressing spectrum challenges for sectors beyond telecom. On first brush, the document is a consultants delight with jargons like mission, standard operating procedures ( SOP), code of practice for sales & marketing, always connected etc. setting out ambitious objectives for of broadband on demand, nationwide – free roaming. Source

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India eyes 4G service launch next year

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

After the launch of third- generation (3G) telecom services, India may see more advanced 4G services in the second half of next year. India aims to launch fourth-generation (4G) mobile services next year that will allow users to watch high-definition video and download content at a much faster rate, a minister says. 4G technology holds the promise of Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than typical third-generation networks. “We should be ready to launch 4G… in the later half of 2012,” Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said Source

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India telecoms regulator proposes to relax M&A rules

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

India’s telecoms regulator on Thursday proposed a relaxation of guidelines for mergers and acquisitions in the sector that if implemented by the government would facilitate a long-awaited consolidation in the crowded 15-player market. India’s once-booming telecom sector has struggled in recent years due to ferocious competition and a graft scandal, prompting authorities to overhaul decades-old industry regulations. Source

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India Lobby: 3G Roaming Pacts Don’t Violate Rules

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

A lobby group of Indian mobile-phone operators said Thursday they haven’t violated telecom licensing rules in signing pacts among themselves to offer third-generation cellular services in service areas where they don’t have bandwidth. The statement by the Cellular Operators Association of India comes after federal Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said his ministry was examining whether such agreements violated licensing rules. Source

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Google bets big on mobile internet in India

by Paul Joseph November 6, 2011 Featured

Internet giant Google expects India’s internet growth to be driven by mobile users, predicting that they will form the majority of new internet users in the country as low-priced smartphones become available. India now has 100 million internet users, less than a tenth of the country’s population of 1.2 billion, but still the third largest user base behind China and the United States. The number is expected to grow to 300 million in the next three years. Source

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Now, roaming service to become free in India?

by Paul Joseph October 15, 2011 Featured

India’s new telecoms policy is a mixed bag for operators. The scandal-ridden sector is crying out for consolidation. Delhi’s new policy will allow spectrum trading and, theoretically, free up M&A too. But costs will rise and takeovers are unlikely until the corruption investigations are complete. Almost everyone agrees that the sector has too many players, and that margins have been driven too low to be sustainable. There are 15 firms in India. Reliance Communication’s average revenue per user fell to $2.26 per month in the first quarter of 2011 from $7.63 in 2008. Source

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India Unveils Draft of New Telecom Policy

by Paul Joseph October 15, 2011 Featured

India on Monday unveiled a set of proposals to streamline its regulations for the telecommunications sector, which has been struggling amid price wars and allegations of corruption stemming from the government’s sale of radio spectrum in 2008. The policy, which is still in draft form, seeks to do away with roaming charges—a fee users pay for operating mobile phones outside their home territories, and aims to issue telecom licenses and spectrum bandwidth separately rather than bundling them, as is now the practice. Source

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Mobile handset sales falls 12-13 mn, weak rupee may push prices

by Paul Joseph October 15, 2011 Featured

Mobile handset sales in the country have started sliding or stagnating in line with a slowdown in subscriber additions, forcing local players to push exports to maintain their growth rate. Monthly handset sales in the country has fallen to 12-13 million over the past two quarters, down from an average of 15 million last fiscal year, according to data from research firm GfK. Source

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Assessing the India Telecom Equipment Opportunity

by Paul Joseph October 15, 2011 Featured

What does India have to offer that is so promising? Looking at five-year growth trends for mobile subscribers and mobile revenue, India growth rates are forecast to exceed even those of rapidly expanding China, based on Pyramid forecast data. More significantly, it is not just the growth rates that are expected to surpass China and the industrialized West over the next five years but the total subscriber numbers, as well. By 2016, Pyramid forecasts that India will have reached 1.4 billion mobile subscriptions and 600 million 3G/4G mobile data subscriptions. This slightly surpasses the 1.3 million mobile subscriptions forecast for China and is three times the total forecast for the U.S. The 3G/4G total is about 70 percent higher than the forecast totals for both China and the U.S. In short, India promises a powerful combination of both growth and size. Source

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GSM subscriber additions fall for 4th month in a row

by Paul Joseph October 9, 2011 Featured

Slowdown in the telecom sector continued last month, with GSM operators adding just about 5.33 million subscribers in August, compared to 7.65 million in the earlier month. The GSM subscriber base, thus, stood at 611.75 million at the end of last month. For the fourth month in a row, subscriber additions continued to decline. In May, for the first time since October 2009, the subscriber additions was below the 10-million mark when 9.53 million GSM users were added. Source

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