Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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T-Mobile steps up 4G marketing speak: It has the nation's largest 4G network Top
 
BWA Auction: Impact on the Indian broadband market Top
The liberalization of India's telecoms market has fueled explosive growth in mobile telephony, but its impact on the growth of broadband has been minimal. Despite government support, India's broadband penetration rate is just 1%. However, the successful completion of the Indian broadband wireless access (BWA) auctions will have a positive impact, with broadband service launches based on the LTE standard. Ovum views the LTE deployments coming at the expense of WiMAX and, in conjunction with 3G, drive mobile broadband growth. Broadband rollout in India has been characterized by significant investment in core backbone networks, but little investment in upgrading backhaul and building out access networks. As a result, broadband in India has a surplus of bandwidth, but suffers from severe bottlenecks at the access network level. The recently completed BWA auctions have, for the first time, given service providers in India access to nationwide spectrum in a frequency band that is suitable for both WiMAX and TD-LTE technologies. The availability of a commercial ecosystem of device and network equipment vendors will also help to make broadband affordable in India. According to Ovum's report, 'The impact of the Indian broadband wireless access auction', the total number of broadband connections in India will rise to 186.5 million by 2015, with mobile broadband accounting for approximately 166 million connections. With mobile broadband starting from a base of just 10 million connections in 2010, there is a huge growth opportunity for LTE and other mobile broadband technologies in the Indian market. The success of the auction was mainly due to the entry of new, well resourced players such as Reliance Industries and Qualcomm. Principal Analyst, Emerging Markets, Ovum, Shiv Putcha says, "The adoption of TD-LTE by two major players will build momentum for the technology, with other operators expected to follow the lead of Qualcomm and Infotel. This will lead to an Indian broadband market dominated by mobile technologies, and supported by high-speed multi-mode 3G and LTE devices." As none of the fastest growing economies, broadband adoption in India represents a huge untapped opportunity, which Ovum believes will be dominated by small-screen mobile broadband connections.
 
India Mobile Number Portability from Nov 25 Top
India will implement mobile number portability, which will allow users to switch service providers while retaining their phone number, on Nov. 25. The launch was delayed thrice because some telecom operators weren't prepared, but the "networks are now technically ready," a government statement said. The service will be launched in Haryana state on Nov. 25, and across the country in phases after that. Source
 
GSM subscriber base at 494 million Top
The total number of GSM-based mobile phone users in the country has gone up to 494 million in September, a growth of 2.58% over July, according to the data released by the Cellular's Operators Association of India (COAI). The country's largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel added 2 million subscribers during the month and registered a subscriber market share of 29%. Its total mobile user base was up to 143 million at the end of the month. Source
 
India readies for the 3G experience Top
Telecom operators will start rolling out third-generation (3G) networks this month. Tata DOCOMO has announced its intention to launch 3G services around Diwali. Vodafone Essar plans to roll out 3G services by the first quarter of next year. And India's largest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel, is gearing up to launch its 3G services before the end of 2010 in the 13 service areas where it has won 3G spectrum. Source
 
India's GSM subscribers base grows by 2.58 percent Top
India's GSM mobile subscribers base grew 2.58 percent in September with the addition of over 12.4 million subscribers with the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(BSNL) alone signing over 2.3 million users to gain a market share of 14.71 percent. The total number of subscribers in the country crossed 494 million as against 481 million the previous month, data released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) showed. Source
 
GSM operators add 12.4 mn new subscribers in Sep Top
The total number of GSM-based mobile phone users in the country has gone up to 494 million with the addition of 12.4 million new users by telcos in September, according to new data released by an industry body. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), a body representing GSM operators in the country, said total subscriber additions in September were less than in August, when total user additions stood at 13.5 million. Source
 
Asia fuels sales of 1.34B cellphones in 2010 Top
Vendors are expected to ship as many as 1.34 billion cellphone handsets this year with sales projected to hit 1.7 billion units a year in 2015. The results are based in part on a strong third quarter with sales of 346.2 million handsets and annual growth to date of 20 percent, according to recent reports from ABI Research. The 2010 growth "is a remarkable feat, irrespective of the rebound effect following the deferred handset purchases during the economic recession," said Jake Saunders, vice president for forecasting at ABI Research, speaking in a press release. Source
 
India adds 2.5 Lakh CDMA data card subscribers every month Top
In a country where broadband targets have continuously been missed, CDMA operators have crossed the three million subscriber mark with their EVDO data cards, which provides high speed internet access. According to research done by Telecom Yatra, CDMA operators are adding around 2.5 lakh data card subscribers per month. Also, the absence of 3G data cards has proved to be a big factor in success story of CDMA data cards. Source
 
The telecom triangle: Subscribers, price, VAS Top
With a number of telecom service providers and handset vendors to match, the competition is no longer just price. In fact, the playing field is getting complex and moving with the rural wind with more parameters such as price, features , ease of purchase and after sales service. The neck to neck race by telecom providers is no longer on how much a call costs per second or per minute. Today it is about whether the handset manufacturer and also the service provider have teamed up to provide mp3 format ring tones and caller tunes for the subscriber. This sounds familiar. Source
 

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