Free Basics a veiled corporate greed of the worst order?
Make no mistake: the widely publicized Free Basics campaign is not about charity but instead about charity marketing.
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Tag: TRAI
A virtualization model to get around the 3G spectrum crunch
Given the general consensus among stakeholders in the telecom industry that the next phase of business growth would ride on the back of data services, the meager availability of 3G spectrum remains a cause of concern.For...
Read MoreOperators continued to shed flab; scrubbed 13.7 million subscribers in November 2012
In line with the telecom subscription outlook presented by BusinessandMarket in an October2012 release, the telecom subscription data released by TRAI for the month of November 2012 captured a significant decline.According to...
Read MoreExcluding exceptional items, negative mobile subscription additions accelerated in August
Subscription data for the month of August 2012 released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed six out of 13 reported operators experienced negative subscription growth, for the second consecutive month.The...
Read MoreThere are better ways of utilizing the USO Fund
The to-be-launched “har haath mein phone (HHMP)” scheme comes when a highly uncertain telecom climate prevails, from business as well as regulatory standpoints. It raises a number of questions that seek to be answered.One...
Read MoreGifting mobiles to BPL families? First ensure that tariffs don’t go up
While independent India turns 65 this August 15, the tele-density in the country hovers around a massive 80 percent. In fact, going by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) numbers, it stood at 79.58 percent in June 2012,...
Read MoreTRAI draft regulations good for 3G, not for LTE
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) this week released draft regulations with a view to benchmark and monitor quality of mobile data services offered by 3G and broadband wireless access (BWA) service providers.The...
Read MoreTRAI draft regulation: Mobile data throughput to be 90% of subscribed speed
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its draft guidelines for quality of service (QoS) pertaining to mobile data services. The document, with a working title of “Standards of Quality of Service for Mobile...
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