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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
| Qualcomm Vs Intel - Wireless Broadband Battle |
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 With just a week away from closing applications for BWA Airwaves Auction, Qualcomm Executives from San Diego are busy wooing Indian Telecom Operators [Reliance Communications and Tata Indicom] to throw their weight behind Qualcomm which is keen on pushing Wireless Broadband using the LTE / 4G technology in India.
India and 4G ? No, we are not kidding, the TRAI has made it clear that BWA Waves / Spectrum is technology Neutral. Until now, Intel with its mighty and lobbying approach made sure that operators go with WiMax based infrastructure to provide Wireless Broadband Services. With the sudden entry of Qualcomm, the battle for broadband has heated up.
We are not sure if the Spectrum of 2.3GHz earmarked for BWA by DoT will be suitable or not for LTE or not. |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
| Airtel + ICICI Combo Plan Offer |
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Airtel Broadband in association with ICICI Bank is offering Rs 1,500 worth of Freebies on Combo Plans [ Broadband + Voice] Details as below
- Rs. 250 free calling per month for six months
- Offer subject to network feasibility [Availability of DSL Broadband in Your Area]
- Offer valid for ICICI Bank customers only
- Payment mode for subscription: Cash, Cheque or ICICI Bank Debit Card
- Call 1800 103 0121 from Airtel Phone or SMS AIRTEL OFFER to 53636
- Valid till 31st March
If you face any difficulty, you can register your complaint here. |
| Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 10:26 AM |
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| Saturday, January 30, 2010 |
| BSNL Drops GRPS Data Plan Rates |
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 BSNL has dropped GRPS rates for existing 2G GSM subscribers effective immediately. This is a big step as they are offering UNLIMITED Data Transfer Plan, however, their speed truly sucks, especially if you are used to fast web browsing and working.
Details of BSNL GPRS 2G GSM Packages
- 3 Paisa / 10 KB - Pay as You use
- 100 MB Download Limit - Rs 49 for Post-Paid users and Rs 54 for pre-paid
- 300 MB Download Limit - Rs 99 for Post Paid and Rs 219 for pre-Paid
- 1 GB Download - Rs 199 for Post-paid and Rs 219 for pre-paid
- Unlimited Data Transfer - Rs 249 for Post-paid and Rs 274 fo pre-paid
It will be interesting to see if affordable pricing will lead to increase in Mobile Internet Usage. My guess, not without good network speed. |
| Published on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM |
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| Wednesday, January 06, 2010 |
| Mobile EVDO Internet Service Gaining Traction |
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 Mobile broadband over EVDO / CDMA 1.x platform is gaining lot of traction for wireless broadband services, according to industry experts.
BSNL EVDO broadband was the first one to launch service followed by Reliance NetConnect+ and Tata Photon+. The last entrant in this space is MTS' MBlaze broadband. They operate by leveraging existing infrastructure and spectrum.
Reliance Communication's NetConnect+ has seen promising traction with data card user base
rising from 50,000 in April 2009 to 500, 000 in October 2009. Collectively EVDO broadband service providers have been adding over 120,000 customers MoM and the customer base has reached almost 800,000 at the end of October-2009.
- 60% of EVDO mobile broadband customers are SMEs
- 40% have connected under the residential category
Non-availability of UNLIMITED data plans in EVDO services is hindering most residential customers and TRAI lack the will to interfere when it has all all the powers to do so.Labels: evdo-operators, mobile-broadband, wireless-broadband |
| Published on Wednesday, January 06, 2010 at 5:24 PM |
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| Sunday, December 13, 2009 |
| Review - Tata Photon+ TV on Demand |
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Earlier this month, Tata Photon+ Mobile Wireless Broadband service Provider in association with Apalya [MimoBiTV] launched Live Streaming of TV Channels over IP. So essentially, Tata Photon+ TV is a IPTV.
Requirements for Tata Photon+ TV:
- You need to have a Tata Photn+ Wireless Broadband [Post-Paid]
- You need to download and install this software [15 Megs]
The platform on which this TV works is Adobe Air and the underlying Wireless broadband infrastructure is 1x CDMA network deployed by Tata Indicom.
Here is the starting screen of Tata Photon TV+
 The next screen that will appear for you is as shown - You can follow the screen shots and the description of each of it.
In our view, the TV works really nice for the small resolution and definitely comes handy for businessmen on the move. We found a slight delay between Tata Sky DTH and Tata Photon+ IPTV is 20 seconds with the latter lagging the former. We think this could be due to Apalya recording on their server and then streaming it. Every one minute of streaming will involve 1 to 2 MB of Data transfer.Labels: Tata-Photon-IPTV, Tata-Photon-Mobile-Broadband-TV |
| Published on Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 1:19 PM |
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
| Forget 3G - EVDO [BSNL, Reliance, Tata] is the Way to Go |
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 Time and Again, we have heard your voice that BSNL 3G service is expensive and we agree that it needs to be made more affordable. Until then, users seeking mobility in broadband to work from School or Home or SOHO, can rely on BSNL EVDO or Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ or Tata Photon+.
We recommend Reliance NetConnect Broadband+ or Tata Photon+ for users of Mumbai and Delhi or anybody who frequently visit those cities since you can avail of roaming Boradband access [Kindly confirm the Billing while roaming].
BSNL EVDO: BSNL's EVDO is a great Wireless broadband Plan for users seeking mobility. The deal is great, especially in South India - Having taken the connection in Bangalore, we enjoy South India roaming and the cost is just Rs 650 [Unlimited Access, Speed varies by Signal Strength. Never got the advertised 1 Mbps, but 384Kbps to 768 Kbps is not bad at all].
Access - Access methodology of EVDO based broadband is using a USB stick / antenna. If you wish to purchase the USB stick it costs Rs 4,000 + taxes or if you lease it, it costs Rs 200 / month. [We recommend to lease it] You can install it on any Operating System. BSNL EVDO Drivers for Windows 2K SP4, XP, Vista or even Linux are available.
BSNL is using CDMA 1X Technology for providing EVDO based broadband services and is continuously expanding its BTS'.Labels: bsnl-evdo-review |
| Published on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:02 PM |
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| Monday, November 16, 2009 |
| Explaining 126.97 Wireless Internet Subscribers |
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TRAI publishes report about the number of internet subscribers on different platforms. We were very surprised about the 126.97 Million Wireless Internet Subscribers number in this report [PDF]. Here is how TRAI explains the number,
The Wireless data subscribers of 126.97 million are those who are capable of accessing data services including Internet using their GSM/CDMA handsets and are accessing data services offered by their service providers. (Example : R-world provided by Reliance). Subscribers of Internet/Broadband using USB data Cards/PCMCIA cards are counted as Internet broadband customers, and service providers report them as under wireless broadband subscribers category. So EVDO / WiMax and all other subscribers fall in the Internet broadband Subscribers Category which is still very small - 7.4 mn [Oct-2009]. |
| Published on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 6:55 PM |
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| Tuesday, October 13, 2009 |
| HCL Laptops with MTNL 3G Wireless Broadband |
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In a last attempt bid to push 3G Services which has failed to take-off in the hands of MTNL, the company has tied up with HCL Infosystems Ltd which retails laptops. Combined, HCL will bundle MTNL 3G HSDPA Wireless Broadband packages with its laptops so that customers can go online using MTNL's 3G network.
HCL will offer 3G broadband Services on selected range of laptops and ME Net books. HCL will bundle MTNL 3G Data card along with its prepaid 3G GSM Wireless Broadband connections, through its distributors in Mumbai and Delhi by mid November.
Going forward, 3G HSDPA Wireless Broadband is going to be aggressively marketed by Indian Telecom companies and Mr. Sunil Mittal of Airtel has already acknowledged the same by giving a slip to WiMax which is a failure until today.
Details of the offer not yet published. We will update as soon as they are available or check out the forum if somebody else updates there.Labels: 3G, HSDPA, MTNL-3G |
| Published on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 4:05 PM |
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