Forum: GSM Mobile

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular the Incumbent Wireless Operators in India just a while ago raised SMS Tariffs in Kerala circle as much as 400%....

Subscriber addition declined to 1.7mn with all the new operators losing subscribers on an absolute basis. Loss of subscribers of new operators did...

Mobile Subscribers Net adds declined by 36% MoM in June to 4.6mn taking the GSM subscriber base to 677mn. The decline was largely driven by poor...

The incumbent operators have increased their distribution commissions in select circles like Mumbai, Karnataka (again led by Airtel increasing and...

In the last three months, Airtel’s monthly net-adds have grown more than 2.6x, marking a break from slow additions during 2HCY11 (average net-adds of...

Bharti and Idea reported a sharp uptick in their net SIM card additions in Feb’12, with net-adds growing, respectively, 40% and 48% mom. Aggressive...

GSM players continued to gain incremental subscriber market share as India’s subscriber base increased by ~9.2mn in December’11 to stand at ~890mn....

It is well known fact that Airtel is reducing the benefits of 2G GPRS Pack. Now why this move ? Incumbent operators are making a conscious effort...

In addition to the base tariff plans, mobile operators in India also frequently sell STVs - Special Tariff Vouchers that provide below-the-line,...

The Following Table Shows Urban vs Rural Mobile Subscribers in India. Idea Cellular and not Reliance communications nor BSNL has the largest Rural...

In response to a petition filed by consumer-interest groups, the telecom tribunal asserted that tariffs should be decided by market forces rather the...

India’s GSM net adds continued to decline in August to 5.3m, a staggering decline of 30% from 7.6m in July, according to data from COAI. August...

Full talktime on recharge coupons (used to be a popular scheme) now is almost a thing of the past. Even if incumbents are offering the scheme, it is...

The GSM Wireless industry witnessed subscriber addition of 7.6 mn, declined 10% MoM. Net adds for leading companies like Bharti, Vodafone was...

A survey conducted by IAMAI (Internet and Mobile Association of India) suggests that mobile internet users could reach 46 mn (active users – 35 mn)...

Post the tariff war ignition in the Indian mobility space in October ’09, contribution to revenues from incremental volume growth has been marginal....

Here is the Total Tally of Wireless Towers by each operator. This gives you fair idea on the depth of coverage. Data as on 31/3/2011 Indus Towers...

I have a Nokia GSM cell. But I would like to put a TATA (CDMA) SIM card in it. If I want to do so- it should be converted as CDMA. Is it possible. If...