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Rumor Mill: Etisalat to buy stakes in Idea Cellular?

by telecomblogs on September 8, 2010

Etisalat is doing everything but rolling out network sincerely. Since its stake buyout in DB group in 2008, to form telecom venture named ‘Etisalat DB Pvt Ltd’, the company is always in news for wrong reason, I suppose. Take this example. After buying out 45% stakes in DB group and launching its services in 2009 under [...]

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Shake up in Telecom India is inevitable!

by telecomblogs on September 5, 2010

Running a Telecom Business in India isn’t easy. Now at the end of 15th year, starting from year 1995, the space has become more crowed, highly competitive and little profitable. Realization- Someone or at least few must die death to keep others alive. A recently published news story by Economic Times gives us slightest of the [...]

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What is the definition of ‘an Internet User’ & how should we access data?

by telecomblogs on September 3, 2010

I recently came across an quite interesting report by BCG. The report, ‘Internet’s Next Billion’ , does portray quite rosy picture of Internet users stats among BRICI countries, but it also raised few doubts in my mind over accessing data validity. According to BCG report, there are 81 million Internet users in India, which amounts to 7% Internet [...]

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How can Telecom Industry start growing again? A Webinar

by telecomblogs on July 29, 2010

Y’day I attended an online Webinar on ‘Growth prospects of Telecom Industry’ by Yankee Group. The Webinar itself is of 1hr long duration, but the interesting part of the Webinar is the way ideas are presented in sequence, one after another. The elite panel of Yankee group stressed more on change in line of thinking [...]

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Should we trust Qualcomm for TD-LTE?

by telecomblogs on May 22, 2010

I often have reserved opinion about foreign technology vendors, especially, when it comes to decide suitable telecom technology for dynamic markets like India. Who else can decide better for us? It could be either we or our own counterparts in India. Precisely one year back at the same time, when UPA-II Government sworn into power, [...]

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Google to take on Skype?

by telecomblogs on May 19, 2010

Google has always tried to take on Skype, the company which is pioneer in VoIP calling. Last year when Google bought Gizmo5, it made its intention clear to expand its services like Google Voice, Gmail Voice Chat & Google Talk. And recently when Skype slashed rates of International Wireline & Wireless Calls we had little idea, [...]

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Stop Blaming & Find out ways Operators!

by telecomblogs on May 17, 2010

I am no fan of analyzing financial results of telecom operators. Many times I tend to ignore such report as for me financial stats are just one way to look at the health of the company/industry. But these days, soon after TRAI’s Final Recommendation on Spectrum Management were released, I observed lots of panic among operators [...]

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