Comments for Telecomblogs http://telecomblogs.in An Engineer's perspective on Telecom, Software, Internet & Social Media... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Shake up in Telecom India is inevitable! by Rumor Mill: Etisalat to buy stakes in Idea Cellular? http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638&cpage=1#comment-553 Rumor Mill: Etisalat to buy stakes in Idea Cellular? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:18:55 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638#comment-553 [...] Two days back, Etisalat was in news, when it approached telecom authorities (DoT). Reason: to check possibility of surrendering spectrum & get the cash back. Now again today, the news broke out that, the company is checking the possibility of investing in India’s sixth largest telecom operator by subscriber count- Idea Cellular.  Though Idea hasn’t commented officially about the story, the possibility of selling stakes can’t be ruled out, as far as Idea is concerned. [...] [...] Two days back, Etisalat was in news, when it approached telecom authorities (DoT). Reason: to check possibility of surrendering spectrum & get the cash back. Now again today, the news broke out that, the company is checking the possibility of investing in India’s sixth largest telecom operator by subscriber count- Idea Cellular.  Though Idea hasn’t commented officially about the story, the possibility of selling stakes can’t be ruled out, as far as Idea is concerned. [...]

]]> Comment on Shake up in Telecom India is inevitable! by telecomblogs http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638&cpage=1#comment-552 telecomblogs Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:12:31 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638#comment-552 For new entrants, price bargain was only option to start with . Offering congestion free network, coupled with 1paisa and 1/2 paisa per second pricing got off huge start to few start-up telcos. But then sustaining the momentum isn't always easy. Then offering differentiated/innovative services with price advantage was tried. DoCoMo brought in per sec billing while Uninor brought 24x7 discount plan etc. In short, new entrants business was focussed towards getting max subscriber by offering differentiating services/plan with cheap rates. But that's not always enough. For new entrants, price bargain was only option to start with . Offering congestion free network, coupled with 1paisa and 1/2 paisa per second pricing got off huge start to few start-up telcos. But then sustaining the momentum isn’t always easy. Then offering differentiated/innovative services with price advantage was tried. DoCoMo brought in per sec billing while Uninor brought 24×7 discount plan etc.
In short, new entrants business was focussed towards getting max subscriber by offering differentiating services/plan with cheap rates. But that’s not always enough.

]]> Comment on Shake up in Telecom India is inevitable! by Shishir http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638&cpage=1#comment-551 Shishir Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:43:13 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1638#comment-551 Any idea about the business models used by new entrants ? Any idea about the business models used by new entrants ?

]]> Comment on Uninor’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Tariff is no magic at all! by dan http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998&cpage=1#comment-531 dan Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:09:54 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998#comment-531 well, uninor has presented the plan in a different way. now they are offering disount on per sec call and vodaphone has tried to copy the idea as they are offering discount upto 90% but not on per sec call. so uninor , in a way, have challenged the market. well, uninor has presented the plan in a different way. now they are offering disount on per sec call and vodaphone has tried to copy the idea as they are offering discount upto 90% but not on per sec call. so uninor , in a way, have challenged the market.

]]> Comment on Uninor’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Tariff is no magic at all! by telecomblogs http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998&cpage=1#comment-523 telecomblogs Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:10:55 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998#comment-523 I agree with you. It might be difficult to understand how it works, but in any case, current discount is always displayed on screen before you connect. That's more than enough. I agree with you. It might be difficult to understand how it works, but in any case, current discount is always displayed on screen before you connect. That’s more than enough.

]]> Comment on Uninor’s ‘Dynamic Pricing’ Tariff is no magic at all! by rahul http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998&cpage=1#comment-519 rahul Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:59:15 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=998#comment-519 The dynamic plan from uninor has been quite effective. The only problem could be that it might be difficult to understand as it is quite a different kind of offer but very good plan indeed. The dynamic plan from uninor has been quite effective. The only problem could be that it might be difficult to understand as it is quite a different kind of offer but very good plan indeed.

]]> Comment on Can you refute this Garmin claim? by Navigation Market is still Open to Conquer! http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1356&cpage=1#comment-434 Navigation Market is still Open to Conquer! Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:08:14 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1356#comment-434 [...] I wrote last time about Navigation tussle, it’s Garmin’s turn to talk about Free Navigation fallacies. The company was in real [...] [...] I wrote last time about Navigation tussle, it’s Garmin’s turn to talk about Free Navigation fallacies. The company was in real [...]

]]> Comment on Mobile Tariff Market Update- Best Mobile Tariffs- 1st Week of June! by Alok http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1320&cpage=1#comment-394 Alok Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:41:45 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1320#comment-394 the war of tarrif would go on much deeper when VOIP will penetrate indian markets. had been to US, there i saw that almost all people use VOIP for long distance calls which just cost penny for a minute to india i used services of www.cetafone.com which was really great in service and cheap in rates the war of tarrif would go on much deeper when VOIP will penetrate indian markets.

had been to US, there i saw that almost all people use VOIP for long distance calls which just cost penny for a minute to india

i used services of http://www.cetafone.com
which was really great in service and cheap in rates

]]> Comment on India 3G Auction Results: Quick Summary! by Map Of Indian 3G Zone’s And Network Provider’s http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1203&cpage=1#comment-393 Map Of Indian 3G Zone’s And Network Provider’s Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:31:15 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1203#comment-393 [...] at it closely then you will notice one simply fact about 3G coverage- network fragmentation. As I pointed out in earlier post that no single operator has won PAN India 3G spectrum, the auction has left 3G coverage areas more [...] [...] at it closely then you will notice one simply fact about 3G coverage- network fragmentation. As I pointed out in earlier post that no single operator has won PAN India 3G spectrum, the auction has left 3G coverage areas more [...]

]]> Comment on 3G Network Map of India by telecomblogs http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1213&cpage=1#comment-389 telecomblogs Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:13:31 +0000 http://telecomblogs.in/?p=1213#comment-389 Seriously speaking, I would suggest you to attend it. Reason being- it's an opportunity to tap in to Nokia Platform. These days Nokia is doing a bit more to encourage mobile developers to create apps for Ovi Store. Join it... Seriously speaking, I would suggest you to attend it. Reason being- it’s an opportunity to tap in to Nokia Platform. These days Nokia is doing a bit more to encourage mobile developers to create apps for Ovi Store. Join it…

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