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Why restrict entry of new players in 3G?

Sunil Jain makes compelling arguments against TRAI’s recommendation of not allowing entry of new operators to provide 3G services in the country. Recommend that you read the full article.
This was the import of a recommendation made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 3G spectrum last September but, thankfully, the then Telecom Minister Dayanidhi [...]

3G launch delayed to 2008

India is set to miss the deadline for the launch of commercial 3G services yet again.
ET reports that the Ministry of Defence has informed the Department of Telecom that the armed services would require additional time, up to 390 days, to vacate the 45 MHz spectrum which it currently occupies.
The delay means that 3G services [...]

Triple Taxation

The 3 in 3G means tax three times, it seems.
ET quotes COAI chairman, TV Ramachandran
“The high initial fee and a revenue share percentage is tantamount to a triple taxation.

COAI slams TRAI on 3G spectrum allocation

GSM body COAI says that TRAI’s recommendations on allocation of 3G spectrum were completely in favour of CDMA mobile operators and also criticised high base price of frequency.
“On the whole, the TRAI recommendations are rather slanted in favour of CDMA and disadvantageous to GSM,” COAI Director General T V Ramchandran said in a statement.
COAI believes [...]

TRAI recommendations favour CDMA operators

Financial Express states that the CDMA operators will have an 8-9 month head start over GSM players and a significant price and technology advantage in rolling out 3G services from the day of acquiring frequency.
This is largely because CDMA players have been given the option to bid for 3G services on the 800 Mhz spectrum [...]

PAN India license fee worries operators

One of the major concerns of operators with TRAI recommendations on 3G spectrum allocations is the Rs 1,400-crore base price that has been set for a PAN India license.
GSM players pointed out that recommendations were near identical to Tata group chairman Ratan Tata’s offer of a Rs 1,500-crore national licence fee for 3G spectrum.
The suggestion [...]

TRAI fixes hybrid 3G spectrum fee structure

Telecom regulator TRAI has submitted its recommendations on “allocation and pricing of spectrum for 3G services and broadband wireless access

HFCL to produce 3G CDMA handsets

Qualcomm has announced the granting of a 3G license to HFCL for the development, manufacture and sale of CDMA2000 handsets and modem cards.
HFCL will manufacture CDMA handsets in its factories in Chennai and Himachal Pradesh. The indigenously manufactured handsets will hit the market by January 2007.
The size of the CDMA handset market is expected to [...]

3G trials get off the ground

The dry-run for roll-out of 3G mobile services is finally taking off, as the government has provided low-power spectrum to GSM players BSNL, MTNL, Bharti and Hutch to carry out interface check on a non-commercial basis.
The trial spectrum has been given for one month and is 1/1000 of the actual 3G spectrum capability. It has [...]

AXN to stream programs on mobiles

ET reports that AXN is looking to stream their programs for mobiles in India. The channel operates AXN Mobile, which streams AXN series on the mobile phones in some countries and is considering to get the same service in India.
AXN may be preparing for the impending 3G launch in India. Video streaming over GPRS networks [...]

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