Wednesday, April 28, 2010

BSNL launches Wimax

State-owned telecom player Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has become the first company in India to launch wireless Internet services. See below the video clip from NDTV

Monday, April 26, 2010

The 4G Network behind Sprint's EVO

A look by CNN at how Sprint is deploying its 4G network as it prepares to release the first 4G phone in the U.S.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Indian Operators in Partnership with 3GPP

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) became a Partner in 3GPP during the 3GPP Partners meeting on the 22nd April.

T.R. Dua, Officiating Director General, addressed the meeting and accepted Market Representation Partner status in 3GPP on behalf of the COAI. He said:

"We have closely followed the work done by 3GPP in evolving the GSM technology towards LTE…the work is of key importance to Indian Operators, all of which place high importance on the need for India’s market requirements to be taken in to account during the standardization process”.


India - Subscriber Figures for Mar-2010

See All India Subscriber Figures for Mar-2010 below

City/Circle

Operators

Feb'2010

Mar'2010

% Growth over previous month

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

5885129

5915225

Vodafone Essar

4919056

5066868

MTNL

2226355

2263620

IDEA

2540849

2590843

Aircel Ltd

967991

1119338

Delhi

16539380

16955894

2.52%

Mumbai

Loop Mobile

2776234

2844583

Vodafone Essar

5042226

5110911

MTNL

2470678

2520833

Bharti Airtel

3015034

3045394

IDEA

1432489

1537515

Aircel Limited

862325

903357

Mumbai

15598986

15962593

2.33%

Chennai

Aircel Cellular Ltd

3043655

3115585

Bharti Airtel

2633828

2664481

Vodafone Essar

1783511

1804813

BSNL

1208304

1251371

Chennai

8669298

8836250

1.93%

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2764181

2784299

Vodafone Essar

3478485

3539014

BSNL

1740654

1795019

Reliable Internet

1429839

1429839

Aircel Cellular Ltd

1207999

1252931

IDEA

461892

553099

Kolkata

11083050

11354201

2.45%

All Metros

51890714

53108938

2.35%

A' Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

6908481

7172127

IDEA

9146389

9356847

Bharti Airtel

6601480

6628989

BSNL

4309810

4447039

Aircel Limited

279055

370577

27245215

27975579

2.68%

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

10334374

10824674

IDEA

5400195

5401625

Bharti Airtel

5270747

5456615

BSNL

2818459

2947716

23823775

24630630

3.39%

A.P.

IDEA

6127109

6329768

Bharti Airtel

12636758

12994687

Vodafone Essar

5615937

5816985

BSNL

4133959

4245500

Aircel Limited

862175

975622

Uninor

575628

638758

29951566

31001320

3.50%

Karnatka

Bharti Airtel

12363209

12643329

Spice Comm.

2551144

2632640

Vodafone Essar

5001887

5167390

BSNL

3278746

3512741

Aircel Limited

699911

766765

Uninor

592514

621091

24487411

25343956

3.50%

T.N.

Vodafone Essar

7003272

7204058

Aircel Limited

11286487

11794653

BSNL

4140273

4302489

Bharti Airtel

8172888

8252947

IDEA

743347

787849

Uninor

522189

636523

31868456

32978519

3.48%

A' Circle

137376423

141930004

3.31%

B' Circle

Kerala

IDEA

5232148

5361123

Vodafone Essar

4125889

4211260

Bharti Airtel

3102380

3131680

BSNL

3500087

3593995

Aircel Limited

1051163

1216806

Uninor

203404

254158

17215071

17769022

3.22%

Punjab

Spice Comm.

3193901

3271439

Bharti Airtel

4656941

4789971

BSNL

3475383

3569819

Vodafone Essar

3024403

3122802

14350628

14754031

2.81%

Haryana

IDEA

2080513

2159583

Vodafone Essar

2802394

2914333

Bharti Airtel

1524339

1533936

BSNL

2330316

2466994

8737562

9074846

3.86%

U.P.(W)

IDEA

5653815

5848086

Bharti Airtel

3777607

4040155

BSNL

3055309

3215159

Vodafone Essar

6214740

6403482

Aircel Limited

703183

752398

Uninor

403934

520743

19808588

20780023

4.90%

U.P.(E)

Vodafone Essar

9561217

10002619

BSNL

7401995

7721939

Bharti Airtel

8643635

9048192

IDEA

3613016

3688675

Aircel Limited

814571

901538

Uninor

608050

765256

30642484

32128219

4.85%

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

7273081

7476607

Bharti Airtel

10231123

10302531

BSNL

3860777

4180414

IDEA

2268543

2342491

23633524

24302043

2.83%

M.P.

IDEA

7150431

7251972

Reliance Telecom

4046062

4046062

Bharti Airtel

6429341

6640488

BSNL

3091160

3294635

Vodafone Essar

1662332

1845230

22379326

23078387

3.12%

W.B. & A & N

Reliance Telecom

2453950

2453950

BSNL

2165125

2234280

Bharti Airtel

5404559

5566158

Vodafone Essar

6981789

7292177

Dishnet Wireless

2148329

2229930

IDEA

609243

634001

19762995

20410496

3.28%

B' Circle

156530178

162297067

3.68%

C' Circle

H.P.

Bharti Airtel

1295571

1317893

Reliance Telecom

819596

819596

BSNL

1199256

1218836

IDEA

250765

265079

Dishnet Wireless

431110

467276

Vodafone Essar

161150

169632

STel

134384

176544

4291832

4434856

3.33%

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

3632185

3632185

BSNL

4320548

4344237

Bharti Airtel

10672516

11003161

Dishnet Wireless

2947032

3205641

ABTL (IDEA)

3002878

3047161

Vodafone Essar

3019255

3171530

STel

365490

470413

Uninor

465007

594414

28424911

29468742

3.67%

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1806501

1806501

BSNL

2164808

2285999

Bharti Airtel

3936925

4134100

Dishnet Wireless

1644137

1700160

Vodafone Essar

963561

1071216

IDEA

559334

601268

STel

217225

359870

Uninor

184754

233093

11477245

12192207

6.23%

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1624838

1624838

BSNL

1030741

1048889

Bharti Airtel

2263841

2405418

Dishnet Wireless

2460675

2521187

Vodafone Essar

740912

806624

IDEA

69454

82932

8190461

8489888

3.66%

N.E.

Reliance Telecom

498235

498235

Bharti Airtel

1384827

1432364

BSNL

896470

936441

Dishnet Wireless

1656676

1710812

Vodafone Essar

452136

488702

IDEA

17289

26277

4905633

5092831

3.82%

J & K

BSNL

882055

872827

Bharti Airtel

1952346

1887301

Dishnet Wireless

1794519

1856598

Vodafone Essar

159786

175304

IDEA

38885

54415

4827591

4846445

0.39%

C' Circle

62117673

64524969

3.88%

Feb'2010

Mar'2010

All India

407914988

421860978

3.42%

Additions

13011739

13945990

*Reliance Telecom subscriber figures for Mar'10 is not yet reported

Reliance Telecom subscriber figures shown in Mar'10 is same as of Jan'10

Note: Figures of Reliance include Reliance Telecom. Ltd.(RTL) figures only