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| Friday, June 20, 2008 |
| STD carrier choice proposal by TRAI faces opposition |
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TRAI's proposal to offer the choice of STD / NLD carrier for the end consumer is facing stiff opposition from all the telecom operators in India [Private + BSNL].
What is carrier choice for NLD /STD ?
TRAI had proposed that all service providers make provision for carrier selection code so that consumer can select the operator through which he wants to route his long distance call.
However, TRAI's proposal submitted almost 5 years ago and was kept in abeyance for reasons well known to TRAI, doesn't make any sense in the current scenario where that STD rates have fallen to Rs 1.0 to Rs 1.30 and in some cases like Reliance On-Net Calling its can be FREE too.
Then BSNL was the only company opposed to TRAI's proposal. Now, all the Telcos are opposing the same saying that making provisions for "carrier selection code" in their network will cost them a big fortune as they have to build a massive database and billing system of all Plans offered by the Telco against STD / NLD prices offered by other Telcos to this particular Telco.
Sounds like a VALID argument and TRAI keep the proposal suspended atleast for the next 12-months and then final;ly can abandon it marking it as obsolete. |
Published on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 9:55 PM  |
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| Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| Airtel Leads Wireless Subscriber Base |
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Bharti Airtel continues to lead in all the parameters, Net Adds in the last month / quarter as well as marketshare. The chart below shows market share of GSM Mobile Operators in India.
 For the first time, GSM mobile operators subscriber base has crossed 200 million milestone and are marching ahead collectively without any signs of slowdown, though the rest of the Indian industry is under pressure.
Cellular phone Subscribers in Circle A & Circle B constitute bulk of Telcos' consumers - 36.1% and 36.7%. Metro subscribers are a mere 15.3% while subscribers in Circle - C constitute 11.8% of the subscriber base. So if you are planning to be in Mobile related business, its Circle B and Circle C to look for and no more the metros. |
| Published on Friday, June 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM |
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| Tuesday, June 10, 2008 |
| Bahrain Telecom bids for Spice + BSNL slashes STD rates up to 50 pc |
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Bahrain Telecom is understood to have joined the race with the AV Birla group company, Idea Cellular, to acquire about 40 per cent stake held by Telekom Malaysia in B K Modi controlled Spice Communications. The greedy and miserable failure promoter of Spiece Telecom, Mr. B.K.Modi, in the wake of enquiries from global telecom players and private equity majors, has asked bidders to raise the price by as much as 33 per cent to entice him for a sale. This company was barred from listing on the NSE because of its poor net worth and fair value of this company should be mere Rs 20 and not Rs 82.
BSNL joined Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in Long Distance rate wars and announced a 40-50 per cent reduction in STD charges of cellular services under various plans. It also announced to slash the call charges of landline services by 50 per cent. |
| Published on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10:53 AM |
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