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IndiaWatch: UTL Seeks Legal Recourse Against Railtel
05/06/2013 - In today's new: UTL moves High Court against RailTel-Infinera deal; Uninor aims fourth position in India and BSNL's salary woes and more
IndiaWatch: Vodafone Pips Airtel In Rural India
05/02/2013 - In today's news: Vodafone overtakes Airtel in rural India; Airtel may raise funds from foreign investors; COAI on PMA policy and more
IndiaWatch: RCom To Use Aircel's Network
04/30/2013 - In today's roundup: RCom inks network sharing deal with Aircel; DoT on local manufacturing policy; Bharti Airtel's flat roaming plan and more
IndiaWatch: Airtel To Buy Optical Gear From Ciena
04/29/2013 - In today's news: Airtel to buy optical network gear from Ciena; RCom on nationwide roaming and DoT's demand for the 1,880-1,900 MHz band
Most Recent Post: ^ip4g&^, Has Reliance Jio have any say in the vendor selection for the Bharti's submarine cable now that there is a comprehensive engagement and contract between Bharti Airtel and...
IndiaWatch: U.S Seeks Clarity On Preferential Market Access
04/23/2013 - In today's top news: U.S trade bodies seek clarity on PMA given to domestic gearmakers; Reliance Globalcom's first customer on Hawk submarine cable system and more
IndiaWatch: ZTE To Supply Gear To BSNL
04/22/2013 - In today's news: ZTE to provide equipment for BSNL's GSM network; RCom not in talks with Batelco for Reliance Globalcom; Govt's bid to revive BSNL, MTNL and more
IndiaWatch: Vodafone's Manu Kapoor Quits
04/05/2013 - In today's top news: Vodafone India's External Affairs Director quits; Bharti Airtel to stop 3G roaming pacts immediately and more
Most Recent Post: Vishnu Goel, If we plot a pattern of well heeled high profile departures over the last decade( more precisely post NTP 99 period)we will find executives holding titles like: Coordination,Corporate...
The Return Of Ambani Brothers
04/03/2013 - The Rs 12 bn deal signals the coming together of two brothers, Anil Ambani and Mukesh Ambani
Most Recent Post: ^ip4g&^, The deal sheet, T&C please ......
Stoke Eyes Indian LTE Market
03/19/2013 - Stoke hopes to increase traction in the Indian LTE market by the end of 2013 and early 2014
Alcatel-Lucent Wins Major Contract From TataComm
03/14/2013 - Alcatel Lucent procurs a major deal from Tata Communications spanning more than 50 countries
Most Recent Post: ^ip4g&^, time shift by more than a quarter ? Isn't this a deal of 2012 ??
RailTel-Infinera Deal Gets Into More Trouble
03/08/2013 - Controversies continue to swirl around RailTel's DWDM equipment tender for alleged modifications in technical specifications
Most Recent Post: Praveen Kumar Insider, Railtel tender document clealry ask for a 80 channel DWDM solution with Layer 0 capabilities. UTL-Infinera submit a 40 channel solution without any Layer 0 capabilities and...
4G World: Makes Its Way To India
02/19/2013 - The world is going the 4G way and India is not too behind. At the 4G World India, industry players will collaborate on a single platform to discuss the future
Most Recent Post: ^ip4g&^, Tarun is the cto of tikona, I guess. .
AlcaLu-NSN Merger: Will It Do Any Good
02/11/2013 - The rumor of a merger between AlcaLu and NSN has many roadblocks
New Radiation Norms To Spur Small-cell Adoption?
11/02/2012 - The new radiation norms can accelerate the adoption of small cells in the country
ZTE Takes Cost Cutting Measures In India
10/29/2012 - The company has decided to merge its existing R&D setup in Bangalore with its Indian Engineering & Service Center
Transport News Wire Feed
- Idea Goes for Huawei's 100G - 05/10/2013
- Tata Communications Inks Deal With Ooredoo, Qatar - 05/08/2013
- Reliance Jio Joins Consortium To Build Undersea Cable Network - 05/02/2013
- Huawei Launches 1T Router Line Card, 100T Cluster Router - 04/26/2013
- Indus Towers Names 20,000 Green Sites Across 15 Circles - 04/25/2013
- Huawei Introduces Product Line For SDN-Based Mobile Backhaul Solution - 04/17/2013
- Avaya Appoints Mike Muller As New Asia Pacific President - 03/01/2013
- ZyXEL's Wireless Gateway Receives VPNC Certification - 02/18/2013
- WiFi Alliance Technical Chair Joins Ruckus Wireless - 02/12/2013
- RCom, Ericsson sign $1-bn Managed Services Deal - 02/11/2013
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Optical Crunch Time at RIL
09/12/2012 - Transport vendor decision by Reliance Infotel will be very interesting to watch
Most Recent Post: Vishnu Goel, The positioning of LTE operators entering to create market for 4G ,on the back of poor 3G offtake and bleeding balance sheets of existing players need to change the game by...
India's Security Hogwash
07/12/2011 - The Indian government looks to be wasting time and money by insisting on the pre-deployment testing of communications equipment
Most Recent Post: Pavi, Yes not too many Indian manufacturers, a dismal 3% indigeneous manufacturing in 2009-2010. On other side, its speaks of the opportunity in this area - if only the policy makers...
Analyst View
Future OTTs And Their Impact On Telcos
09/11/2012 - The future data-centers built by the likes of Google and other OTT players are unlikely to be outsourced to the telcos, and will be built, used and managed by the OTT players themselves
TRAI Takes On Broadcasters
05/22/2012 - After creating chaos among telcos, TRAI shifts its destructive focus on broadcasters
Special Features
Preferential Market Access: Good Intention Riddled With Loopholes
10/31/2012 - The recently-approved Preferential Market Access policy reflects numerous loopholes despite appearing promising initially
The Shift From SDH
11/16/2011 - India's communications transport networks are undergoing a radical transformation to cope with the growth in data traffic
BharatBlog
BlackBerry: Is Change A Good Thing?
16 May 2013 - BlackBerry is changing itself and experimenting with new ideas. But will these steps help the brand bounce back?
Top Vendors Come Together For OSS Initiative
14 May 2013 - Three prominent vendors come together to sign OSS Interoperability Initiative
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The two ailing corporations need working together to get out of the mess!: There is a serious temptation to appoint another "committee" by the Govt for suggesting the modality.Since the early 80s the resructuring had happened many times without any result.These corps have acquired "too big to fail" status and draining Common man/ taxpayers money.High time they stopped it and evolve mutually beneficial plan. Vishnu Goel T&M +919810101238
Vishnu Goel onBSNL-MTNL Merger: Gauging Pros and Cons
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Vishnu Goel onSpirent Preps 4G Testing Growth
you can't take a horse to water & make it drink: BSNL is perceived to be a cheap service. It is sad that it is good in parts but very bad in most parts by way of poor customer service & quality. Basically tariffs are all the same, and a customer with choice would prefer someone with better products and quality of service.While BSNL used to be better by way of broadband, even this is being negated by new providers with better bandwidth, lower prices and far better service. Recently I signed up for Broadband service with BSNL Chennai, and had to give up in just six weeks because of poor quality of service and non-existent customer service. As long as the MTNL and BSNL people (top to bottom) think of themselves as Government Servants, superior to the customers, they are doomed. They have been propped up by Govt. largesse, and the compulsion of public sector/Government patronage. Remove this, and they cannot exist. The present setup cannot effectively compete in a free environment. It is time that the Wise Men of Government realised this.
kadambi onCan BSNL-MTNL Change Their Fortunes?
Fortunes change with attitudes: Subscribers pay for services. When that is non-existent, then cheap prices don't matter. I am an early adopter of BSNL's FTTH services, but that is down most of the time! It's time BSNL realised that Internet access is not a "good to have add-on" but an "essential service" and change their attitude to serving its customer's better. It's fortunes are in its own hands - it almost seems to an employment agency for the incompetent.
prof80 onCan BSNL-MTNL Change Their Fortunes?
Long way to go: Though Nokia has launched affordable Lumia handsets it still lags the competitive landscape. Lowest price Lumia sells at more than twice the price of lowest priced Android. Sure there are hardware differences between the devices but they are not significant enough for a price concious customer to shell out the extra buck. Good thing for Nokia is that it has hit the bottom. However, journey up is going to be more intense.
The Comms Tech onAll Nokia Eggs In Asha Basket
Much needed: Indian telcos are operating at lowest tariff levels across the world. Tariff hike is necessary to maintain profitability and increase investments in the network. In the light of disappointing results from Airtel, I will not be surprised to see remaining incumbents joining the suite.
The Comms Tech onRCom Goes For A Tariff Hike
Ciena for Optics !: Has Reliance Jio have any say in the vendor selection for the Bharti's submarine cable now that there is a comprehensive engagement and contract between Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio on that front. As such, the gear also has an impact on the availability and other characterisitics of the connectivity
^ip4g&^ onIndiaWatch: Airtel To Buy Optical Gear From Ciena