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Battery usage will depend on the network signal strength, so it likely that Aircel tower is nearer to you than Reliance's tower.

@avishekghosh: See "technife"'s posts in the last page above your post, good points there which covers most of your questions!

huh??? Technically EVDO is considered as "3G" itself, for CDMA. You seem to be confusing it with "HSDPA" which is 3G for GSM. That seems to be the plan for all CDMA operators who have PAN India license... we should see it available in all urban areas at least in the future.

Everyone is allowed to use the Buy/Sell forum. If you do not have enough posts then your topic will be under moderation first and it will be approved after moderator preview. If you have enough posts your topic may appear instantly but if there isn't enough information then it will get unapproved until you get back with the missing information, as discussed in this topic. I know your topic is yet to be approved. Since your topic wasn't a "item ready for sale" one I will need some information on how you plan to do it so that I can get assured what you plan to do is genuine. As the topic you posted will need additional information, I will be getting back to you with some queries on it shortly.

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There isn't a modification available for IP.Board 3.x to have an iTrader like option, so not possible for now.

You can post the feedback in the specific topic of the seller, not going to have a feedback forum only for Buy/Sell topic.

It is because the topic was unapproved by the time you clicked it, and so you do not have permission to access it as mentioned in the error message.

There won't be night free offer on these "unlimited" plans

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@kk999: The developers said it won't be possible for now since the login is integrated with OpenID and Facebook Connect. Since OpenID and Facebook Connect logins would cripple if a direct login in the main page is included, they are not considering it. There is a modification available but it may not be compatible when 3.1 is released as it makes major changes in the code. I will be enabling Facebook Connect option on RIMweb once IP.Board 3.1 is released as there are few more issues to be sorted out in the existing (3.0.x) code. @::Hitesh::: It will be available for new member registration since the username was removed from the database.

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Nine firms to bid for India 3G mobile spectrum March 19 - Reuters Nine telecoms firms have applied to bid for third-generation (3G) mobile spectrum in India in an April auction, the government said after the end of the deadline for submitting interest on Friday. India's Department of Telecommunications said on its website it received 11 applications from firms to participate in a separate auction for broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum. The 3G auction starts from April 9, and the BWA auction will kick off two days after it closes. Following is the list of applicants for the auctions. APPLICANTS FOR 3G AUCTION ------------------------- 1. Aircel Ltd 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd (BRTI.BO) 3. Etisalat DB Telecom India Pvt Ltd ETEL.AD 4. Idea Cellular Ltd (IDEA.BO) 5. Reliance Telecom Ltd (RLCM.BO) 6. S Tel Pvt Ltd BTEL.BH 7. Tata Teleservices Ltd [TATASL.UL] (9437.T) 8. Vodafone Essar Ltd (VOD.L) 9. Videocon Telecommunications Ltd (VEDI.BO) APPLICANTS FOR BWA AUCTION -------------------------- 1. Aircel Ltd 2. Augere (Mauritius) Ltd 3. Bharti AirteL Ltd 4. Idea Cellular Ltd 5. Infotel Broadband Services Pvt Ltd 6. Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) 7. Reliance WiMax Ltd (RLCM.BO) 8. Spice Internet Service Provider Pvt Ltd 9. Tata Communications Internet Services Ltd (TATA.BO) 10.Tikona Digital Networks Pvt Ltd 11.Vodafone Essar Ltd Official List of Applicants

Tata Teleservices and Etisalat DB also have submitted their application for 3G spectrum by now. Meanwhile Tikona, Qualcomm and TATA Communication have submitted application for broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum by now (which is in addition to AirTel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications who applied for both spectrum). More may join the fray The Hindu Business Line New Delhi, March 18 The Department of Telecom has set Friday as the last day for submitting applications. Some more companies, including Aircel and Idea Cellular, are likely to apply. The Government expects to rake in Rs 35,000 crore from the spectrum sale. When contacted, a Tata Communications spokesperson said, “The company considers wireless to be the best option for rapidly increasing broadband penetration in India. We will finalise our funding plans for the broadband business, including evaluating the option of a strategic investor, after the completion of auction.” DoT will meet on Saturday to scrutinise the applications. Names of companies that fulfil the eligibility criteria will be announced on March 30. This will be followed by a mock auction on April 5-6. So far, no new player has submitted an application for participation in the auction, except for technology major Qualcomm. Chip maker Intel's venture capital firm, Intel Capital, had earlier said that it was in talks with Indian players for a potential bid for the BWA spectrum but is yet to approach the DoT with its application. Meanwhile, the DoT is putting in place a robust IT network in preparation for the auction, which will take place online. The DoT is expecting about one lakh people to access its Web site to get the latest updates on the auction. The DoT Web site will be loaded on three different servers. A new home page dedicated to 3G auction is also being set up. Emergency back-up will be provided on a fourth server installed in Hyderabad.

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AirTel, Vodafone, Reliance Communications file 3G spectrum auction applications Press Trust of India - March 18, 2010 Mobile operators Vodafone Essar and Reliance Communication on Thursday filed applications for participating in the 3G spectrum auction, which starts on April 9. RCOM has applied for 22 circles, while Vodafone is also believed to have submitted the application for 3G licence for pan-India. Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscriber numbers, submitted its application earlier in the day. The last day for applications to participate in the auction is March 19. The government is selling three slots of spectrum across the nation with the exception of a few states where four slots will be on offer. The reserve price for pan-India spectrum has been fixed at Rs. 3,500 crore. According to the Notice Inviting Applications (the detailed guidelines), only Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal, HP and J&K will have four private players offering high-speed content download and broadband services (3G). The successful bidders would be allowed to offer 3G services on a commercial basis from September 1, 2010.

Published: March 1 2010 17:07 Financial Times For a man fighting a war of attrition, Syed Safawi, the head of Reliance Communications’ wireless division, appears remarkably sanguine. It is a fact of life, he says, that Indian telecom subscribers are becoming more promiscuous when it comes to mobile operators, constantly switching between networks in search of the best deal. The question is how to get the most out of each subscriber for the few days a month when he might be using the Sim card he or she bought from Reliance, India’s second-largest mobile operator. “Having multiple Sims … is not necessarily a bad thing as long as we can get revenue out of those multiple Sims,” Mr Safawi says in an interview at Reliance’s headquarters on the outskirts of Mumbai. Like the rest of India’s mobile operators, Reliance is gearing up for a second year of “hyper-competition”, in which operators are no longer focusing only on adding new subscribers but also on splicing up the business of existing users. With the auction of third-generation wireless spectrum also expected as early as April, the coming months will be critical in deciding which among the India’s more than 12 operators will emerge victorious in the world’s fastest-growing large mobile market. Controlled by industrialist Anil Ambani, Reliance is competing with Bharti Airtel, headed by billionaire entrepreneur Sunil Bharti Mittal, Vodafone of the UK, and a host of other operators. These include Tata DoCoMo, backed by Japan’s leading mobile operator; Uninor, partially owned by Norway’s Telenor; and other groups whose investors include Russia’s Sistema and United Arab Emirates’ Etisalat. India has been adding new subscribers at a rate of nearly 20m a month, bringing the total to 545m at the end of January. The growth of the market is being driven by a price war, in which mobile operators are offering calls at a fraction of a US cent per minute. Bharti is the market leader with 121.7m users, while Reliance has 96.6m and Vodafone Essar has 94.14m. But it is newcomers, such as Uninor, which are growing fastest, adding 1.33m subscribers to reach 2.54m in January and the revamped Tata DoCoMo, which added 2.98m to reach 60.31m. Mr Safawi says that even with the price war, his margin based on earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation is at 31-32 per cent. With his networks in place, he just needs to drive up traffic. “How long will it [the price war] be sustainable? It’s going to be different for different operators,” Mr Safawi says. “My peak investments are behind me, I’m already at very competitive tariffs and I’m free cashflow positive this year, so my ability to fight this war for another 12 months, 18 months, 24 months is much stronger than a newcomer who’s trying to create a network.” But analysts argue that the constant churn, with users switching between networks, means operators are paying a high price in terms of subscriber acquisition costs. “Depending on which carrier it is, they do pay upward of Rs50 into their distribution channels for every subscriber who’s activated,” says Kunal Bajaj, managing director at advisory firm BDA in New Delhi. “At some point, you have to recover that cost.” Beyond the price war, Mr Safawi is eyeing the forthcoming third-generation spectrum auction, in which the government is expected to sell three pan-India allocations at a reserve price of Rs35bn ($758m). Reliance already offers data cards for laptops that use 3G mobile technology to provide broadband. The launch of 3G will further enhance revenue opportunities. In a country in which fixed-line broadband penetration remains negligible, most Indians will access the internet and a range of online services, such as entertainment, banking and payments, social networking and gaming, through their mobiles. “We’ll be in it very seriously,” Mr Safawi says of the 3G auction.

Real value for 3G services will come from top 110 towns: Syed Safawi Economic Times - 16 Mar 2010, 0111 hrs IST Reliance Communications (RCOM) is targeting a fifth of India’s telecom revenue market in the next three years, up from the current 12%. The telecom firm will bid for spectrum for 3G (third generation services), as well as broadband wireless access (BWA), in all the 22 circles of India. ET caught up with RCOM’s wireless business CEO Syed Safawi after the company announced reaching the 100 million customer mark. Excerpts: What is your strategy for adding the next 100 million customers? Our portfolio is diverse. The CDMA network is our value driver in terms of the data capabilities sitting there, while GSM is our growth driver. We are witnessing a horizontal growth in GSM, led by our 35,000 sites. We are beginning to see growth in rural India, which gives us the confidence that we can go to the next 100 million in less than 1,000 days. Is the current tariff war sustainable? Some players can fight out this war for 18-20 months and we will be among them who will fight. The new players will find it challenging because they will be driving from the first minute. The core business is with us. We see ourselves a winner. Do you see tariffs nosediving further? I don’t see a huge erosion in tariffs from here on unless transmission charges are reduced from 20 paise to 10 paise. If that change takes place, further customer value can be created. Isn’t revenue market share as important as subscriber market share. What are you doing to improve that? In the past two quarters, we have gained 0.2% market share and currently have 12%. We see ourselves with one-fifth of the Indian wireless market in the next three years. One of the levers will be data and the other will be value-added services. Some of these services will come out in the next 6-8 quarters. We have a roadmap for 3G (third technology) as well as long- term evolution (LTE, the successor to 3G). Will you bid for both 3G and BWA across India or you will be selective? How will you fund it? We are a complete services player. We will bid pan-India for both 3G and BWA. Our current business is cash positive and we are pre-paying part of our debt. Our capex for FY11 is also down to just Rs 3,000 crore, which we can take care of through internal accruals. We are finalising details and will close funding in a few weeks. What kind of 3G services offtake are you anticipating, and how will 3G auctions affect financials of operators? The value of business depends on the walkaway price of spectrum. If it goes higher, then each operator will have to evaluate the business case. The real value for 3G services will come from top 110 towns and how each company will be able to extract data revenues from these towns will decide their future. When do you see the next round of consolidation setting in? I believe that consolidation has already started. All the operators with pan-India licenses are not rolling out at the expected speed. They are not aggressive despite the existence of infrastructure that can be shared. Consolidation is not only M&A (mergers & acquisition). If someone is not in a hurry to reach the market, then that’s a way to consolidation. We may see complete closure in 18-20 months.

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