@ksh@T

in jaipur 6995+vat

i support u kumaar

what the hell is benefit to consumer.!

well yes 6275 and if more blackberry! the ultimate sol

Spectrum to go to company which made payment first: Raja NEW DELHI: Telecom minister A Raja on Monday confirmed that priority for allotment of spectrum to new entrants will be determined by who deposited the licence fee first. This implies that among the nine new entrants, the company that deposited the licence fee first after collecting the Letter of Intent from the DoT would be the first to get spectrum. So far, under the existing first-come-first-served policy, priority for licences ensured same priority in the spectrum queue. Last week, in a sudden change of policy, the DoT said that the order of allocation of radio frequencies will be based on the order of payment of licence fee. This led to chaos as all nine companies (five new entrants and four existing operators) stormed the DoT premises with demand drafts and jostled with each other to make the payment first. The change in policy also meant that players such as Idea, which headed the earlier queue for spectrum (since it applied for licenses in mid-2006), may have lost the advantage. On the other hand, it could improve the prospects of Unitech, S Tel, Datacom Solutions and Shyam, all of whom were in the rear end of queue earlier. The nine companies that were given LoIs include five new entrants, Unitech, Datacom, S Tel, Swan Connect Communications and Ruias-owned Shipping Stop Dot Com — and four existing players, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices, Shyam Telelink and Spice. After speaking to several industry sources ET has learnt that Swan was the first to submit licence fee (but only for two circles), followed by Datacom, Tata Teleservices, Unitech and Shyam Telelink. However, it must be pointed out that the list is source-based as DoT sources refused to confirm the order. Telcos, such as Idea, have already demanded that the government respect the ‘seniority of its applications’, as the company had been awaiting licences since 2006. Taking pot-shots at the DoT’s move to allocate spectrum based on the order at which companies deposit the licence fee, Idea’s MD Sanjeev Aga, in a communication to the DoT said, “He (the representative) received our Letters of Intent as soon as they were given to him. He promptly sprinted with the LoIs to the ground floor reception area. Despite the bedlam, he deposited money and all other documents, as soon as this was accepted from him. We could not have made the payment even a moment earlier than we did.” Mr Aga has added that the company’s representative had been waiting at the DoT premises since January 8, 2008 ready with payments, guarantees and all documents.

a good vision!

guys RCOM today launched classic color handset for just rs 999/- it is classic 732, awaiting abt more details!

please dont create another topic please post in the same ringtone download topic

one of the most stunning phones! indeed

@rajiv let the service begin they cant transmit GSM waves from CDMA equipment!

DoT calls back 6 rejected cos for telecom licences NEW DELHI: In a complete turnaround, the Department of Telecom (DoT) is now reconsidering the applications of six companies for telecom licences, which include Allainz Infratech, S Tel, Spice Communications, Indiabulls-owned Selene, Parsvnath and Cheetah Corporate Services, which it had rejected on Tuesday. Importantly, ByCell, which heads the queue for telecom licences, whose application was not considered as it had not got clearance from the home ministry, has also been cleared to get Letters of Intent (LoI) for five circles. This is because ByCell had already obtained the Foreign Investment Promotion Board’s approval for launching services in these five circles, Assam, Bihar/Jharkhand, North East, Orissa and West Bengal, as early as January 2006. The MHA clearance is only for the remaining 17 circles, for which the company had applied recently.

Scarce spectrum lot turns free-for-all NEW DELHI: It was a telecom rush alright, but marred by total disorder. Chaotic scenes were seen at Sanchar Bhavan, the Department of Telecom (DoT) premises on Thursday, as the government issued letters of intent (LoIs) to five new entrants—Unitech, Datacom, S Tel, Swan Connect Communications and Ruias-owned Shipping Stop Dot Com—to launch telecom services. Simultaneously, the applications of three existing operators—Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices and Shyam Telelink—to expand their services on a pan-India scale were also cleared while Spice Communications got the DoT’s approval to expand its services to four more circles. However, existing GSM operators and dual-tech licence holders (RCom and Tata Teleservices) will get spectrum before the new entrants. Each of the nine players who were issued LoIs can convert them into telecom licences after they pay the Rs 1,651-crore licence fee for pan-India operations or a lesser fee if they have applied only for some circles. The melee began after the DoT, in its official notification, indicated that all players after paying the licence fee will also have to apply to the DoT’s Wireless and Planning Co-ordination Wing (WPC) for a spectrum licence. The order of allocation of radio frequencies will then be based on the order at which the companies make the payment. Put simply, the companies that make the payment first will head the new queue for spectrum allocation. This resulted in many chaotic scenes as representatives of the nine companies (five new entrants and four existing operators) stormed the DoT premises with demand drafts to make the payments. Verbal altercations led to pushing and shoving and the situation soon began to get out of control as the representatives jostled with each other to make the payment first. DoT officials could do little but call the police, who restored normalcy after evicting many company executives from the office premises. “This looks like a mad crowd rushing in to get seats on a state bus; this is a free-for-all. It is more orderly when you invite a crowd to watch a movie for free,” a representative of an leading player told ET. “The government cannot behave in this manner. This is a telecom licence—not a free—handout,” fumed a new entrant’s executive. In fact, the chairman of an existing operator who landed up at the DoT premises was thrown out by the cops, in their bid to restore normalcy. According to sources, the applications of HFCL, Parsvnath Developers and Cheetah Corporate Services have been rejected while those of ByCell and Indiabulls-owned Selene Infrastructure have been put ‘on hold’. This is because ByCell is yet to receive the home ministry’s security clearance while Selene is yet to get the FIPB nod, industry sources told ET. The DoT notification has, however, remained silent on the fate of these companies’ applications. It only said, “The DoT has decided to issue LoIs to all eligible applicants before who applied up to September 25, 2007. DoT has been implementing a policy of first-come-first-served for grant of licences under which initially an application, which is received first will be processed first and thereafter, if found eligible, will be granted LoI, and then whosoever complies with the conditions of LoI first will be granted UAS licence.” Importantly, under the existing first-come-first-served policy, three existing operators—Idea, Aircel and Vodafone—which have already been allotted LoIs, licences and even have wireless licence from the WPC, but are awaiting spectrum to launch services, will be placed ahead of these 9 companies in the spectrum queue. Idea is awaiting spectrum in 2 circles, Aircel in 7 and Vodafone-Essar in 6 circles. At the same time, the DoT has also said service providers like Reliance Communications, the Tatas, Shyam and HFCL, who have applied for dual technology (they’ll be able to offer GSM and CDMA services in their respective circles ) will also be placed ahead of these nine companies in the spectrum queue. In another development, ByCell, which wasn’t given LoIs, has cried foul. While the DoT letter to ByCell said its applications were not cleared due to pending security clearances, the company has pointed out that it had received the FIPB clearance to launch services in five circles as early as January, 2006. ByCell, which was the No 1 company in the licence queue, has said security clearances were held up due to “certain false complaints filed in the name of a Member of Parliament with the PMO on October 2007”. The company also produced documentary proof to show that the same MP has clarified that his letter was a forged document and he had no complaints against ByCell. “Therefore, the stand of DoT in keeping the ByCell files pending for security clearance on fake complaints is strange. ByCell feels that this forged complaint may have been instigated by certain competitors who may have played against ByCell, by filing fake complaints,” company executives said. Till date, under the existing first-come-first-served policy, the priority for licences ensures the same priority in the spectrum queue. Explaining the logic behind a separate spectrum queue, DoT sources said Universal Access Licence (UASL) was an umbrella licence under which operators could offer wireless, wireline, internet telephony, internet services and even broadband service. “However, at the same time, it does not automatically authorise the usage of spectrum to roll out mobile services, whether it be GSM or CDMA. For this, they require another licence—the wireless operating licence,” the DoT sources explained. It also means that that players such as Idea, which top the spectrum queue, may have lost their advantage. At the same time, it also improves the prospects of players such as Unitech, S Tel, Datacom Solutions and Shyam, all of whom fall in the rear end of the queue under the earlier system.

well only DOT knows how many players would be there and thats sure the competetion is gonna get to8ugh

DoT rings in new subscriber-linked spectrum norms NEW DELHI: Amidst all the chaos over issuing letters of Intent to new players and clearing the application of the Tatas to offer GSM services, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has quietly come out with a new subscriber-linked spectrum allocation norms. These new norms, which the DoT has said will come into 'immediate effect', will be the basis on which existing GSM and CDMA operators will be granted additional radio frequencies for expansion of their networks in the circles where they already operate. While the DoT had earlier said that it had decided to accept telecom regulator TRAI's recommendations that both GSM and CDMA service providers increase their subscriber base two to six times (depending on the circle) before they are granted additional spectrum, as the new policy, it has however made some changes on the recommendations of TRAI. While TRAI had specified that GSM operators should have 1.5 million subscribers in the metros, 3 million in A and B category circles and 2 million users in Category C circles to be eligible for 8 MHz of spectrum, the DoT, in its new policy, has said further tightened it and said that operators will be allotted only 7.2 MHz of radio frequencies against this subscriber base. The changes are on account of the DoT's decision to endorse its official spectrum panel's recommendation that GSM operators be given additional spectrum in quantities of 1 MHz, as against the current norm where they are given additional radio frequencies in tranches of 1.8 MHz to 2.2 MHz. As per the new norms, which have been posted in DoT's the Wireless Planning and Co-ordination (WPC) wing's website, GSM operators who hold 6.2 MHz of spectrum in a circle, will get only 1 MHz of additional spectrum in the next round of allotment when their subscriber base increases. As per TRAI recommendations, after 6.2 MHz, GSM operators get additional radio frequencies in tranches of 1.8 MHz - this implies, from 6.2 MHz to move to 8 MHz, but as per the new policy, they can only move to 7.2 MHz. While DoT has reduced the spectrum offered, it has not brought down the subscriber base criteria, a move that is bound to see protests from leading GSM operators.

whts the source man any pic or something like that

NEW DELHI: Government and private telecom firms had a windfall of sorts on the New Year eve, which earned as much as Rs 175 crore. People sent their greetings through SMSes rather than through the traditional ways of posting cards and letters to their friends and loved ones, generating a revenue of about Rs 175 crore New Year's eve and the first day of 2008, industry body Assocham said. During Diwali last year, earnings of the telecom companies were estimated to be about Rs 165 crore. However, revenues for the postal department and courier companies like Blue Dart, DTDC and DHL dipped as about 40 million people across the country chose to send their New Year and diwali greetings through SMSes and purchased gifts online, the chamber said. "This phenomenon would intensify in the years to come and the postal department and courier companies need to think out of the box and find innovative ways to regain lost ground," Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat said. As per estimates made by the chamber, e-cards and e-shopping sales for and Diwali 2007 and New Year registered a growth of 120 per cent, generating revenues of Rs 110 crore on December 31 and January 1. On the other hand, revenue of the Postal Department was between Rs 15 crore to Rs 18 crore for December 31, while for Diwali 2007, they were in the range of Rs 8 to Rs 10 crore. Similarly, revenue losses of courier companies are estimated to be in the range of Rs 16-17 crore on New Year's Eve.

come on atleast there are some major differences in CDMA nd GSM

well there are several problems i nprepaid , as prepaid and postpaid both have pros and cons, the biggest loss in prepad is that u cant get the detail of called nos. nad usage is free upto credit limit

why prepaid customers are always benifitted . . . why does postpiad customers pay the fine!

NEW DELHI: The government may allow one more state-owned national level mobile operator, in addition to BSNL, to tap the country’s booming telecom market and also compete more effectively with private telcos. The Department of Telecom (DoT) is considering a proposal to allow MTNL to become a pan-India operator. DoT has not taken a final decision on the issue yet. However, sources say that MTNL has already submitted a plan towards this to DoT, but MTNL’s top brass refused to confirm or deny the development. At present, state-owned BSNL operates cellular services all over the country, except in Delhi and Mumbai, where its sister company MTNL provides communication services. It is learnt that the communications ministry is in favour of allowing MTNL to expand beyond these two circles, in a bid to improve its falling profits. Besides, the communications ministry has also been pushing for increased competition in mobile telephony services, to bring about a further reduction in cellular tariffs. According to sources, DoT had asked MTNL to submit a list of proposals, including the option of expanding to other telecom circles, as the PSU has been losing momentum in the two metros. This is because MTNL is confronted with falling landline numbers, even as its efforts to scale up its cellular operations have been restricted by the fact that the two metros are nearing saturation. This has been reflected in MTNL’s poor performance for the last several quarters. For instance, even as all private telcos and state-owned BSNL are registering record growth and impressive profits, MTNL had posted a 13.7% decline in net profit during the last quarter. For the quarter ended September 30, 2007 its profit declined to Rs 94.78 crore, against Rs 109.92 crore in the same quarter last year, while its total income at Rs 1,345.31 crore was 1.4% less than Rs 1,365.24 crore in the corresponding period last year. The company has posted a basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of Rs 1.50, less than Rs 1.74 of last year. The dip in net profit and income was largely due to the 4.8% decrease in income from basic services in the quarter and increase in administrative expenses. Additionally, MTNL’s bid to expand operations abroad have failed to take off. The company lost all its bids so far for mobile licences in countries like Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Qatar and Sri Lanka among others in the last two years. Earlier, in 2006, MTNL had sought DoT approval to expand outside the two circles, but the then communication and IT minister Dayanidhi Maran had rejected the proposal. Sources also said that if DoT were to allow MTNL to take a pan-India licence, it would also be forced to allow BSNL to operate in Delhi and Mumbai to ward off turf wars between the two. BSNL too had approached the DoT in 2006, seeking its approval to launch services in Delhi and Mumbai, but could not go ahead as Mr Maran was against this.

buhu . . .call dropping has also started more frequent in my area where i had never ever experienced a single call drop in 4 years

hurry up yaar!

i too have a complaint with reliance just waiting @core

NEW DELHI: Is it a case of sore thumbs? Indian consumers, traditionally considered avid texters, seem to be giving SMSs a thumbs down. According to the latest data from TRAI, the SMS usage, which has been on the downward curve since September 2006, has now dipped to record lows — the fall being 11% for GSM players and 15% for CDMA-based operators in the past quarter alone. These figures refer to the average number of SMSs per subscriber per month. While there is no data on the total number of SMSs, the absolute number is likely to have gone up simply because of the increase in the number of subscribers. If Indians are texting less, they are also talking less. For the first time in several quarters, minutes of cellular usage per subscriber have also fallen for mobile operators on both technology platforms. “Contrary to the trend observed in the past, minutes of cellular usage per subscriber (for GSM telcos) have declined by 2.94% from 476 minutes in June 2007 to 462 in September 2007. Both outgoing and incoming minutes of cellular usage have shown a decrease. For CDMA players, the average minutes of cellular usage per subscriber per month have come down to 413 for the quarter ended September 2007, compared with 462 minutes in June 2007,” TRAI said in its performance indicators report released on Tuesday. The fall in the minutes of usage and in the number of SMSs has resulted in the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month hitting an all-time low. The ARPU of GSM and CDMA operators have touched Rs 275 and Rs 173 per month, respectively, for the quarter ended September 2007, which stood at Rs 297 and Rs 206, respectively, in the previous quarter.

agreed kumaar