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COAI bats for 2G, 3G revenues segregation theory 13 Oct, 2008, 1935 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: GSM operators' group COAI on Monday strongly supported DoT proposal to have separate revenues for 2G and 3G services, adding that this model will also speed up 3G roll-out in the country. COAI Director General TV Ramachandran said that segregation of 2G revenues was not only possible but also desirable, as it would push operators to expeditiously enhance their 3G footprint (on account of lower usage charges for 3G services), thus benefiting the consumers and the country in terms of broadband availability. "This was also an excellent way for the Government to incentivise faster roll-out and availability of 3G services to deliver benefits of broadband to the Indian consumers," he added. Ramachandran further said that since 3G spectrum was being acquired through an open bidding process, the current market value of the 3G spectrum would be correctly reflected in the final bid price. "Therefore, it is only the administrative charges for spectrum usage that are required to be recovered through the annual revenue share levy," he clarified. COAI draws attention to the fact that the dual technology clause allowed operators to segregate revenues for CDMA and GSM revenues. Ramachandran said that revenues for 3G services, which were also run on WCDMA, can similarly be differentiated. He also gave the example of the UK where segregation of 2G and 3G services is practised. While Hong Kong too followed segregation model, it is not preferable due to the complexity involved, said COAI. COAI said the revenue break-up can be implemented in two simple ways as reference either by traffic-based approach or call data record (CDR) approach.

^^^ My dear Ketan, HTC S720 also could be a good choice. But for this you have to spend a little more over your budget. And you asked about the Nokia 8208, I think that will be available by first quarter of 2009 in India. Regards.

Yes my dear friends, I think Amit here is correct. It will not cost above 26K or 28K. Regards.

^^^ Dear Santhosh, thats what I too am affraid of. The main thing is that, if Reliance and TATA got enough response from their Gsm services then I think they will not invest in their existing Cdma infrastructure any more. Only God knows what is going to happen. Regards.

My dear friends, this handset is definetely seems to be a solid one. Its the best entry level mobile with such a robust battery. Regards.

^^^ Thats really a great news my dear Akshat. Regards.

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Hmmm. If they cater services to Pure Data Card Business only in the long run, then what will happen to our High End Cdma Mobiles. We had already spend alot on our handsets. Regards.

^^^ My dear Santhosh, their is a technology available from VANU INC. They are already in talks with Gsm Operators to use the same CDMA technology to provide GSM services. For more details you can read the below mentioned thread. http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?showtopic=15278 Regards.

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^^^ Dear Ani, our good wishes are always with you. Go ahead ! Regards.

^^^ It can happen even before 3-4 years my dear friend. Regards.

^^^ Thanks for the information, my dear Amit. That seems to be a SPAM. We had deleted the post. Regards.

^^^ This will be definetely as good as Opera, my dear friends. Regards.

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^^^ Lets hope for the best my dear friends. In the last we will definetely get MNP service. No matter even some more deadlines are on the way. Regards.

As it contains your personal information :- Your whole PhoneBook, Call History, SMS in one of folder(/DB) of this File. Sorry, If I am wrong and you willingly want everyone to get these personal infos. ^^^ My dear friends, we have removed the attachement temporarily as Amit has told above that the attached file has some personal information. As Kshah is not online right now, we assume that he will do the needfull by attaching the new or the existing file tomorrow. And thanks to Amit for the information. Regards.

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90 pc mobile users do not want to change their operator: Study 12 Oct, 2008, 1318 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: As the country prepares to ring in mobile number portability that allows mobile subscribers to switch operators without changing numbers, a new survey claims that nearly 90 per cent users prefer to stay with their existing telecom service provider. A study by a research firm Strategy Analytics revealed that close to 90 per cent of country's mobile subscribers do not want to change their operator for at least a year. "In the last 12 months 81 per cent of the users have not changed their operators and 89 per cent of the users are not going to switch between operators in the next 12 months," the study said. The study also said that consumers expressed high satisfaction with operators and are unwilling to change their operator in the coming years. The department of telecommunication (DoT) had announced the MNP policy in August this year. The policy would offer subscribers a choice to change their operators while retaining the existing mobile number. According to DoT, MNP would be implemented in the four metros by mid 2009 for which the department is in the process of finalising an agency which would execute its implementation in the country.

FinMin asks DoT to speed up 3G auction process 12 Oct, 2008, 1446 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry has asked the Department of Telecom to speed up 3G spectrum auction process, so that operators can roll out services as early as possible, and avoid introducing new clauses in the guidelines, which can cause further delays. "The process to complete auction for 3G spectrum and rolling out of services is already much delayed and needs to be speeded up and completed as early as possible, latest by December 2008," Department of Economic Affairs Secretary Ashok Chawla said in a letter to Telecom Secretary Sidhharth Behura. The Finance Ministry has also advised DoT to sort out all the outstanding issues at the earliest and not open fresh issues at this juncture, the letter said. MoF is irked by the proposal of DoT to split 2G and 3G revenues, as it feels this would lead to loss of revenue to the government. Finance Ministry had earlier also expressed its unhappiness when DoT had fixed a reserve base price of Rs 2,020 for a Pan India 3G licence, saying the value of spectrum is much higher than what DoT has put in the auction. MoF wanted the minimum base price to be raised to Rs 2,500 crore. As for the segregation of revenues, MoF has said it would lead to operators camouflaging 2G revenue to avoid paying the revenue share.

DoT may face dilemma to workout for 2G-3G revenue split 12 Oct, 2008, 1518 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecom may find it difficult to work through the segregation of revenues between 2G and 3G due to complex splitting methods. Even as Ministry of Finance, TRAI and CDMA operators feel the separation is tough and can give rise to revenue loss, GSM operators had told DoT that such a plan was workable, but it now appears that even COAI is finding it difficult to cite successful example for such a split. Hong Kong, France, Greece have found the exercise quite difficult. In a letter to its member companies, COAI Director General T V Ramachandran is believed to have said the Hong Kong model of segregation followed by OFTA (regulator in Hong Kong) was very complex and "nobody appears to be happy about it". He even told the members that Hong Kong telcos "are probably going to go away from the system" The visiting chairman of the French Regulatory Authority (ARCEP), Paul Champsaur, told representatives of the Indian telecom industry recently that France never implemented a differential system because of the complications involved in segregation of 2G and 3G revenues. He, however, preferred to implement a uniform one per cent charge for both 2G and 3G. This is despite the policy makers in France proposing a differential system.

Hmmm. It has speaker phone facility and polyphonic ringtones also. Really great for an entry level handset. Looks of the handset too are also good. Regards.

^^^ My dear friends, till date we don't have any update for this handset. As soon as we get the latest news for this handset, we will update the same here. Regards.

^^^ Dear Amit, you should send a mail to TRAI in this regard. Also try to mention the date and time on which you received the UCC. Hope alongwith you other subscriber's problem would too be resolved. Regards.

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