Admittedly, it has come much under the scanner for all the wrong reasons. Call rerouting, CBI enquiries et al. Plus, the top brass has deserted the ship( not yet sinking). What Anil Ambani can possibly do to iron out the mess here?

One thing that they could do is to iron out the chinks in the billing. Increased focus on the customer care would earn them a few brownie points.

I expect some kind of a roll out. Current media reports hint at Fixed wireless phone as the likely candidate to be promoted. However, their fixed wireline phones go on un noticed by a vast majority. I haven’t noticed any advertisements and it seems like that they are betting big on the same. Expect to hear more on that.

Plus, the BB rollout. Atleast we would have a clear idea and focus as to where it is headed for. There is a lot of hoopla for the same; hope it’s worth it. So far no firm plans. I am sure Reliance is going to bet big on the same.

Could we see more of screwups with VSNL? Smarting under loss of customers and falling revenues in ISP business, VSNL is clearly a sinking ship. Staffed with mental retards, it still has the hangover of the monopolistic era when it ruled the roost. BSNL,it’s ugly sister, is betting big on International Long Distance telephony-its bread and butter and Reliance is snipping at it’s bandwidth business. Matter of time before VSNL changes it’s spots.

It’s too early to say as to how Anil would steer the company out of present impasse. Splitting up the “empire” was stupidity- they could achieved far greater synergies together rather than alone. Perhaps much more power and clout than they have all alone.

Watch this space.

Business Standard reports that ADC has taken a political hue. I beg to differ. Reliance seems to be orchesterating the whole show.

Read between the lines there. The move was supported by a Gujarat BJP MP. Fair enough. The party in power in Gujarat has always been maintaining close links with Reliance, who obviously doesn’t want to be a part of ADC paying party. BSNL collects 5000 crore anually in this.

Without going in the merits of the same, this one caught my eye:

This apprehension stems from the consultation paper recently floated by Trai, it said, adding, the regulator has also proposed that ADC on fixed wireless phones (FWP) of private operators will be only provided to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL). This means that there is no level-playing ground for the private sector, it said.

As FWPs are cheaper than mobile phones, both by tariff and equipment and are easy to deploy and operate, more people would opt for FWPs rather than mobiles, with the “benefit of ADC going to BSNL”.

MP’s from Gujarat outnumber anyone else.

Another shot that appears from Reliance.

Reliance Infocomm has also opposed to continuing of ADC stating that the concept does not arise in the Indian context and has no economic rationale.

Reliance is known for it’s shadow fighting. Behind the scenes controversies. Of course, expect more since Anil Ambani is the MP and he would pull out all stops to ensure that everything falls in his favour. Whether it is the spectrum or the fixed wireless phones( bread and butter of Reliance), we are in for some exciting times. Atleast me, becuase I love to rave and rant about it all.

This one obviously doesnt relate to India. I was wondering as to how the roll out in other countries is changing the way people interact. There has been enough bitching about British Telecom- mirror image of our very own miserable BSNL; slightly better.

The private telecom companies in US have roughshod regulations, against the communities and what not. Remember Enron? Enough people in this world who would hail the next revolution without going in for fundamentals.

South Korea rode on the way to BB nirvana with a strong focus on gaming. Oh well, I d love to do a death match in Unreal ( wish I had time for the same).

Japanese have grown by leaps and bounds; Mbps speeds are standard. Hong Kong takes the cake. To my knowledge, they were the first ones to introduce gigabit speeds- enough for streaming videos without loss of image quality. One that you can rewind, pause or record in real time.

India? Oh well, “millions of customers” are waiting in the wings, Mr Maran? In anycase, your group is consolidating in newspapers and satellite TV. Helps when you are the helm of affairs, isnt it?I d wait and watch and see as to how you subvert this nation’s media interest.

Dial up in the gigabits era. Irony of being an Indian.

I would be glad if someone illuminates me on the BB scene elsewhere.