Tag Archives: COAI

New players and ideas

Department of Telecom (may your tribe decrease!) has recently awarded the spectrum to new players. They did that with aplomb and a lot of hoopla. Mishra ji, of TRAI fame, was needlessly fingered, perhaps by COAI (after being induced by … Continue reading

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Indian Telecom: Winds of change

Delhi High Court has said no to stay the spectrum allocation. It’s a resounding defeat for the COAI (the motley group of morons) and decided to press ahead with Reliance’s claims of having the right for dual licence. Further details … Continue reading

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Year End 2007

This year draws to a close in another 3 days. It would not change anything except for the dates. I call this as perverted optimism because I keep on looking forward for some miracles. It’s truly a make believe fantasy … Continue reading

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Indian Mobile Telephony: Mess galore

This was to be expected. The spectrum issues played out in the past fortnight in full public glare. I was following up the story in the mainstream press and this makes for a fascinating read; specially the way it brings … Continue reading

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Madness

This announcement was something similar to a bamboo stick loaded up with chillies and thrust on their sorry orifices. The department of telecom seems to have woken up to the menace of the telecom firms. Mercifully better sense prevailed and … Continue reading

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Mobiles in India: A rip off!

I have the numbers finally. Something that I have been alleging but could never get the right numbers because it was impossible to break in through the opaque structures. Roaming charges have a rip off for years. I was wondering … Continue reading

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Indian Telecom:Myth

One in every third prepaid subscriber is fake. If this isn’t “chilling”, it ought not to be to you dear readers because I have been asserting here that the valuations of these companies have been artificially bloated. Of course, it … Continue reading

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