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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
Posted in Indian Telecom
Tagged Access Deficit Charge, Advertisement, Advertising, android, BSNL, COAI, Department of Telecom, handsets, I hate MBA's, India, Internet, Reliance, SMS, Spectrum, TRAI, Value Added Services, walled garden, Wireless Leave a comment
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
Posted in Indian Telecom
Tagged COAI, India, Indian Telecom, Reliance, Spectrum, TRAI Leave a comment
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
Posted in Indian Telecom
Tagged Airtel, Anil Ambani, Broadband, Broadband pricing, Broadband SUCKS, COAI, Department of Telecom, DoT, Hutch, India, Indian Telecom, Landline, Reliance, Reliance Broadband, Spectrum, Tata, Tatas, Vodafone, VSNL 3 Comments
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
Posted in General Thoughts, Indian Telecom, Mobiles, Other Frustrated Customers
Tagged 3G, Anil Ambani, BSNL, CDMA, COAI, DoT, GSM, India, MTNL, Opera, Reliance, Spectrum Leave a comment
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
Posted in Indian Telecom
Tagged Broadband, COAI, Department of Telecom, GSM, Hutch, India, IPTV, Opera, Reliance, Spectrum, Vodafone 3 Comments
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
Posted in Indian Telecom, Mobiles, Other Frustrated Customers, TRAI, Telecom News
Tagged Access Deficit Charge, Airtel, COAI, GSM, Hutch, India, Mobiles, Opera, SMS, TRAI Leave a comment
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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Tagged Airtel, COAI, India, Indian Telecom, Prepaid Leave a comment