Comments on: India Getting Ready For 3G Wireless Broadband

By: Olivier

Olivier — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:27:46 +0000

Hello Malik,

Sorry about my english. I read your comment and need some help about getting internet during my trip in India (from décember, Bombay and south, goa, kerala..).
I have a laptop 4 years old with wifi inside. Means that i can browse internet with wireless connexion from tourim offices, McDonalds for example. But what about in India ? How should i do in order to surf the internet overthere ? I thought about a kind of a 3g network with a usb key i would buy there, but i am not too much into latest technologies…So if you have any ideas, it would be kind from you if you could send me some links.

Best regard, Olivier.

By: Indian Telco Offers Free Netbook With a Wireless Contract - GigaOM

Indian Telco Offers Free Netbook With a Wireless Contract - GigaOM — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:42:22 +0000

[...] to its customers. Reliance will transition to 3G technologies soon. The Indian telecom regulator recently cleared the way for 3G networks to be set up in India. Reliance is also in the process of moving away from CDMA to GSM-based [...]

By: Dr. Alok Pandey

Dr. Alok Pandey — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:17:29 +0000

I bought an apple iPhone-3g recently. But I would like to share – without 3G spectrum available for users in India nothing much can be used out of it specially in case of using the self tracking system and nevigation.

New I saw that India is all set to launch the 3G spectrum through various market players. Again it is a matter of worry that how this service will be priced specially in a case when market players are depicted to be 4 or 5 in Delhi/Bombay or in any particular circle.

By: karan luthra

karan luthra — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:33:00 +0000

HI,

I don’t see why there is so much uproar about this issue. Being an IT hub, it is quite obvious that India needs a 3g spectrum desperately, any delays being nothing less than detrimental. TO OM, about a year back, a report mentioned that the Govt was in a fix over the wimax vs 3g issue, which was the sole reason of the delay. Your views on this issue and Wimax as an alternative please.

By: Joe’s Korner | Simplifying Everything » Buy Apple iPhone 3G in India on August 22

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:08:09 +0000

[...] is 3G (which accounts for its name also), which is not available in India as yet, although it is expected soon. The pricing and service will be a major factor for the success of Apple iPhone 3G in [...]

By: Buy Apple iPhone 3G in India on August 22

Buy Apple iPhone 3G in India on August 22 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:09:29 +0000

By: Mobile Subscribers Forecast to Top 5 Billion-Mark by 2011 - GigaOM

Mobile Subscribers Forecast to Top 5 Billion-Mark by 2011 - GigaOM — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:02:57 +0000

[...] Malik, Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 4:00 PM PT Comments (0) A few days ago, I pointed out that India was finally getting its 3G act together by coming up with a liberal licensing policy that [...]

By: amar irani

amar irani — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:40:03 +0000

@Leo: can’t understand why TTSL would pay Virgin for ‘brand franchise’; ought to be the reverse! Virgin has just around 4 million users in the UK.

By: leo

leo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:33:41 +0000

yep,virgin is the ‘youth brand’of TTSL apparently (calls its ‘brand franchise’).
MVNO wasnt allowed or regulations were not clear enough.

By: amarirani

amarirani — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:34:49 +0000

CBE: prepaid is how Virgin began in the UK. And the youth market is what they are after in partnership with Tata. But curiously it is not labelled as an MVNO apparently, in India.

By: CBE

CBE — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:37:24 +0000

The only MVNO that would work in India is a prepaid one. Voce would be a total disaster. There is cheap labor all over the world (e.g. LATAM, China), yet none of these so-called premium MVNOs have launched successfully. If you’re a wealthy Indian, you’d want the best technology, and that is most definitely an iPhone tethered to a 3G network. A prepaid MVNO geared towards the youth market would make a lot of sense.

By: India Makes Moves To Give Mobile Users Choice « Techcraver.com | Craving tech, craving life!

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:58 +0000

[...] GigaOm has pointed out, India is the largest mobile market in the world. The country has a population of 1.1 billion [...]

By: DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: Digital Divide, 3G

DailyWireless » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: Digital Divide, 3G — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:00:28 +0000

[...] India is preparing for the deployment of 3G wireless broadband. Read about it on Gigaom. [...]

By: mdev05

mdev05 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:24:38 +0000

Hey Sar, iPhone 3G is going to be launched in India on the 22nd August 2008 and would cost Rs.24000($570).

Om, if 3G happens in India by this year end, iPhone would become a runaway hit all over India.

We all have been waiting for 3G to happen this year, provided DOT allows it.

By: shetaan819

shetaan819 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:13:22 +0000

A MVNO such as Voce in the US could actually work in India – Voce offered high end phones, and concierge services at prestige pricing (this strategy later changed and they then went bankrupt) – as labor is dirt cheap in India the MVNO could become a one-stop-shop for all services and offer users phones other than the typical Nokias that now flood the market and hence give users a unique experience…

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:21:48 +0000

@WhiteEagle

Explain why having 10 players is going to be a smart move?

@Bunty, your comment “the chorus of the Indian telecom establishment, you do a disservice to Indian consumers and to probity in India.” Dude what the hell are you talking about? If anything I am challenging the establishment going too far. Six players might be nice – not 12-or-15.