Indian telecom operator Idea Cellular has said in a statement announcing its financial results for the quarter ending September 30th 2009, has said that an estimated 20% of all India subscribers ... Continue_Reading

TRAI reports that there are 5.45 million broadband subscribers in India as of December 31st 2008, up from 5.28 million in November. The total number of telephone connections is now at ... Continue_Reading

Reliance Communications has reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 14102 million, down 7.88% since the last quarter. This is despite a 3.64% increase in consolidated for the quarter. The ... Continue_Reading

Reliance Communications has reported net profits (consolidated) of Rs. 1530.8 crores, up 1.2 percent since the last quarter. Total revenues (consolidated) for the quarter were Rs. 5645 crores up 6.07 ... Continue_Reading

Bharti Airtel has reported net profits (consolidated) of Rs. 2046 crores, up 1.05 percent since the last quarter, and 27 percent from Q208. Total revenues for the quarter were Rs. ... Continue_Reading

The TRAI has released a report on the performance of telecom services, downloadable here. Some details we gleaned from the exhaustive 126 page report. Internet Wireless Internet What surprised me most is the ... Continue_Reading

Internet companies feature prominently on Airtel Digital TV (DTH), and services appears to be a significant differentiator for Airtel. Some of the content and media services on offer: - iAstro: powered ... Continue_Reading

VAS Revenues As per calculations done by MediaNama, based on data given by Reliance Communications in its quarterly performance report, the Non-SMS component of Wireless Value Added Services (VAS) accounts for ... Continue_Reading

Update: We’re told that the numbers we’ve calculated for VAS are for the month, and not for the quarter, since ARPU is a monthly figure. We stand corrected. That effectively ... Continue_Reading

Or “We’d like you to be a part of the value chain, but…” A couple of weeks ago, I attended the TRAI open house discussion on the issue of regulation of ... Continue_Reading