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Well, after a great deal of waiting, and as the commonwealth games are due in 2010, the auctions of 3G could not be postponed any longer. How could one tell the world at that time that we are now the only major country in Asia that does not have 3G yet?.It also pinches that there is no mobile TV or HDTV or digital terrestrial broadcasting.Also the fact that 4G-LTE netorks are about to be commissioned in Japan and USA does not add to any showoffs of technology which needs to be displayed at big e… Continue

Mobile World Congress 2009: A great Fare, but take with a pinch of Salt!
Feb 18, 2009
Mobile World Congress, the apex event of the year for mobile technologies is always looked at with excitement for a peek into the new technologies to follow and the roadmap for the ensuing year. The keynote based on the economic crisis appeared to provide a panacea for all the problems with Conway suggesting that the governments should look at the mobile Industry as a way out of this crisis. Not a surprising st… Continue

Narrowbanding WiMAX
5 Jan 2009
It appears that the Foggy weather in Delhi extends to much more than just atmosphere, certainly to the Foggy Policies and to the ministries of Telecom and Finance. The Ministry of Finance has recommended the doubling of the reserve prices to $ 8 Billion for 3G and $ 4 Billion for WiMAX. Even though such events are quite common to policy watchers and hardly ruffle any feathers, this one takes the cake for a number of reasons.

In principle we are not opposed to the… Continue

Top Ten Wireless Trends for 2009!

1. WiMAX Capable Mobile Platforms to Emerge in 2009
Mobile WiMAX has seen considerable progress in 2008, with many countries worldwide having launched Mobile WiMAX networks. The rapid growth in Mobile subscribers and the need for higher bandwidth services will see a major move towards vendors providing platforms for operation in the 2.3 and 2.5 GHZ bands with LTE and Mobile WiMAX technologies. These platforms will include Mobile VoIP implementations.

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The Department of Telecom has today released the Information memorandum setting in motion the process of 3G and Broadbandband spectrum auction. The document is available on the DOT website ( http://www.dot.gov.in/as/Auctionindex.htm) The start of the 3G auction is from 16 Jan 2009 and the BWA auction begins two days after the closure of the 3G auction.

For WiMAX, the spectrum will be auctioned in the 2.3 and 2.5 GHz bands. Three blocks of 20 MHz are on the block for auction. The exact frequncie… Continue