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India's Bharti, Hutch and Idea apply for 3G licences |
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Airtel, Hutch and Idea applied for 3G licences here in India. However there seems to be some dispute over the spectrum allotment, some of the basic services may have to be removed (Namely PTT and EDGE). Also the TRAI has considered last week to waive-off all licencing charges in order to encourage the change to 3G.
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yeskay
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Do you think 3G can take off in India? Look at the state of GPRS, EDGE.. I find the rate plans very expensive.
Wonder how much will they charge for 3G.. |
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I'm quite surprised that most guys here aren't excited about this.
I think 3g will definitely be more expensive then normal rates. If a mobile to mobile local call is re 1, a video call will be 3-4 rupees.
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Here is some more news from 'The Telegraph':
AirTel is likely to invest about Rs 4,500 crore to launch 3G services in the country.
“We are ready with the network for 3G,” said Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director of the Bharti group. “The day the government releases the spectrum, the service can be launched within a few months. I feel the 3G service will be available in the next 18 months for subscribers in India.”
3G is a generic term used for the next generation of mobile communications systems. It is a service that allows high-speed streaming downloads on mobile phones, enabling a user to watch video and movie clips, a live cricket match and even trade on the stock market using real-time price information.
AirTel is bullish about the prospects for 3G usage in India and is confident about the higher revenue generation capacity.
Cellular players have spoken about launching 3G services in India, which has been launched in Europe recently and has still to establish commercial viability. Much depends on the release of spectrum — or radio waves — which is a precious source that the government allocates very sparingly for civilian use.
Cellular players like Bharti have been allocated 12 Mhz of spectrum in the metros and will need to increase it to about 20 Mhz to be in a position to offer viable 3G services.
The analog networks defined the first generation of mobile phones that were launched in the country in 1995. The second generation was defined by the move to digital networks. Third generation (3G) wireless is defined by the migration to packet-switched networks at high-speed data rates.
Sample this: the latest 3G enabled mobile phone (from LG) available in India can offer a speed of 384 kilo bits per second (kbps) that will allow streaming videos and the download of a three-hour movie in 20 to 30 minutes over these mobiles.
Currently, in India, the maximum speed that is offered by mobile operators is 177 kbps using the Enhanced Data Rate for Global Evolution (EDGE) technology.
“There is a need for content developers who can fuel the needs of 3G application. We do not see ourselves in the content development business. But those who want to will be able to get good business. Even today, a few developers are preparing content for 3G services,” said Mittal.
Mittal also highlighted the fact that 3G services will get a boost with a fall in mobile handset prices.
“The sluggish attitude from both operators and subscribers in adopting 3G-based services is due to regulatory and hardware costs. But this will change in the next 12 to 18 months. The handset cost of Blackberry and its services will drop. I cannot wait for long to cut the prices of Blackberry services, it has to happen soon,” Mittal said.
In India, 3G is embroiled in a controversy between two technologies — the code division multiple access (CDMA) and global system for mobile communications (GSM). The first is championed by Reliance Infocomm and the second by AirTel and Hutch.
The champions of the CDMA technology claim that the new band can utilise spectrum more efficiently and is a natural path for migration to 3G services.
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Yes, I am really looking forward to 3G service...however for it to become popular would mean handset upgrades for most of the average indian mobile users, and needs to be cheaper which will only happen with more users.
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@dblue: I don't think 3G will become a mainstream Technology in the world for another couple of years, 2G/2.5G networks will continue to operate side by side. Its like till 2002 the 1G analogue GSM networks were running alongside the 2G ones. |
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So late.., i wonder if bsnl ever plan to roll out 3g or are they going directly to 4g like some minister said lol. Still 3g is away by some fair degree of time. Wouldnt there be issues like coverage for 3g for such a large country like india.anyway i hope they rollout it soon.
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@shyam: 2G is an integral part of 3G, all of the 3G voice services come from the 2G network, the 3G (UMTS) signal is just another packet transmission signal (like EDGE and GPRS) which runs alongside the 2G signal. So just like we come to areas where we don't get our EDGE/GPRS signal, but are still able to make voice calls, we will encounter 3G areas with good reception and '2G only' areas. 
12-18 months seem sooo far away.
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