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Dream Undreamt Issue-14, Jan-06 |
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Think Tank |
Tecmac wishes a very happy new year to all of you. 2005 was a historical year for telecom and IT industry. The dawn of the year saw remarkable solution on regulatory conflict, dramatic turn in price war, balanced approach on advanced services and visionary approach in network enhancement. 2006 should be a year of maturity. Maturity in services, maturity in approach towards competition and maturity in regulation. We expect this year to be a base for Indian Telecom industry. Results of this year will give long term projection and affect our national interest. This year may give enough opportunities to competitive operators for a balanced competition but a violation of industry basic may bring the unwanted situation. We expect very heavy market growth in A and few B circles whereas C circles may not pick. Regulations may tilt towards CDMA operators and ARPU will certainly rise. India One will remain a poilitical drama but operators will bring it on their on-net services paving the path for real India one far away from the way Ministry was talking. Number portability is something to forget till our rural market doesn't catch up. Since it will invite fresh investment that may be diverted in fresh infrastructure. Some bitter game in vendor war is evident. Big tenders by PSU and fresh investment by private operators will efinitely cause some bitter corporate conflicts. It may invite political pressure and political interference. Consumer will keep on enjoying better service at lower price. Services quality should improve. Prices are bound to go down but new services will improve ARPU. So another hectic year ahead. Big movie to shoot and bigger role to play so be with us to “Dream Undreamt”. Tecmac Editorial Team |
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1- TRAI vs DoT, who is right on USO? 2- Wi-Fi, is it getting congested? 3- Rush of Telecom equipment vendors in Chennai, is it politically motivated or have some ground reality? 4- Revival of ITI, a political decision or business guided approach??? | |
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Headache Of The Year |
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| Einstein invested his whole life in experiments, Edison lost himself in few components and Rishies spent their maximum time in search of GOD. We all enjoy the benefits extended by these but most of us do not want to live like that. We’ve our own definition of life and few of us even criticize their way of loosing the so called pleasure of the materialistic world. Magic of this world is invent of those great minds as well as hearts still few of us laugh on them and their logic may be correct. This year we request you to think “What is that which makes few to spend whole life on something which takes them away from natural life?” What creates the difference between our ambitions, pleasures and imagination. | |
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Celset-Report |
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Celset took back seat due to certain weaknesses but as a concept it got good responce. We added 15 new users and our hit rate was also satisfactory. New additions were only from India whereas maximum new hits came from European countries. |
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Knowledge Center |
Day Dreams |
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Wi-Max There are several popular Wi-Max Standards. Few of them mentioned here 802.16 |
1- Broadband to grow but slower than the expectations of ministry. 2-Rural network to become an industry focus along with urban advanced services. (This section is a part of our annual paper which will be issued in the Tecmac Foundation Month since next year. Suggestions and contents are expected from our readers) |
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| TRAI has taken tough stand on USO. Mr Pradeep Baijal says that the numbers are not reflecting the expectations. It may be shameful for telecom industry that where we project many fold yoy growth, our rural teledensity remains at 1.77% whereas around 75% population is still in villages and low-end towns.<<Click here For Details>> |
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