India’s 3 telecom biggies to join 3G race
India’s Telecoms majors including names like Bharti, Reliance and Vodafone have confirmed that they are all set to bid for 3G licenses.
According to the reports, Idea Cellular is also expected to submit its application for 3G spectrum very soon.
While Bharti and Reliance are seeking spectrum in each of India’s 22 telecom zones, Telenor-backed Uninor might also bid for 2100 MHz in the metro circles apart from other lucrative regions in the country.
Nepal Telecom aspires to achieve 60% penetration by 2014
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A striving network expansion programme to raise overall teledensity in Nepal to 60% by 2014 has been aspired by state-owned national fixed line and mobile operator Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited, or NT).
According to NT deputy managing director Anoopranjan Bhattarai, the company hopes to hit its target through an aggressive marketing and assurance of service quality campaign and if the plan materializes, over 30 million people will be using the services of NT by 2014.
An Internet Protocol Code Division Multiple Access (IP CDMA) system could also be installed by NT which will have capacity for three million subscribers, besides, implementing an early launch of CDMA2000 1xEvDO technology boasting maximum transfer speeds of 3Mbps.
Its existing wireless networks are limited to around 155kbps.
