9 applications for 3G & 11 for BWA auction received by Indian govt
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Eleven applications for the BWA spectrum auction along with nine applications for the upcoming 3G spectrum auction has been received by the Indian government.
Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Etisalat, Idea Cellular, Reliance Telecom, S Tel, Tata Teleservices, Vodafone Essar, and Videocon Telecommunications are included in the list of the bidders for 3G spectrum.
The list of applicants for BWA spectrum include Aircel, Augere, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Infotel Broadband Services, Qualcomm, Reliance WiMax, Spice Internet Service Provider, Tata Communications Internet Services, Tikona Digital Networks, and Vodafone Essar.
April 5 and 6 has been planned as the dates for mock auctions while on April 9, actual bidding process will take place. Two days after the completion of the 3G spectrum auction, auctions for BWA license will be conducted.
India’s mobile market eyed by Vivendi France
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vivendi France may take over 51% of the India’s Datacom Solutions. Two rounds of talk have taken place between the officials of Vivendi and Datacom team and both the sides will meet again in a few weeks to take the discussion forward.
Owned by Videocon group, Datacom solutions has also attempted to sell a stake to Etisalat or Turkcell foundered during the credit crunch. Rumors were also there that America Movil or France Telecom could be interested in acquiring a stake in the company.
Datacom already has radio spectrum covering 21 of India’s 22 circles and have the advantage of its parent’s vast distribution network for selling phones and SIM cards, despite the late launch. Earlier, it was said that the firm is planning a US$2.8 billion GSM tender, but nothing seems to have happened since that was announced.
Wireless communication access for villages
Puducherry: K. Sridhara, Member (Technology), Telecommunication Commission (Department of Telecommunications), New Delhi, said that expansion of communication facilities and extension of wireless access for the villagers would be of help for rapid economic development in rural areas.
Inaugurating the 10th VSNL-sponsored panel discussion on `WiMAX’ (via BSNL Tele Education Programme) at the Pondicherry Engineering College (PEC) here on Thursday, Mr. Sridhara said with the cost of mobile services having come down, there was a orientation of thought for covering villages by wireless method. The programme coincided with the 20th Foundation Day of the college. The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of the PEC coordinated it.
Mr. Sridhara said that WiMAX was only in the nascent stage and the implementation might pose problems, which should be studied in depth and analysed for rectification. There should be a joint effort associating the R&D Centres, industries and educational and technical institutions.
The panellists were P. Raja Goundan (General Manager of ICF Chennai), Manish Airy (Principal Design Engineer Beceem Communications Bangalore), B.P. Tiwari and V. Balaji (Network Executives of VSNL Chennai). K. Gridhar, Professor, IIT Chennai, participated in the programme through videoconferencing from Chennai.
The participating institutions were Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Telecom Training Centre, Chennai, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and National Institute of Technology, Tiruchi. Principal of the PEC T.G. Palanivel presided. P, Dananjayan, Head, Department of Electronics, welcomed those present. V. Prithiviraj, Professor of the Department, referred to the highlights of the panel discussion.
Source- http://www.hindu.com
