3G Services in Mobile

gosaba

Hi
3G services are going to be launched shortly by BSNL and soon by other operators too (Once Spectrum problem is over). In what way it is going to serve the common man, already the existing GPRS & MMS facilities are not explored by most of the mobile users, do you think this will help them?

What tariff do you expect, lower than the wired broadband tariff?

bigdmanagementparadise

The auction amount too has been doubled. It remains to be seen how many operators remain in the race after this announcement.

***kartik***

Its obvious that people using this services are going to be from SEC A, and top SEC B who can afford luxury. A practical and sensible approach hints tariff on a high end.

NIKHGUPTA

Nopes, u people are wrong... Just wait for 1 year (as soon competition starts)n watch how competitive 3G prices will come, days are not far when 3G is gonna replace your broadband connections at home.... Prices will be very competitive in the future...

kool78

• Prepaid 3G Data Plan for BSNL

Plan Name - MBV 1700

Plan price in Rs 1700

Free data usage in GB- 10

Validity in Days *30

Data charges in Rs./MB ** 2.00/MB

With such rates the common man would not be able to afford the services.
Since BSNL is the only operator that has been given the spectrum and having the first mover advantage has kept te charges too high.

Hope the auction happens soon and lets see the rates when the other operators come in.
But i do not see the rates coming down any soon!!!!!!!!

kool78

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India expects to collect 350 billion rupees from an upcoming auction of third-generation (3G) radio spectrum, the annual budget showed on Monday, up 75 percent from an earlier target.

The auction, which would allow telecoms firms to offer services such as high-speed Internet and video downloads on mobile phones, is scheduled to happen by December. The government had initially aimed to get 200 billion rupees.

The sale has been delayed from this January after high prices fetched by private telecoms companies for selling stakes prompted a review of the floor price.

The finance ministry wanted the floor price doubled to 40.40 billion rupees, a figure that is yet to be cleared by a committee of ministers. The number of slots to be put on the block would also be reviewed.

There will be heavy demand for spectrum in larger services areas and bids could be sharply higher than the floor price, an analyst said.

"The price of 3G auction in metro cities and also in some of the A circles should be substantially higher than the reserve price," Mahesh Uppal, director at telecoms consulting firm Com First.

"Reserve price matters primarily when the competition is low," he said.

As per the initial guidelines issued last year, the government planned to conduct the auction for 20 of India's 22 telecoms zones and had said companies could bid for four slots in most of these areas.