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1.7 million subscribers go for MNP
Posted on Tue, 08 Feb 2011

According to statistics released by the Indian telecom regulator TRAI, 1.7 million subscribers have so far switched operators using Mobile Number Portability (MNP). Of these, nearly 1.5 million change requests were made since Jan 20, when MNP facility was made available all over the country, after the initial launch in Haryan in November last year.

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Economic Times

Reliance Infotel plans TD-LTE mega-launch
Posted on Mon, 07 Feb 2011

Reliance Industries Ltd-controlled Infotel Broadband Ltd is working on a plan to launch long term evolution (LTE) — which offers high data speeds — in 700 cities in the first phase of its launch. LTE offers data speeds from 50 mbps to 100 mbps to customers.

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LTE-TDD Technology Roadmap & Ecosystem Development 2010
Posted on Sat, 05 Feb 2011
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LTE – Across Across the Spectrum
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2011

LTE has the potential to unite the wireless world for next-generation mobile broadband services, but the industry will have to address the technology’s fragmented spectrum.

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Wireless Week

Indian BWA Licensees Leaning Towards TD- LTE
Posted on Wed, 12 Jan 2011

 

The second half of 2010 in India was abuzz with discussion of several possiblities for BWA licensees regarding whether to deploy TD-LTE, WiMAX, or a hybrid-type network (supporting WiMAX in the initial stage with a migration path to TD-LTE). These speculations have been laid to rest with license holders now leaning towards TD-LTE. Indian bigwig Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has selected TD-LTE for rolling out its nationwide BWA network. Ever since RIL issued its first press release mentioning “a single 20 MHz TDD spectrum when used with LTE has the potential of providing greater capacity when compared with existing communication infrastructure in the country,” Maravedis predicted it would deploy TD-LTE; there was no reference to WiMAX in the press release.

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Maravedis