Recent sources has confirmed that DoT has asked Tata Teleservices to vacate the additional CDMA spectrum in the different circles across India except Delhi & Mumbai with the other telco operators.

DoT sources has stated that the Telco body may request TTL to surrender its one 1.25  MHz of CDMA spectrum in all respected service areas except Mumbai & Delhi without any such reason.

The reason behind the steps taken by DoT to ask the operators to give up their additional spectrum is mainly because government has impose one time access fee for the airwaves holding beyond the limit that was assigned to it for resuming the wireless network services.

The company will not surrender the extra spectrum as per DoT demanded, the company will wait for the final results of the petition held up before  Kolkata High Court and Bombay High Court. As a result of which ”DoT would be bound to restore forthwith the surrendered spectrum in the event DoT actions are held invalid”.

120 days time frame has been asked by the company before surrendering its CDMA spectrum & re-organise its network, since the DoT may ask the company to impose one time spectrum fee.

Rs. 1,155 crore is the one-time spectrum fee imposed on TTSL’s CDMA license.

Already the company has paid 63 crore rs as an installment fee for holding up the additional license in Delhi & Mumbai circle as a protests to the Government.

One of the biggest 1080p 5.9 inch phone launched by Pantech.

Key Specifications:

Network: CDMA (800/1900/2000) ,GSM (900 / 1800 / 1900), HSDPA (2100), LTE (800).

Display: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.9 inches, IPS Pro LCD capacitive touchscreen.

OS: Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

Processor: CPU(Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait) & GPU(Adreno 320)

Memory: Internal (32 GB, 2 GB RAM) & External (microSD, up to 2 TB).

Camera: Primary(13 MP, 4128×3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash) & Secondary(2 MP).

Connectivity: HSPA+, LTE, EV-DO Rev. A, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC, micro-USB.

Battery Capacity: 3140 mAh.

Color: Black, White.

Stand-by Time: 450 h.

Talk Time: 16 h 40 min.

Expected Price: 780 USD.

BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) one of the India’s leading telecom service provider has providing exclusively a CDMA data offer to GSM/3G users.

Likely, BSNL is shifting from GSM/3G to EVDO data card users & most of the kits were being issued in circles like Chennai, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh telecom circles.

There is only case for users who were submitting EVDO data cards & in exchange BSNL will provide 3.6 Mbps USB GSM/3G data cards. Now this data cards will be providing 10 GB data for 6 months by taking Rs 750 for 6 months acting as a rental plan.

TnC will be applicable as per existing after the postpaid plan is activated. This plan will be effective from 29.01.2013 till 90 days.

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HTC is considering this new smartphones as phablet i.e. baby tablet. Again HTC succeeds by making it taller than wider. This phone is again compared to Samsung Galaxy III.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/900/1800/1900), CDMA (800/1900/2000), UMTS (850/900/1900/2100) & LTE (700)

Processor: CPU (Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait) & GPU (Adreno 320)

Resolution: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 8 MP rear cameras with autofocus, LED Flash, HD Video Recording & 2.1 MP Front camera.

Data: HSPA, EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth (v 4.0), Micro-USB.

Memory: System Memory (2 GB RAM), Internal Memory (16 GB), External Memory (no card slot)

Extra Features: HDMI, NFC, DLNA, TV-Out

 Battery capacity: 2200 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 12 h 40 min

Stand By Time: Up to 353 h

Music Play Time: NA.

Available Colours: Black

Expected Price: Rs 35,000

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Apple iPhone 5

The unique design enables to take the performance to such higher level. The battery life is surprisingly good. The screen ratio is also wide for brilliant multimedia experience.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – GSM A1428), CDMA (800 / 1900 / 2100 – CDMA A1429), HSDPA (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 – GSM A1428), CDMA(2000 1xEV-DO – CDMA A1429), LTE (700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 – GSM A1428) or LTE (850 / 1800 / 2100 – GSM A1429), LTE (700 / 850 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 – CDMA A1429).

Processor: CPU (Dual-core 1.2 GHz) & GPU (PowerVR SGX 543MP3 (triple-core graphics))

Resolution: 640 x 1136 pixels, 4 inches

OS: iOS6

Camera: 8 MP rear camera with autofocus, LED Flash & 1.2 MP front camera 720p@30fps, face detection, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular.

Data: DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (16/32/64 GB ROM), External Memory (no card slot).

 Battery capacity: 1440 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)

Stand By Time: Up to 225 h (2G) / Up to 225 h (3G)

Music Play Time: Up to 40 h.

Available Colours: Black/Slate, White/Silver.

Expected Price: 45,004

Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung has launched a unique powerful android phone in the market with good battery life, excellent camera, brilliant display.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), HSDPA (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100), LTE (regional)

Processor: CPU (Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9) & GPU (Mali-400MP)

Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches

OS: Android 4.1

Camera: 8 MP rear cameras with autofocus, LED Flash & 1.9 MP front camera 720p@30fps.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (16/32/64 GB ROM), External Memory (microSD, up to 64 GB).

 Battery capacity: 2100 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 21 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 11 h 40 min (3G)

Stand by Time: Up to 590 h (2G) / Up to 790 h (3G)

Music Play Time: NA.

Available Colours: Pebble blue, Marble white, Amber brown, Garnet red, Sapphire black, Titanium grey, La Fleur

Expected Price: 29,999

HTC Windows Phone 8X

HTC has designed slick & elegant windows enabled phone which offers liquid smooth performance, good call quality.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), HSDPA (850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100), LTE (700 MHz Class 17 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100).

Processor: CPU (Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait) & GPU (Adreno 225)

Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.3 inches

OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 8

Camera: 8 MP rear cameras with autofocus, LED Flash & 2.1 MP front camera 1080p@30fps.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL (LTE only for AT&T version), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (16/32/64 GB ROM), External Memory (no card slot).

 Battery capacity: 1800 mAh

Talk Time: 8 h.

Stand by Time: 15 days.

Music Play Time: NA.

Available Colours: California Blue, Graphite Black, Flame Red, Limelight Yellow.

Expected Price: 35,023

Nokia 808 PureView

 One of the best camera phone made by Nokia with excellent battery life & good call quality.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), HSDPA (850 / 900 /1700/ 1900 / 2100).

Processor: CPU (1.3 GHz ARM 11) & GPU (Broadcom BCM2763)

Resolution: 360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches

OS: Nokia Belle OS

Camera: 41 MP rear cameras with autofocus, Xenon Flash & VGA front camera VGA@30fps.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, UPnP technology, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (1GB ROM), External Memory (micro-sd up to 16/32 GB).

 Battery capacity: 1400 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 50 min (3G).

Stand by Time: Up to 465 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G)

Music Play Time: NA.

Available Colours: Black, White, Red

Expected Price: 23,299

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900

One of fastest & slimmest touch plus qwerty based phone launched by Blackberry.

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), HSDPA (850 / 900 /1700/ 1900 / 2100).

Processor: CPU (1.2 GHz QC 8655).

Resolution: 640 x 480 pixels, 2.8 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS 7.0

Camera: 5 MP rear cameras with LED Flash .

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 /b/g/n, dual-band, Bluetooth.

Memory: System Memory (768 MB RAM), Internal Memory (8GB ROM), External Memory (micro-sd up to 32 GB).

 Battery capacity: 1230 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 6 h 30 m (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G).

Stand by Time: Up to 307 h (2G) / Up to 307 h (3G)

Music Play Time: NA.

Available Colours: Black, White.

Expected Price: 32,999

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BlackBerry 9330

Specifications:

Network Supported: CDMA (800/1900) & HSDPA (2100)

Processor: CPU () & GPU ()

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS 5.0, upgradable

Camera: 2 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: EV-DO Rev. A (up to 3.1 Mbps), WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (512 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1150 mAh

Talk Time: 4 h 30 m.

Stand By Time: 252 h

Music Play Time: 15 h.

Available Colours: Black, Red & Pink.

Expected Price: 8,190

BlackBerry Curve 8520

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/900/1800/1900)

Processor: CPU (512 MHz)

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS 5.0, upgradable

Camera: 2 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: GPRS, EDGE, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: System Memory (256 MB RAM), Internal Memory (256 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1150 mAh

Talk Time: 4 h 30 m.

Stand By Time: 408 h

Available Colours: Black.

Expected Price: 8,499

BlackBerry 9220

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/900/1800/1900)

Processor: CPU (512 MHz)

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.44 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS 7.1

Camera: 2 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: GPRS, EDGE, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (512 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1450 mAh

Talk Time: 7 h.

Stand By Time: 432 h

Music Play Time: 28 h

Available Colours: Black, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White, Teal Blue

Expected Price: 9,799

BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300

 Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/900/1800/1900) & HSDPA (900 / 1700 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (512 MHz)

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0

Camera: 2 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: GPRS, EDGE, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: System Memory (256 MB RAM), Internal Memory (256 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1150 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 4 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)

Stand By Time: Up to 456 h (2G) / Up to 348 h (3G)

Music Play Time: 29 h

Available Colours: Black, Red

Expected Price: 9,990

BlackBerry Curve 8530 

Specifications:

Network Supported: CDMA (800/1900)

Processor: CPU (528 MHz)

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.46 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS v5.0, upgradable to v6.0

Camera: 2 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: EV-DO Rev. 0, up to 153.2 Kbps, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: Internal Memory (256 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1150 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 4 h 30 min

Stand By Time: Up to 252 h

Music Play Time: NA

Available Colours: Black, Purple.

Expected Price: 7,650

BlackBerry Curve 9320

Specifications:

Network Supported: GSM (850/900/1800/1900)  & HSDPA (2100)

Processor: NA

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches

OS: BlackBerry OS 7.1

Camera: 3.15 MP rear camera with Flash

Data: GPRS, EDGE,HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, WiFi 820.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (512 MB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1450 mAh

Talk Time: Up to 7 h

Stand By Time: Up to 432 h

Music Play Time: 30 h.

Available Colours: Black, Purple.

Expected Price: 13,799

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Recently in a meeting headed by Mr. P Chidambaram in EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) decided to reduce the CDMA auction of 800 MHz band by 50 percent.

The price will be 4,500 crore for 25 MHz spectrum in 800 MHz band if it is approved by the cabinet.

Already EGoM has decided to lower the reserve price of CDMA spectrum by 30% in circles like Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. Similarly the price of 900 MHz band is almost twice that of 1800 MHz band which will be conducted in circles like Delhi, Mumbai, and Karnataka.

Again the Govt. has fixed the base price of 800 MHz band spectrum 1.3 times higher than 1800 MHz band spectrum in the auction happened in November 2012 which failed to attract bidders. The pan-India base price for 5 MHz of spectrum in 1800 MHz band was fixed at Rs 14,000 crore.

The November auction earned almost 9,700 crore out  of 40,000 crore as expected by the government.

Similarly  lot of companies who are operating in CDMA band are now suffering. If we take MTS who has over 16 million subscribers. Out of which 1.7 million are that of its data services.

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Best 5 Android Smart Phones in India

Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU ( 1.4 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 4 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM & 512 MB ROM), Internal Memory (16/32GB), External Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

Battery capacity: 1650 mAh

Stand-by Time:  Up to 17 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 17 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 50 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black, White

Expected Price: Rs 19,990

HTC Desire VC

Network Supported: GSM ( 900 / 1800 / 1900) & CDMA (800 / 1900 / 2000)

Processor: CPU ( 1 GHz Cortex-A5) & GPU (Adreno 200)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 4 inches

OS: Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash.

Data: GPRS, EV-DO Rev A 3.1 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v4.0 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (4 GB), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity: 1650 mAh

Available Colours: Black, White

Expected Price: Rs 18,307

Motorola Atrix 2

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (850 / 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9) & GPU (PowerVR SGX540)

Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels,5.4 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), not upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Camera: 8 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA  front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps,  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (1 GB RAM), Internal Memory (8 GB), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

Battery capacity: 1785 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 382 h

Talk-Time: Up to 8 h 50 min

Available Colours: Black.

Expected Price: Rs 17,799

Sony Ericsson Xperia active ST17i

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 1900 / 2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps,  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v2.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (1 GB), external Memory upgradable via. Micro-SD 32 GB.

 Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 351 h (2G) / Up to 335 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 4 h 53 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 31 min (3G)

Music Play Time: Up to 25 h

Available Colours: Orange/Black, White/Black

Expected Price: Rs 15,756

LG Optimus Sol E730

 

Network Supported: GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) & HSDPA (900/ 2100)

Processor: CPU (1 GHz Scorpion) & GPU (Adreno 205)

Resolution: 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches

OS: Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread)

Camera: 5 MP rear camera with LED Flash, VGA front-facing camera.

Data: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.9 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth (v3.1 with A2DP).

Memory: System Memory (512 MB RAM), Internal Memory (2 GB ROM), External Memory upgradable via. microSD up to 32 GB

 Battery capacity:1500 mAh

Stand-by Time: Up to 496 h (2G) / Up to 446 h (3G)

Talk-Time: Up to 18 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 50 min (3G)

Available Colours: Black, titan, white

Expected Price: Rs 16,319

The recent 2G auction has ended in a drastic manner providing only Rs 9,407.64 crore which is quite lower than the amount earned from 3G auction happened in 2010 where the govt. has received Rs 67,719 crore as per CAG report.

The situation is quite worse since only 101 out of 144 blocks got bids with Delhi, Mumbai, Karnataka, Rajasthan circles going unsold. The govt. plan was to raise 5.3 percent of GDP by earning Rs 40,000 crore from the sale of radio waves & the aim of the govt. was to make a certain amount from GSM spectrum auction of around Rs 28,000 crore & the rest from CDMA spectrum auction. Again there was no such CDMA bid since both the operators Videocon and Tata Teleservices have backed out.

Delhi & Mumbai being a metro accounted only 40 per cent of the base price of Rs 14,000 crore for 5 MHz of 2G spectrum. Likewise few circles like Karnataka, Mumbai and Rajasthan also did not receive any bids. Bihar went for a price higher than the base set before the bids surprisingly.

While Videocon and Idea won spectrum in seven circles, Bharti Airtel won in one circle while Vodafone got 14 circles. While Telewings got spectrum in six circles.

Sibal said: “as per court direction minimum price of spectrum was Rs 18,000 crore, we brought the price down because we wanted to sell, we wanted companies to buy.

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Again it was impossible to fetch 9,407 crore if we follow the Trai guidelines to sell the spectrum at a price of Rs 18,000 crore. Again almost 60 percent of the spectrum auction has been round up by the Government which was freed by Supreme Court in February this year.

Author: Biswajit Biswas (Technical Writer)

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TTSL has withdrawn its bid application from CDMA spectrum auction, already earlier this month the same thing has done by Videocon.

According to major sources the reason of TTSL to pull out from this auction was the high price in the spectrum for some circles where the revenue generation might be difficult.

Already it is confirmed that the operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Telenor and Videocon will be bidding for GSM spectrum in the 1800 MHz band.

The government will auction 3 blocks 1.25 MHz each in 19 telecom circles in the 800 MHz band due to the shortage of spectrum issue.

As per certain estimate 7000 crore amount loss may be carried out by Govt. due to CDMA spectrum auction.

4,550 crore is the reserve price fixed of each block of 800 MHz band which is 1.3 times of the price of airwaves frequencies in 1800 MHz band, used for providing GSM services.

Author: Biswajit Biswas (Technical Writer)

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