3G India
Overview
International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), better known as 3G or 3rd Generation, is a family of standards for mobile telecommunications fulfilling specifications by the International Telecommunication Union,[1] which includes UMTS, and CDMA2000 as well as the non-mobile wireless standards DECT[citation needed] and WiMAX[citation needed].
Compared to 2G and 2.5G services, 3G allows simultaneous use of speech and data services and higher data rates (at least 200 kbit/s peak bit rate to fulfill to IMT-2000 specification). Today's 3G systems can offer practice of up to 14.0 Mbit/s on the downlink and 5.8 Mbit/s on the uplink.
The bandwidth and location information available to 3G devices gives rise to applications not previously available to mobile phone users. Some of the applications are:
* Mobile TV – a provider redirects a TV channel directly to the subscriber's phone where it can be watched.
* Video on demand – a provider sends a movie to the subscriber's phone.
* Video conferencing – subscribers can see as well as talk to each other.
* Tele-medicine – a medical provider monitors or provides advice to the potentially isolated subscriber.
* Location-based services – a provider sends localized weather or traffic conditions to the phone, or the phone allows the subscriber to find nearby businesses or friends.
source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
3G on your phone: auction begins 9/4/2010
New Delhi: It's the biggest government auction ever and could rake in a whopping Rs 50,000 crores. The 3G (third generation radio frequency ) auction begins Friday and is set to create mobile history in India.
3G allows faster connectivity and will offer host of value added services like internet TV, video-on-demand, audio-video calls and high-speed data exchange. Top telecom companies like Vodafone Essar, Idea Cellular, Tata Teleservices will bid for airwaves in all 22 service areas. The auction will start by 9 am and go on still 7.30 in the evening. The government has set Rs 3,500 crore as the base price for one 3G slot and is likely to get Rs 50,000 crore.
Bids could range upto billion per 3G spectrum slot, essentially driven by the desire of most of the bidders, especially the existing operators for taking additional spectrum and providing for future growth and offering new services. There are some other factors also in this play, especially given the fact that there are 2-3 other entrants including EthSlat which is yet to launch operations.
Videocon which has bid for much smaller category, not for nationwide, and Estel also. These are the companies which might want to try their luck in the few circles. They will possibly rope in a partner at a subsequent stage, if they succeed. The auction seems to take several days to finish until the last circle is sold.
What exactly does 3G mean and how will it help us?
Imagine a guy is sitting in a restaurant, cozying up to a girl. Suddenly his phone buzzes and he shouts 'Oh shit, my wife is calling'. He gets up, runs to the other vacant seat. Checks his clothes and his hair. Takes the call. His wife comes on the screen. Wife: "(Frowning) Where are you. What took you so long to pick the phone?" Man: "I am meeting a client for lunch honey."
That was just a trailer of 3G. It sounds cool but do we know what exactly is it?
First generation or 1G mobile phones simply turned voice into radio waves. When millions took to them, the network quickly exhausted its usable radio frequencies. Today's 2G phones turn voice into tiny bits and bytes. Many such digitised voices fit onto a single radio wave, so thousands of people can make calls simultaneously. Of course, you can also send SMS and check the web. Three G however, does a lot, lot more.
You can see the other person's live video on your screen as you talk. You could watch a TV channel on your cellphone. You can download songs and videos from the web in 15 seconds flat - that's broadband internet, on your mobile.
Mobiles that can do all that are already here in India. While Indian experts whine, the world's already dreaming 4G. That's when your fridge could SMS you it needs fresh milk. Or you could call your refrigerator that it needs restocking. Just might.
source: ibnlive.in.com
NEW DELHI: The Indian government will get upwards of Rs 45,000 crore through the sale of third generation and broadband wireless spectrum, telecoms minister A Raja told ET.
“The government’s target was Rs 30,000-35,000 crore, but we will exceed this by a large margin,” Mr Raja said. “The gravity of the sale process is reflected in the number of participants. The auctions begin on Friday (April 9),” he further added.
The minister said telecom department’s estimates indicate the country will rake in over Rs 45,000 crore from the sale of airwaves. “All operators are taking part. The demand will be very high translating to large bids,” Mr Raja added.
The base price is Rs 3,500 crore for pan-India 3G airwaves and Rs 1,750 crore for broadband wireless spectrum bids. The government is auctioning three slots of 3G airwaves in 17 telecom service areas and four in the other five.
Only two slots are up for sale across the country for broadband airwaves. State-owned BSNL and MTNL already offer services on 3G and broadband wireless frequencies, but these telcos will have to match the highest bid in the sale process.
The telecom ministry’s confidence that the sale process will see very aggressive bidding may stem from the fact that all operators have raised funds that are more than double the base price of Rs 3,500 crore. The six large operators who are bidding for 3G frequencies on a pan-India basis are expected to begin the auctions with bids starting at over a billion dollars.
Vodafone Essar, the country’s second-largest GSM operator, has raised a five-year, Rs 10,000-crore loan from SBI, Punjab National Bank, Canara Bank and Bank of Baroda to finance its 3G bid, said bank executives familiar with the lending plan.
Executives of Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telco by customers and revenues, had earlier told ET that the telco will use reserves of Rs 8,000 crore to fund its 3G bid. Idea Cellular has collected nearly Rs 9,500 crore for the bids.
source : economictimes.indiatimes.com/news