Tero is wrong... India is going to be a free for all. Carriers are allowed to pick the technology. Seems like the new private carriers are selecting CDMA, TDMA or whatever. See Dated story below:
DTS mobile services in 17 more cities
Our Economy Bureau, NEW DELHI
Business Standard, May 27, 2000
The Department of Telecom Services (DTS) is expanding its Wireless in Local Loop (WLL)-based mobile services to 17 more cities.
On May 22, the department placed an order of Rs 125 crore for supply of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) equipment.
Escorts Communication has bagged the Rs 85.47 crore order for supplying CDMA-based equipment to cater to 39,000 lines. Swedish major Ericsson has won the Rs 38 crore contract for TDMA-based equipment that will cater to 17,000 lines. Both the TDMA and CDMA equipment will operate in the 800 mhz frequency range.
The equipment supplied by Escorts will be used for operating mobile services in Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Eranakulam, Pune, Patna, Indore, Jaipur, Gurgaon, Lucknow and Kanpur. Of these, DTS plans to install mobile operations of 5,000 lines each in Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. In the other cities, the service will cater to 3,000 subscribers each.
Of the 17,000 Ericsson-supplied TDMA lines, Calcutta and Bangalore will get 5,000 lines each, Ludhiana and Chandigarh 3,000 each, and 1,000 lines will be activated in Guwahati.
The department intends to provide mobile services in 20 circles by next year, and plans to commence operations in 18 cities in four states by September. The proposed service, however, will be based on the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). "The WLL equipment will help us introduce services in areas that have so far lagged behind," a DoT sources said.
Work for installing the equipment has already begun in four states. The pilot project in the four states is being taken up for about 35,000 lines, which will be expanded later.
The 18 cities where DTS proposes to introduce cellular services in the first stage include the four state capitals namely, Patna, Hyderabad, Chennai and Calcutta.
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MTNL mobile project cleared
Anita Mani New Delhi
Business Standard, December 2, 1999
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is planning to launch code division multiple access (CDMA)-based mobile services in Mumbai by March 2000. This follows the go-ahead given by the Delhi High Court to the implementation of a Rs 140 crore CDMA contract for Mumbai.
A division bench of the court set aside an earlier order of a single judge, paving the way for implementation of the CDMA contract by Fujitsu, which was the lowest bidder for the tender. The Fujitsu bid was around $200 per line.
The contract involves the implementation of a 50,000 line system in the first year, with a roll out of 150,000 lines in three years. The value of the first-year contract is Rs. 70 crore, while total value stands at Rs. 140 crore.
Of the 50,000 line contract, 20,000 lines will be used for providing last-mile links for fixed wireless applications. The rest will be used for providing mobile connections. "With such a decisive judgement today, we hope to begin implementation immediately and offer services by March 2000," an MTNL official said.
In its ruling, the bench said MTNL was well within its rights to seek technical clarifications from the bidders after opening the tender, since this had no bearing on price.
The petitioners, Escorts Communications and LG Information and Communications, who had bid jointly for the contract, had moved the Delhi High Court on the grounds that MTNL could not seek such clarifications.
LG had moved a subsequent application that it should be awarded the contract as the second lowest bidder.
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