4G LTE Broadband

Which SmartPhones are 4G LTE Compatible to Airtel / Reliance Jio ?

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4G LTE HandsetsMukesh Ambani of Reliance Jio Infocomm is best known to create hype over his unborn ventures so that it becomes a self marketing tool. Even though Airtel has successfully launched 4G LTE Services, we have had very few inquiries regrading Airtel 4G and dozens of e-mails from our readers asking us to list out all the 4G LTE compatible handsets with Reliance Jio Infocomm.

How to Choose a 4G LTE Compatible Phone ?
One should be careful to see which 4G LTE compatible phones will actually work in India ? Follow these steps.
1. Identify the SmartPhone Handset or Model.
2. Then goto to the section which

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How Reliance Jio intends to Deploy & Use 1800Mhz Spectrum ? Voice or 4G LTE ?

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Reliance Jio Home LTEReliance Jio Infocomm won 5-7MHz spectrum in 1800 band in 14 circles. These 14 circles account for 71%+ of industry revenues, and include all the metros and Category A circles.

Reliance Jio Infocomm in a press release said,
There are several mobile phones and devices available today which have the capability to operate both TD-LTE and FD-LTE technologies in 1800MHz and 2300MHz bands as well as conventional 2G / 3G networks. Rapid strides in global LTE rollouts and introduction of several new chipsets is making LTE enabled smart mobile phones and devices affordable. In any case, Wi-Fi enabled 2G/3G device can access RJIL’s services through an

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1800MHz Spectrum Frenzy – Operators Betting Big on Data

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4G LTE IndiaDespite ample supply at the 14 February auction, prices in 1,800 MHz reached INR 22.7bn/MHz, 29% over the reserve price. Prices for 900 MHz in Mumbai/Delhi Kolkata rose an average 2.3x the 1,800 MHz price. Both prices were higher than we anticipated. Demand shot up mainly because of (1) incumbents’ eagerness to corner 1,800 MHz for 4G / LTE and de-risk their 900 MHz holdings; (2) Reliance Jio’s demand for 5.0-6.6 MHz across 14 Metro / A-category circles. Reliance Jio Infocomm’s entry is not worrisome, but the industry may have overpaid for data potential.

Idea Cellular’s Love for 900Mhz Spectrum
Though Idea’s acquisition of 5 MHz in the 900 MHz band in Delhi makes it slightly better positioned for 3G data, the company is still short of data spectrum, in our view, despite aggressive participation in the 1,800 MHz band auctions. We also think that Idea has tried to de-risk the upcoming 900 MHz auctions in its key

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Reliance Jio Infocomm 1800MHz Spectrum Win Confirms Takeover of Videocon Telecom

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Breaing NewsThe 1800Mhz Spectrum Auction comes to an end with Reliance Jio Infocomm winning 14 out of the 22 Circles. R-Jio has won 5MHz-7MHz of 1800MHz spectrum in 14 circles for a total investment of ~Rs111bn. We believe it would look to complete the pan-India footprint in 1800MHz (to be used for 2G voice) through acquisition Videocon Telecom.

The Circles where Reliance Jio has bid and won the Spectrum complement the circles where Mukesh Ambani backed Videocon Telecom has already secured

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Which is the Best Fit Spectrum for Reliance Jio Infocomm ?

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Reliance Jio Infocomm Spectrum Bid MeetingReliance Jio Infocomm currently has a pan-India 2300 MHz spectrum which it acquired in the 2010 auctions. In our view, for a robust business model, R-Jio may need two bands of spectrum – one for capacity (which could be its existing band 2300 MHz or 1800 MHz) and one for coverage (which could be either 900 MHz or 850 MHz or 700 MHz).

In our view, to have a robust business model, R-Jio may look to get a coverage band spectrum which supports a mature LTE ecosystem in the future. This could be either 700 MHz (as and when the government auction it) and/or 850 MHz (as and when the government

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Reliance Jio Competes Airtel, Vodafone for 900 + 1800MHz Spectrum

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Reliance Jio Infocomm LogoFor the 1800MHz band, a new entrant needed to deposit Rs19.2b to be eligible for pan-India spectrum while in the 900MHz band this was Rs4.4b for the circles of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd has furnished higher than the required INR23.6bn bank guarantee (INR19.2bn in 1800MHz and INR4.3bn for 900Mhz), indicates that it may bid for pan-India licence in 1800MHz and also for three circles in 900MHz. We believe the company’s strategy in auctions could be the differentiating factor in terms of aggressiveness in the bidding process.

Airtel and Vodafone have deposited INR37bn and INR28bn, respectively. Idea has submitted a bank guarantee of INR 15bn; others, including RCOM, Tata Teleservices, Aircel and Uninor have reportedly submitted total bank guarantees of over

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What is the State of 4G LTE Globally ?

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State of 4G LTE GloballyAs we began the year 2014, 244 Wireless Operators have commercially launched LTE networks in 92 countries and 499 operators investing in LTE in 143 countries.

4G LTE can be deployed in two different combinations and the Relative Comparison of FDD LTE vs. TDD LTE is as shown below.
Deployment Frequency – TDD is offered primarily in the above – 2 GHz spectrum range whereas FDD is offered in the sub-2 GHz spectrum (700, 800, 900, 1800, 2100)
Paired Spectrum – TDD does not require paired spectrum as both transmission and reception occur on the same channel. FDD requires paired spectrum with sufficient frequency separation to allow simultaneous transmission and reception. TDD LTE ensures maximization of available bandwidth as the download to upload ratio are flexible.

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Why Reliance JIo Infocomm will Bid in Spectrum Auction ?

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Airtel , Vodafone, Idea Cellular (Idea), Reliance Communications (RCOM), Reliance Jio (RJIO), Tata Teleservices (TTSL), Aircel and Uninor have submitted applications for participation in the 900MHz and 1800MHz auctions to be held in February 2014. The previous auction (March 2013) had failed to elicit any response due to the high reserve price and stretched financials of operators. The February 2014 auctions were anticipated to receive better participation and aggressive bidding (in select circles).

The recent deal between RJIO and Airtel, which has accelerated the former’s rollout plans, could heighten competition in the upcoming auctions. However, even post availability

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What are Essential 4G-LTE Patents and FRAND Practices ?

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Essential LTE PatentsFrom a technical standpoint, an essential LTE patent is a patent that relates directly to technology that is strictly required to meet the technical specifications of the LTE standards. This can differ from commercial standpoint of what an essential LTE patent is, as many a times technologies and procedures that are not strictly defined in the LTE standards and specifications are unavoidable in the development and manufacture of an LTE-related product. For example, components of 2G/3G communications technology may not be defined in 4G LTE standards but from a practical standpoint would be required in next-generation devices since much of the new

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Reliance Jio Infocomm – Airtel Deal – Mukesh Ambani’s Materstroke

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Reliance Jio Infocomm - Airtel Deal AnalystsReliance Jio Infocomm [Jio] and Bharti Airtel announced a comprehensive infrastructure sharing agreement. The deal encompasses fibre (inter- and intra-city), towers, submarine fibre—and in future even joint laying of fibre and roaming on each other’s networks. In future, the arrangement could be extended into roaming on 2G, 3G and 4G networks, and even jointly laying optic fiber etc.

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed except a phrase – arms length pricing which indicates that Jio is willing to pay market prices for the infrastructure and services that it avails from Airtel compared to the deep discounted deals Jio made with Reliance Communications.

Mukesh Ambani delivered a Masterstroke by first silencing his cash starved brother Anil Ambani squeezing the last drop from the two deals

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