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TataSky picks Ericsson AVP 4000 encoder to add additional capacity of 200 channels

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TECHNICAL NEWS TataSky picks Ericsson AVP 4000 encoder to add additional capacity of 200 channels

TataSky has chosen the Ericsson AVP 4000 compression platform which offers superior quality system encoding for IPTV, Cable, Satellite and B...

BSNL and Vodafone Sign 2G Intra-Circle Roaming Pact to use each other’s assets and network strength across the country

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TECHNICAL NEWS BSNL and Vodafone Sign 2G Intra-Circle Roaming Pact to use each other’s assets and network strength across the country

Vodafone and BSNL, today signed a 2G intra-circle roaming agreement to use each other’s assets and network strength across the country. This...

Reliance retail to rebrand digital xpress mini stores as ‘Jio stores’ soon

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TECHNICAL NEWS Reliance retail to rebrand digital xpress mini stores as ‘Jio stores’ soon

After announcing commercial launch, it seems Jio is working hard with its sister unit Reliance Retail to re-brand hundreds of Digital xpress...

Airtel was leading with maximum new subscriber additions in June 2016- TRAI

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The total mobile subscriber base in the country has marginally grown to 1.035 billion, with Bharti Airtel leading the GSM subscriber addition for the month of June 2016. According to latest subscription data shared by TRAI, overall 1.36 million new mobile subscribers were added during the month. Top operator Bharti Airtel added 1.4 million new users, followed by BSNL (1.3 million) and Vodafone (0.70 million users) in the month.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="screenshot_20160911-064511_1" class="aligncenter wp-image-157028" height="368" sizes="(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_1.jpg" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_1.jpg 980w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_1-300x183.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="603" /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Idea Cellular and Aircel were the two operators who have added significantly more customers. The two companies added close to 0.68 million new customers each on their network. Low tariff operator, Telenor continues to perform bad on account of voice customers moving to data centric network, this made an impact on the voice based operator. The company added only 32,256 new customers in 6 circles where they operate.</b></div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"><b></b><br /><div class="second_post_adv" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 24px; padding: 0px; width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><b></b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>State run operator MTNL added only 8,696 new wireless customers in two metro markets. Other telcos including RCom, Tata, MTS and Quadrant jointly lost 2.8 million of customers. Rcom alone lost 2.65 million customers, mainly CDMA customers who have switched to operators like Airtel and Vodafone as the company was shutting down CDMA networks.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Tata Docomo lost around 0.13 million customers mainly because of negative addition in circles like Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Tamil Nadu. Sistema led MTS which has already signed a deal with RCom to merge their business lost subscribers in almost all circles as they have already shut down company stores and distribution points. The company lost 56812 customers in those regions.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Operator wise latest subscription data:</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" /><img alt="screenshot_20160911-064511_2" class="aligncenter wp-image-157029" height="477" sizes="(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_2.jpg" srcset="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_2.jpg 879w, http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screenshot_20160911-064511_2-300x203.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: block; float: none; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 14px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;" width="706" /></strong></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Bharti Airtel:</em></strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Added 14,00,397 new subscribers, taking the total subscriber base to 255.73 million.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Most of the new additions are in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Rajasthan circles.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Average VLR rate stands at 96.88 percent.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Data growth in 3G, 4G circles and majority of MNP requests helped Airtel to add maximum new customers.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Vodafone India:</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Second largest operator added 0.7 million customers to take its mobile user base to 199.38 million</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Just steps away from crossing 200 million subscriber mark in the country.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Average VLR rate now stands at 95.08 percent.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The company performed better in Delhi and West Bengal while it lost customers in Rajasthan, UP West and Orissa circles.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Idea Cellular:</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Idea’s user base rose to 176.23 million with addition of 0.68 million new users.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The company performed well in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu and UP West circles.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Lost significantly large number of customers in Bihar and UP East and Rajasthan.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Average VLR rate for the month was 103.96 percent, because of large number of inroamers on their network in 3G circles.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">BSNL</span>:</b></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>State-run BSNL had the second highest addition of 1.3 million customers, taking its total mobile user base to 89.54 million.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The company added majority of new additions in markets like Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Posted negative growth only in Karnataka.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Though the active figures for the company are lower than private operators and for June, the company had VLR rate of 70 percent.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Aircel:</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Aircel added 0.67 million new wireless subscribers, taking its total mobile customer base to 88.93 million.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The company posted positive figures in every operating circle while it added the highest number of new customers in North East region where it upgraded its network recently and gained huge growth in data business.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>However, it has close to 90 million customers, but its active customers are close to 63 – 65 million. Average VLR rate was 72 percent for the period.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">RCom:</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>After losing 2.65 million mobile users, RCom now has 98.70 million cellular customers on its network.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Subscriber decline due to CDMA shutdown and MNP port out requests made by CDMA customers.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Active customer base falls to close to 70 million, mostly due to high data tariff and less attractive voice offers. VLR rate for the company was at 72.50 percent in June.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Tata:</strong></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Tata Docomo now has nearly 59 million customers after consecutively losing out customers since last few months.</b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>Active customers for the company also decreasing day by day and it currently has nearly 50 million active customers.</b></li></ul><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><b><span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">Telenor</span>:</b></div><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px 0px 14px 26px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><b>The inadequate data network is the key hurdle for the unit and voice customers and revenue are slipping each month. The operator now has 53 million customers, out of which only 73.86 % customers are active.</b></li></ul></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Airtel was leading with maximum new subscriber additions in June 2016- TRAI

The total mobile subscriber base in the country has marginally grown to 1.035 billion, with Bharti Airtel leading the GSM subscriber additio...

India’s top telecom carriers ready to discuss reasonable interconnect points to Jio

September 11, 2016 Unknown 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">India’s top telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have agreed to discuss and negotiate reasonable interconnect points that can be provided to Reliance Jio, following the Trai meeting, which has brought an end to a stalemate between both the warring parties. </span><img alt="india-vodo" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155898" height="480" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/india-vodo.png" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" width="925" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The telecom regulator has asked top telecom carriers to allow points of interconnections to Reliance Jio on an incremental basis. It has also told these telcos to commit a factual date on each of point of interconnection.</span></b><br /><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">GSM lobby group, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said the existing telcos have agreed to discuss and negotiate reasonable points of interconnections that can be provided to Jio. It added that the issue is expected to be sorted out within 90 days.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">COAI director general Rajan S Mathews told media, “This is a bilateral issue between individual operator and Jio, and within 90 days, it is likely to be settled.”</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The GSM lobby body said that quality of service is an issue and it impacts both sides while the interconnection issue has a capital impact on individual operator. It added that even the Trai’s concern was to improve service quality.</span></b><br /><blockquote style="background-color: white; border-left-color: rgb(198, 159, 115); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px 18px; position: relative; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>These bilateral negotiations on additional requirement by RJio will start in a couple of day. “It is definitely a progress…this is certainly breaking of the initial deadlock…expectations have been set and we hope this will set the basis of resolution,” Mathews was quoted as saying.</b></blockquote><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The Mukesh Ambani-led 4G entrant had asked nearly 450 points per operator or a total of 12,700 to cater to 15-20 million consumers while the incumbent telcos have provided only 1400 E1 points. Each E1 can carry nearly 40 calls simultaneously, according to industry experts.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Mathews however maintained that the ongoing issue is about asymmetrical traffic while the price points for a voice call can’t go below 14 paise per minute. “We expect Reliance Jio to start discussions with incumbent players and regulator should look into incremental numbers,” he added.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Bharti Airtel separately issued a statement on Friday to convey that it will increase the number of hundreds of points of interconnect (PoI) given to Reliance Jio, as per the bilateral agreement signed between both the telecom operators.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">The telco however urged the Trai to find a way to curb the massive asymmetric traffic to ensure that receiving networks are not abused by tsunami of free traffic. “In this regard, IUC is an effective tool in the hands of TRAI, which we hope they will use judiciously,” it said.</span></b></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS India’s top telecom carriers ready to discuss reasonable interconnect points to Jio

India’s top telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular have agreed to discuss and negotiate reasonable interconnect po...

Bharti Airtel will augment the number of PoIs, Jio says it’s a fight for justice

September 11, 2016 Unknown 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom carrier, said that it will augment the hundreds of points of interconnect (PoI) given to Reliance Jio, as per the bilateral agreement, so that customers are not inconvenienced.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><img alt="mobile-india-4G" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-155212" height="525" src="http://telecomtalk.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/mobile-india-4G.png" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" width="841" /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The telco has also urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to find a way to curb the massive asymmetric traffic to ensure that receiving networks are not abused by tsunami of free traffic generated from Jio’s network. It said that IUC is an effective tool in the hands of TRAI to curb the massive asymmetric traffic.</b></div><div class="second_post_adv_main" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="second_post_adv" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Airtel said that the traffic will inevitably get to a more balanced level and PoIs will be less of an issue, following the commercial charging of services by Reliance Jio, which is expected by Jan 1, 2017.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Airtel also added that it has been fully compliant with all regulatory guidelines and licence conditions in providing points of interconnect (PoI) to other operators. “None of the new operators, who have launched services in the last few years, have faced any PoI related issues with Airtel,” It said in the statement.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>The Sunil Bharti Mittal-led telecom operator’s comments follows the Trai’s meeting with top telcos and Reliance Jio Infocomm on the points of interconnect (PoI) issue. The regulator also barred officials of industry body COAI from the meeting, which according to media reports, remained inconclusive.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Reliance Jio Infocomm Board Member Mahendra Nahata after this meeting said, “This is fight for justice, fight for customers. Not just Reliance Jio customers or Airtel or Vodafone but for all Indian customers. Jio also sought an adequate amount of points of interconnections (PoIs), which are used to connect calls from one telecom operator to another.</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(198, 159, 115); border-left-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 3px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px 18px; position: relative; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>“We have asked for right number of connect, right quantum of interconnection. We have put forth our point of view to Trai. It is for Trai to look into the matter,” Jio’s Nahata said.</b></blockquote></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>On the Trai meeting, Airtel said, “We are grateful to the TRAI for enabling a constructive dialogue today on the matter of providing PoIs to Reliance Jio and appreciating all the issues on the table.”</b></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>It also asked the TRAI to also engage on the subject of a fair IUC regime and ensure that the practice of pricing is in compliance with the 30th Amendment of the Telecom Tariff Order dated January 16, 2004, which envisages tariffs to be IUC compliant, non-predatory and non-discriminatory.</b></div></div>

TECHNICAL NEWS Bharti Airtel will augment the number of PoIs, Jio says it’s a fight for justice

Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom carrier, said that it will augment the hundreds of points of interconnect (PoI) given to Relian...

ISRO launches advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR

September 10, 2016 Unknown 0

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHtcv0bQsMDlhX4s9ua0VCL7srcVpr67ads6CF4pNiNkB_M8HBS59Pl7nWdsTWO-Vr005eNSeVpXM0cEPY5ymli8_0Nt7Ew2Q_MEKeuj61I-W1jwFYoU2pg-2cFKLGfUZHSSloW7hP4Y8/s1600/ISRO_3002304g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #637182; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHtcv0bQsMDlhX4s9ua0VCL7srcVpr67ads6CF4pNiNkB_M8HBS59Pl7nWdsTWO-Vr005eNSeVpXM0cEPY5ymli8_0Nt7Ew2Q_MEKeuj61I-W1jwFYoU2pg-2cFKLGfUZHSSloW7hP4Y8/s1600/ISRO_3002304g.jpg" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">India successfully launched its INSAT-3DR advanced weather satellite in copy-book style on Thursday evening using its heavy geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-F05) rocket.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Around 17 minutes after lift-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 4.50 pm, the GSLV rocket slung the 2,211 kg satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO), from where it would be guided to its final geostationary orbit. The launch was delayed by 40 minutes as the fuelling of the third stage of the rocket took longer than expected.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With the launch of INSAT-3DR, the Indian space agency has successfully launched three satellites weighing over two tonnes of the six satellites weighing over two tonnes it had flown in a GSLV rocket.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZMjuUteoqoLXeDUsVZNVhap6K3u1fIacjJrkY7z1qmgZkBvxlr2JNGEQkNDghdlqD4cfMa_56WZoHxqt_hS7Q2CJGpOv0YDb1NltNnV6gYOU9MKau-urd9c7XUzjXEjTJdS7eX903iSX/s1600/GSLV_3002501g.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #637182; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZMjuUteoqoLXeDUsVZNVhap6K3u1fIacjJrkY7z1qmgZkBvxlr2JNGEQkNDghdlqD4cfMa_56WZoHxqt_hS7Q2CJGpOv0YDb1NltNnV6gYOU9MKau-urd9c7XUzjXEjTJdS7eX903iSX/s1600/GSLV_3002501g.jpg" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The successful flight of the GSLV rocket on Thursday gives the Indian space programme a much-needed boost as getting the third stage cryogenic engine right is important for its future space programmes as well as for commercial launches.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Indian space scientists have spent around two decades and around Rs 500 crore ($75 million)in conceiving and developing the cryogenic technology.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Indian Space Research Organisation (<a href="http://indianexpress.com/tag/isro/" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #346f99; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;">ISRO</a>) scientists at the mission control centre were visibly happy. They slapped each other on the back and hugged each other once the rocket ejected the satellite, which can also aid in search and rescue (SAR) missions, into its intended orbit.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Today we reached one more landmark, successfully putting the weather monitoring satellite into orbit,” ISRO’s Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar said.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXSQll-ga_q9f-tUa78782ZyPbwx1cp3r2SSfXlSPzTXhbkX2NyzeIPp_pB2KcE2IT05g9E0j9mdAvmk3sWVXyQQFn_2nm70mkM1n9FeAp1YHDZ8BmgafQNujyePNT357RPgo5MhbXvpD/s1600/526939-isro-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #637182; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXSQll-ga_q9f-tUa78782ZyPbwx1cp3r2SSfXlSPzTXhbkX2NyzeIPp_pB2KcE2IT05g9E0j9mdAvmk3sWVXyQQFn_2nm70mkM1n9FeAp1YHDZ8BmgafQNujyePNT357RPgo5MhbXvpD/s640/526939-isro-3.jpg" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to ISRO, the satellite incorporates technological improvements like: (a) imaging in middle infrared band to provide nighttime pictures of low clouds and fog, (b) imaging in two thermal infrared bands for better estimating sea surface temperature and (c) higher spatial resolution in the visible and thermal infrared bands.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also on board the INSAT-3DR is a satellite-aided search and rescue transponder that operates at 406.05 MHz to pick up and relay signals from distress beacons of maritime, aviation and land based users to the Indian Mission Control Centre located at Bengaluru.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to ISRO, the major users of this technology in India are the defence services, the Coast Guard, the Airports Authority of India, the Directorate General of Shipping and fishermen.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Indian alert service region includes a large part of the Indian Ocean region covering India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Tanzania.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 22.4px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px 0px 0.6em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Why is ISRO's GSLV-F05 special</span></h3><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MoVo7ruCi4Y/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MoVo7ruCi4Y?feature=player_embedded" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The INSAT-3DR also carries a data relay transponder (DRT) for receiving meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data from remote uninhabited locations in the coverage area from platforms like automatic weather stations, automatic rain gauges and agro met stations.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The satellite’s life expectancy is 10 years.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The GSLV is a three stage rocket. The first stage is fired by solid fuel and its four strap-on motors by liquid fuel. The second powered by liquid fuel and the third is the ISRO-developed cryogenic engine that is more efficient as it provides more thrust for every kilogram of propellant burnt.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISRO is perfecting the crucial cryogenic engine technology to save precious foreign exchange by launching heavier satellites on its own.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISRO currently relies on the European Space Agency’s Ariane rocket to launch its heavy communication satellites.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #252f31; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 22.4px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwER9quYMogpvOYyG4EabOQqPjCmhYnfG0HpmAV1sSND8t4Trmm0QcHXkW1lTmDhRxBz6BKAlNztg3YDLn9CQWMH_Ef9Asiox-GuuZnaodnoUXq7bZR0eR1OomqydP5nPjzdLUjloRrJuV/s1600/ISRO-Weather-Satellite-INSAT-3DR-Launch-in-august.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #637182; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwER9quYMogpvOYyG4EabOQqPjCmhYnfG0HpmAV1sSND8t4Trmm0QcHXkW1lTmDhRxBz6BKAlNztg3YDLn9CQWMH_Ef9Asiox-GuuZnaodnoUXq7bZR0eR1OomqydP5nPjzdLUjloRrJuV/s640/ISRO-Weather-Satellite-INSAT-3DR-Launch-in-august.jpg" style="background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027451) 0px 0px 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px auto 2px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; outline: none; padding: 0px; transition: all 0.6s ease; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">India pays around Rs 500 crore ($75 million) as the launch fee for sending up a 3.5 tonne communication satellite. The satellite cost is separate.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ISRO can now launch satellites weighing around 2-2.5 tonnes till such time it readies an advanced GSLV variant — GSLV-Mark III — that can lug satellites weighing around four tonnes.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The year-end is expected to see the launch from here of the GSLV-Mk-III with the GSAT-19 communication satellite weighing around 3.2 tonnes — the heaviest to be lifted by an Indian rocket.</span></div></div>

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