3G auction skewed in favor of CDMA
Posted: February 14, 2007 Filed under: building ventures, india, technology | Tags: 3G, building ventures, india, infrastructure, technology 4 Comments »Two professors from MDI, Gurgaon assert that the rules behind the 3G auction do not foster fair competition between CDMA and GSM technologies. The last I heard, the 3G spectrum will be auctioned off some time at the end of 2007 or early 2008.
The ramifications for the end-consumer are deep. Due to the lack of competition, operators won’t be incentivized to market innovative pricing schemes in favor of growth over price-hoarding.
Economic Times – “TRAI must try again“.
What is 3G? (Wikipedia).
3G war was over long time back. Qualcomm won in 2004. Cingular’s 3G network in WCDMA, T-Mobile is moving in that direction too. Verizon and Sprint were always CDMA. Europe has a similar story to tell. What exactly are these profs complaining about?
Rish,
in response to your comment – Arun Sarin, CEO Vodafone says that he plans to get steer clear of CDMA!
Here is the article:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I_drew_flak_for_investing_in_Bharti_Sarin/articleshow/1614608.cms
- Santosh
Here is more on why CDMA isn’t being considered in emerging markets:
http://gigaom.com/2007/02/14/cdma-is-like-spaghetti-vodafone-ceo/
There is a lot of emphasis on UMTS as far as the providers in Europe are concerned.