Why 3g failed in india

Shetty believes India's data-voice ratio can reach , adding that this will help improve the margins of operators. In addition, the industry has not really developed any killer app for 3G, the Gartner analyst said, urging operators to partner relevant content developers to introduce new mobile apps.

Mishra concurred: "Although a good number of apps are available, it will take some more time for a full range of value-added services to become available in India.

According to the CMR analyst, operators and content providers would do well to develop apps for video-driven content based on specific religious, socio-cultural and sporting events, which are very popular among large sections of Indian society. And while the country's adoption of smartphones is currently low, Mishra said when demand does pick up, it will drive 3G usage which would further feed the development of new apps. However, Shetty noted that such innovations have yet to take place because there is little incentive for content providers to do so.

In some cases, the content provider gets only Uncertainty over network investment The bigger question concerning Indian operators involves investment. As such, many have adopted the phased approach and the low service adoption has resulted in disillusionment among the early birds. The government may also allow voice over BWA in future, he added. Ultimately, though, India's networks are clogged and operators need to make the investments, even when they remain skeptical about pumping further investments as their profits are slumping.

It attributed the drop to investments in 3G services and costs incurred in the acquisition of Africa's Zain Telecom. The country needs to overcome 2G scams and other regulatory uncertainties, and work toward a new telecom policy that eases merger-and-acquisition regulations for telcos, he added. Basslink goes into voluntary administration. How to delete your Facebook account for good. Meta outlines open compute networking advances.

We are nearly 6 months since 3G first rolled out in India — Now-a-days you see every Mobile operator heavily advertising their 3G offerings. However, 3G has really not taken off as it was expected — Although, telecom operators like Idea Cellular, claim that they have bagged more than 1 Million 3G users, the ground reality seems to be quite different.

This is probably the foremost reason as to why 3G has not been adopted in big numbers — Pricing — These are initial days for 3G, but telecom operators have kept 3G pricing relatively higher than it should have been. Indians are a price conscious lot, and higher pricing seems to have put them off. They are are supposed to offer flawless Video streaming, Video calls and much faster internet experience , but that is not the case.

Infact, sometimes the 3g speed is even lower than normal Edge speeds on 2G network! I have heard of many cases, where users have activated 3G and soon have de-activated back due to slow 3G speeds. This is something that telecom operators should sort out immediately.

In my personal experience, whenever 3G is activated on a mobile phone, host of other problems crop up. Intermittent or no signals, Voice call break-up, inconsistent 3G coverage are just some of the problem which users face, when they activate 3G on their mobile phones. For example, my Samsung Spica use to easily offered 2 days of phone usage without a battery recharge, but with 3G on, I hardly get an entire day.

I have to charge everyday and sometime it has to be done twice a day! These according to me are top 5 reasons why 3G has not really taken off in India. He jumped the Entrepreneurship bandwagon in early after a long 13 year stint in I.

T Industry. You can follow him on twitter trakin and Facebook. Ridiculous… Below Poverty line at Rs. Opera Mini now sports Indian content by default! Who provides the Best 3G services in India? I bet many users are like me …. My colleagues has 3G with a top of the line samsung phone and he gets only slightly better speeds than me … but pays like 5 times more.

Im living in Pakistan my network is Ufone im very happy wid its internet webpages get loaded in maximum maximum 10 seconds 3G in Pakistan is faster than WiFi!!!!!! Plus its not even expensive!!! Vodafone voice call break up a lot. We need diffrent proper solution, telecom companies didnt get chance to loot in 3G so this is the result..!!

Tata docomo gives automatic 3g speed upto kbps in dehradun if sim is put in smartphone ,i am using the 98 rs 2g plan for 4gb data but recieving 3g connection automatically,hands up for tata docomo. Using Airtel 3G.. When called up their technical support, they attributed it to my phone iPhone 3G, supposedly!!

Atul Navadiya Aircel is the big loot didnt you see how they quit advertising till the time case was in court? Now their authorities are out of jail so now they are advertising again.

Aircel service is so bad that in roaming they charge even if call is not connected. Actually…I do face network related Problems sometimes but never deducted a single rupee without my permission!!! Reliance 3G is rock only 98 recharges and give u 2GB 3g speed……………… but idea is give low cost for monthly uses. About 1. Given the fact that on 3G networks, data and voice are on different channels, why are such issues still cropping up here in India?

You might get satisfactorily good coverage in the home city but not on roaming. It is the high-traffic, high-population areas that the operators target. This is because operators are upgrading the network and this takes time.

Usually they test and upgrade the networks between 3 to 5 am, which is a very small window. It's exactly like changing the wheels of a moving car. Network coverage is spotty, even within cities. At times, there is service collapse and there are a certain areas where one doesn't get 3G network at all. He says that the huge cost of deploying 3G networks, especially after the expensive spectrum auctions, is deterring operators from rolling out 3G networks to the entire existing customer base.

However, he adds, "best efforts are being made despite limited conditions to provide high-speed data applications on 3G to subscribers to the maximum expanse and extent possible through intra-circle roaming arrangements among operators".

Whatever optimism there may be among the industry people, Romal Shetty himself feels that it will probably take another couple of years, till , for Indian to truly experience the magic of 3G.