BSNL to pump $500 million in CDMA

Posted on January 14, 2008 / 2 Comments

While the likes of Reliance and Tata are racing to add national GSM-based services to their existing CDMA portfolio, BSNL is doing other way around by planning the launch of CDMA networks across all major Indian cities.

“After our application for a full-fledged CDMA mobility licence is approved, we plan to roll out CDMA services in all major cities and towns. The initial investment will be about $500 million,” BSNL managing director Kuldeep Goyal said. Read more.

Interestingly, Telus of Canada is spending $500 million to migrate from CDMA to GSM early this year. Calling CDMA technology the “Betamax of wireless” the Toronto Star gives details.

2 Comments

amdfar
January 17, 2008, 6:37 am
Well im not sure how bsnl is going to sustain their growth with idia opening up telco. They also seem to be a bit late in jumping into the cdma bandwagon. Their GSM service too has limited subscriber base.

I think AIrtel and relliance would kick them out of cdma and gsm leaving them only with copper
samarajiva
January 18, 2008, 8:37 pm
How exactly will two private companies “kick” BSNL out of two sets of assigned frequencies (I guess the commentor means the CDMA and GSM frequencies, not the standards)?