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<blockquote data-quote="abc321" data-source="post: 3773846" data-attributes="member: 112217"><p>Sri lanka was the first south asian country to have a</p><p></p><p>:cellular network(celltel)</p><p>:gsm network</p><p>:3G network</p><p>:HSPDA</p><p></p><p>Everyone is talking about airtel.Just compare the technologies that the indian operators are equipped and what our mobitel and dialog are equipped with.If airtel reduce the call charges in an extraordinary amount it will definetely affect the development of sri lankan cellular industry .We are the leaders of south asian region(technologywise) and we myt lose that privelege with the upcoming price war.What I believe is that the call charges should be at a reasonable level where it should be fair for the customers and also it shouldnt prevent the room for mobile operators to expand their facilities.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p><strong> South Asia</strong></p><p> South Asia is by and large on GSM, with pockets of CDMA here and there. Coverage isn't great in many areas, although India and Pakistan have good coverage in urban areas. Most of Asia also has 2G CDMA operators as well as GSM.</p><p> <strong>Sri Lanka leads the pack however</strong>, having its own 3G network, using 1xEV-DO."</p><p>quote world 3g map</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a></strong></p><p></p><p> The country has 305.24 million subscribers in total. <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/566/pr25apr08no43.pdf" target="_blank">[63]</a> (Sep 2008)</p><p> The country's telcom regulator is <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/" target="_blank">TRAI</a>.</p><p> Rank-Operator -Technology -Subscribers</p><p>(in millions) -Ownership </p><p>1 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Airtel" target="_blank">Airtel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE" target="_blank">EDGE</a> 74.78 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[64]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Tele-Ventures" target="_blank">Bharti Tele-Ventures</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Telecommunications" target="_blank">Singapore Telecommunications</a> (30.84%) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone" target="_blank">Vodafone</a> (4.4%)</p><p> 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_Communications" target="_blank">Reliance</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne" target="_blank">CdmaOne</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a> 54.29 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[65]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_-_Anil_Dhirubhai_Ambani_Group" target="_blank">Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group</a> </p><p>3 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_Essar" target="_blank">Vodafone</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE" target="_blank">EDGE</a> 52.76 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[66]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone" target="_blank">Vodafone</a> (67%) & <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essar_Group" target="_blank">Essar Group</a> (33%) </p><p> 4 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSNL" target="_blank">BSNL</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE" target="_blank">EDGE</a> 43.17 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[67]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned" target="_blank">State-owned</a> </p><p>5 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Indicom" target="_blank">Tata Indicom</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne" target="_blank">CdmaOne</a> 28.38 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[68]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group" target="_blank">Tata Group</a> </p><p> 6 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mobile" target="_blank">Virgin Mobile</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne" target="_blank">CdmaOne</a> 24.33 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[69]</a> (March 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group" target="_blank">Tata Group</a>(50%) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Group" target="_blank">Virgin Group</a>(50%) </p><p>7 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_Cellular" target="_blank">Idea Cellular</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE" target="_blank">EDGE</a> 28.28 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[70]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya_Birla_Group" target="_blank">Aditya Birla Group</a> </p><p>8 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircel" target="_blank">Aircel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a> 13.13 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[71]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxis_Telecom&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Maxis Telecom</a> </p><p> 9 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_Telecom" target="_blank">Spice</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a> 3.56 <a href="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf" target="_blank">[72]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spicecorp&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Spicecorp</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia" target="_blank">Telekom Malaysia</a> </p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a></strong></p><p></p><p> The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 20% penetration rate. <a href="http://www.millicom.com/investor_relations/downloads/071019Q307InvestorpresentationFinal.pdf" target="_blank">[137]</a> (September 2007)</p><p> Rank -Operator- Technology- Subscribers</p><p>(in millions) -Ownership </p><p> 1 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_Telekom" target="_blank">Dialog Telekom</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE" target="_blank">EDGE</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA" target="_blank">HSDPA</a> 4.978<a href="http://tmi.listedcompany.com/misc/tmi_presentation_3q08.pdf" target="_blank">[138]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia" target="_blank">Telekom Malaysia</a> </p><p> 2 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobitel_%28Sri_Lanka%29" target="_blank">Mobitel (Sri Lanka)</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS" target="_blank">UMTS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA" target="_blank">HSDPA</a> 2.257 <a href="http://www.slt.lk/data/aboutslt/news_innerpage.asp" target="_blank">[139]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Telecom" target="_blank">Sri Lanka Telecom</a> </p><p> 3 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigo" target="_blank">Tigo</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS" target="_blank">UMTS</a> 1.723 <a href="http://www.millicom.com/common/download/download.cfm?companyid=MICC&fileid=242460&filekey=C053DD44-3CC4-4F8E-84FB-20BD721FC5F3&filename=Press%20Release%20Q3%202008%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">[140]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicom" target="_blank">MIC</a> (100%) </p><p>4 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutch" target="_blank">Hutch</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a> 0.958 <a href="http://www.htil.com/eng/ir/presentation/pre081112.pdf" target="_blank">[141]</a> (September 2008) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_Telecommunications_International_Limited" target="_blank">Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited</a> </p><p>5 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airtel" target="_blank">Airtel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS" target="_blank">UMTS</a> Launching operations in 19 December 2008 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Airtel_Lanka_%28Pvt%29_Ltd." target="_blank">Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.</a> </p><p> 6 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance" target="_blank">Reliance</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM" target="_blank">GSM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS" target="_blank">GPRS</a> Launching operations in 2009 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reliance_Group_of_Companies&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">Reliance Group of Companies</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="abc321, post: 3773846, member: 112217"] Sri lanka was the first south asian country to have a :cellular network(celltel) :gsm network :3G network :HSPDA Everyone is talking about airtel.Just compare the technologies that the indian operators are equipped and what our mobitel and dialog are equipped with.If airtel reduce the call charges in an extraordinary amount it will definetely affect the development of sri lankan cellular industry .We are the leaders of south asian region(technologywise) and we myt lose that privelege with the upcoming price war.What I believe is that the call charges should be at a reasonable level where it should be fair for the customers and also it shouldnt prevent the room for mobile operators to expand their facilities. " [B] South Asia[/B] South Asia is by and large on GSM, with pockets of CDMA here and there. Coverage isn't great in many areas, although India and Pakistan have good coverage in urban areas. Most of Asia also has 2G CDMA operators as well as GSM. [B]Sri Lanka leads the pack however[/B], having its own 3G network, using 1xEV-DO." quote world 3g map [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India"]India[/URL][/B] The country has 305.24 million subscribers in total. [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/566/pr25apr08no43.pdf"][63][/URL] (Sep 2008) The country's telcom regulator is [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/"]TRAI[/URL]. Rank-Operator -Technology -Subscribers (in millions) -Ownership 1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Airtel"]Airtel[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE"]EDGE[/URL] 74.78 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][64][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Tele-Ventures"]Bharti Tele-Ventures[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Telecommunications"]Singapore Telecommunications[/URL] (30.84%) and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone"]Vodafone[/URL] (4.4%) 2 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_Communications"]Reliance[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne"]CdmaOne[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL] 54.29 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][65][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance_-_Anil_Dhirubhai_Ambani_Group"]Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group[/URL] 3 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone_Essar"]Vodafone[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE"]EDGE[/URL] 52.76 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][66][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone"]Vodafone[/URL] (67%) & [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essar_Group"]Essar Group[/URL] (33%) 4 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSNL"]BSNL[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE"]EDGE[/URL] 43.17 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][67][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State-owned"]State-owned[/URL] 5 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Indicom"]Tata Indicom[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne"]CdmaOne[/URL] 28.38 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][68][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group"]Tata Group[/URL] 6 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mobile"]Virgin Mobile[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CdmaOne"]CdmaOne[/URL] 24.33 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][69][/URL] (March 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group"]Tata Group[/URL](50%) and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Group"]Virgin Group[/URL](50%) 7 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_Cellular"]Idea Cellular[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE"]EDGE[/URL] 28.28 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][70][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditya_Birla_Group"]Aditya Birla Group[/URL] 8 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircel"]Aircel[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL] 13.13 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][71][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maxis_Telecom&action=edit&redlink=1"]Maxis Telecom[/URL] 9 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spice_Telecom"]Spice[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL] 3.56 [URL="http://www.trai.gov.in/trai/upload/PressReleases/603/pr24sep08no79.pdf"][72][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spicecorp&action=edit&redlink=1"]Spicecorp[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia"]Telekom Malaysia[/URL] [B][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka"]Sri Lanka[/URL][/B] The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 20% penetration rate. [URL="http://www.millicom.com/investor_relations/downloads/071019Q307InvestorpresentationFinal.pdf"][137][/URL] (September 2007) Rank -Operator- Technology- Subscribers (in millions) -Ownership 1 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_Telekom"]Dialog Telekom[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE"]EDGE[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA"]HSDPA[/URL] 4.978[URL="http://tmi.listedcompany.com/misc/tmi_presentation_3q08.pdf"][138][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telekom_Malaysia"]Telekom Malaysia[/URL] 2 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobitel_%28Sri_Lanka%29"]Mobitel (Sri Lanka)[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS"]UMTS[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSDPA"]HSDPA[/URL] 2.257 [URL="http://www.slt.lk/data/aboutslt/news_innerpage.asp"][139][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Telecom"]Sri Lanka Telecom[/URL] 3 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigo"]Tigo[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS"]UMTS[/URL] 1.723 [URL="http://www.millicom.com/common/download/download.cfm?companyid=MICC&fileid=242460&filekey=C053DD44-3CC4-4F8E-84FB-20BD721FC5F3&filename=Press%20Release%20Q3%202008%20FINAL.pdf"][140][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicom"]MIC[/URL] (100%) 4 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutch"]Hutch[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL] 0.958 [URL="http://www.htil.com/eng/ir/presentation/pre081112.pdf"][141][/URL] (September 2008) [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchison_Telecommunications_International_Limited"]Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited[/URL] 5 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airtel"]Airtel[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL],[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS"]UMTS[/URL] Launching operations in 19 December 2008 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharti_Airtel_Lanka_%28Pvt%29_Ltd."]Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.[/URL] 6 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliance"]Reliance[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM"]GSM[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPRS"]GPRS[/URL] Launching operations in 2009 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reliance_Group_of_Companies&action=edit&redlink=1"]Reliance Group of Companies[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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