I tried it. You have to get two copies of your passport photos, bring your passport, driver's license or other proof of residence, fill out a form, stand in something that resembles a line, and deal with frustrated clerks (the customers can be pretty rude and the clerks can be rude right back). That was the one provider's store.
The next operator I went to - the store opened at 10am. Once they showed up and had their cup of tea, they were extremely helpful, but the same issues of paperwork stymied me.
Q: How do you get 455 people getting mobile phones per minute (it's more like 1500/min if you consider an average working day with the shortened week and gazillion holidays)?
re: India Watch: Vendor LockdownYup...this is clearly a dumb and silly move. The Chinese vendors in India (ZTE and Huawei) have been crying hoarse that there is a campaign against them because they have been able to grab the marketshare from other vendors. Operators have in the past protested move to ban the Chinese equipment. most of the operators say "off the record" that it wouldn't have been possible to have telecom revolution in India if the equipment prices hadnt come down and equipment prices came down because of Chinese vendors...the ban is likely to be lifted soon...it would be extremely difficult for the Government to implement this for long...
If this policy exists due to security concerns regarding chinese firms, it has been incredibly badly formulated and executed. For starters, it affects purchases from ALL companies around the world. Do the bureaucrats in India really think that having stopped all shipments of telecom equipment into the country since December 2009 is a good thing? Right now the only reason anyone gives a sh*t about India is because of its telecom market. Kill the golden goose and there are plenty of other good places to do business in the world. This wasn't a smart move. This was dumb and bad for business in India. Smart is when you have a policy where you come out ahead. What they need to do asap is open it back up and do a surgeon's job on this instead of a butcher's job. Figure out precisely what you need to accomplish, and get it done without putting the entire country on "hold".
Interesting...politicians again!'Security concerns'-so where are the evidences? I know Huawei has roughly about 4000-5000 India staff and recenly said it will invest another 500 million USD over there. Well, looks like there won't be only one casualty!
re: India Watch: Vendor LockdownYou have certainly had a bad experience but frankly the easiest thing to get in India is a mobile connection...compare it with ration card, election card etc etc.
re: India Watch: Vendor LockdownThe Chinese players sure claim that it is a lobby of the "European" players...the operators lobby will certainly fight this...
What a poor decision by indian govt. Huawei entered in indian market and changed the industry dynamics, it has been fastest growing company and giving NSN and Ericsson very tough time. Both are trying hard to push back Huawei in indian market for last couple of years and if rumours are to be belived this is because of lobby of ericsson and nsn
I tried it. You have to get two copies of your passport photos, bring your passport, driver's license or other proof of residence, fill out a form, stand in something that resembles a line, and deal with frustrated clerks (the customers can be pretty rude and the clerks can be rude right back). That was the one provider's store.
The next operator I went to - the store opened at 10am. Once they showed up and had their cup of tea, they were extremely helpful, but the same issues of paperwork stymied me.
Q: How do you get 455 people getting mobile phones per minute (it's more like 1500/min if you consider an average working day with the shortened week and gazillion holidays)?
A: Population 1.2 billion and counting...
-desi
If this policy exists due to security concerns regarding chinese firms, it has been incredibly badly formulated and executed. For starters, it affects purchases from ALL companies around the world. Do the bureaucrats in India really think that having stopped all shipments of telecom equipment into the country since December 2009 is a good thing? Right now the only reason anyone gives a sh*t about India is because of its telecom market. Kill the golden goose and there are plenty of other good places to do business in the world. This wasn't a smart move. This was dumb and bad for business in India. Smart is when you have a policy where you come out ahead. What they need to do asap is open it back up and do a surgeon's job on this instead of a butcher's job. Figure out precisely what you need to accomplish, and get it done without putting the entire country on "hold".
Interesting...politicians again!'Security concerns'-so where are the evidences? I know Huawei has roughly about 4000-5000 India staff and recenly said it will invest another 500 million USD over there. Well, looks like there won't be only one casualty!
What a poor decision by indian govt. Huawei entered in indian market and changed the industry dynamics, it has been fastest growing company and giving NSN and Ericsson very tough time. Both are trying hard to push back Huawei in indian market for last couple of years and if rumours are to be belived this is because of lobby of ericsson and nsn