Wednesday 8 August 2007

TATA Indicom New coverage Claims - Poor Mobile Network Syndrome

Now a days when you pass on a road you see many advertisements that say that Tata Indicom has really improved network connections and we should switch to TATA Indicom as we are not getting good network coverage on the other GSM mobiles!!

Wow!! That's really great.Party Some told me that TATA Indicom is giving unlimited free calls on their plans, so I thought to go and ask if some one is using TATA Indicom mobile and know how is the network coverage. The problem was only that the I can find any one in my office or friend circle using TATA Indicom.Surprised

TATA Indicom:

"It uses spread spectrum technology, same technology used by military communications systems worldwide for years. CDMA technology - the one that has been adopted & offered by Tata Indicom , was first used during World War II by the English allies to foil German attempts at jamming transmissions & promises a much better information security"

Looks like CDMA technology saved the planet earth. WOW Rolling on the floor

 

Difference between CDMA and GSM handsets

CDMA: stands for Code Division Multiple Access. Both data and voice are separated from signals using codes and then transmited using a wide frequency range. Because of this, there are more space left for data transfer (this was one of the reasons why CDMA is the prefered technology for the 3G generation, which is broadband access and the use of big multimedia messages). 14% of the worldwide market goes to CDMA. For the 3G generation CDMA uses 1x EV-DO and EV-DV. It has a lot of users in Asia, specially in South Korea.

GSM: stands for Global System Mobile. Even though it is sold as "the latest technology" in several countries, this technology is older than CDMA (and also TDMA). But keep in mind that this doesn't mean that GSM is inferior or worse than CDMA. Roaming readiness and fraud prevention are two major advantages from this technology. GSM is the most used cell phone technology in the world, with 73% of the worldwide market. It has a very strong presence in Europe.

I don't know about the mobile but some of my friends have TATA Indicom, but I swear 70% of the time the connection is not up. I get a voice, The TATA Indicom number is not reachable Angry

The LG handset is 14 months old and is near to the window on the street. But when my friend has to talk he has to take the phone out from his house to catch signals. I wonder how Indicom can work in elevators, basements and tunnels. Is there any monitoring body to validate these claims!!

If some one is experiencing good network coverage or some improvement in TATA, just share it among us...

Happy Blogging...Winking

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