If you believe the current fight between incumbent operators like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone on the one hand and Reliance Jio on the other is about everyone paying the same taxes, think again. While the Cellular Operators’ Association of India, which is batting for the big three operators, has focused its attack on […]
In India, there has been a surge of approximately 350% in cybercrime cases registered under the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 from the year of 2011 to 2014, a ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study said. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has also reported a surge in the number of incidents handled by it, with close […]
Bharti Airtel said it has optimized 30,000 base stations on its network and upgraded 9,000 sites as a result of feedback from customers via its open network initiative. Under the ‘open network’ project, Bharti Airtel allows its customers to see where their nearest towers are, and even offer cell sites on rent to the company. […]
Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunication services providers, launched its 4G service in Haryana, starting with Karnal and Panipat. The service will be rolled out across Haryana over the next few months, the company said. As part of the promotions, customers buying greater than 1GB packs will get twice the data allowance and unlimited […]
Due to the expansion of 3G and onset of 4G technologies, telecom tower industry’s tenancy ratios will increase to 2.9 times by March 2020 from 1.95 times as of March 2015, according to an ASSOCHAM-KPMG joint study. Tenancy ratio refers to the number of tenants (operators) who have put up their antennae and other active […]
State Bank of India board of directors has approved the share swap ratios for the upcoming merger of the bank with other State Bank entities. “The Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of India (SBI), at its meeting held on 18.08.2016 have accorded their approval to the Scheme of Acquisition of State Bank […]
Tata Consultancy Services said it will expand its three-year engagement with US Airline JetBlue to include several new projects. The initial contract covered areas such developing new platforms, quality assurance and infrastructure services. Under a new deal, TCS will now provide new services to improve data analytics and operational agility, and to develop innovative tools […]
Singtel today entered into conditional share purchase agreements with Singapore’s sovereign investment firm Temasek to acquire 7.39% of Bharti Telecom — the holding company of Bharti Airtel — and 21% of Intouch Holdings — which holds stake in Thailands’ biggest mobile operator — for a total consideration of S$2.47 billion. Intouch is the biggest shareholder […]
Untill now, to make calls using apps, you had to subscribe to a data pack. However, Reliance Communications has now introduced a new plan in which it will offer data for such app-to-app calls, but instead of billing you for the amount of data, it will bill you for the length of the calls. Typically, […]
Reliance Jio is likely to start selling its JioFi MiFi device over this weekend, according to a tip-off from an anonymous source. According to the tipster, whose genuineness we cannot vouch for, the company will offer for public sale its recently unveiled Haier M2 JioFi device at a price of Rs 2,899 via its Digital […]
Bharti Airtel said it completed the purchase of 2.3 GHz 4G spectrum from Aircel Cellular in 7 out of the 8 circles mentioned in an agreement between the companies earlier this year. These seven circles are Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Assam, North East and Orissa. With this, only the transaction in […]
Bharti Airtel said it has completed the purchase of 2.3 GHz 4G spectrum from Aircel Cellular in 7 out of the 8 circles mentioned in an agreement between the companies earlier this year. These seven circles are Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Assam, North East and Orissa. With this, only the transaction […]
Noble Skiodo TV — which has attracted attention with its ultra-cheap prices, has launched its biggest model in India: a 65-inch Full HD Android TV priced at Rs 85,000. At present, 65-inch TVs are the domain of big brands such as Samsung, LG, Sony and more recently, LeEco. However, these models cost above Rs 1 […]
Tata group’s multi-brand phygital ecommerce platform, Tata CLiQ announced a seven-day independence sales, offering items such as LED TVs and smartphones for as little as Rs 70. Consumers will get 70 great deals spread over a period of 7 days for everyone with special offers on electronics from 8th to 10th August and handsome discounts […]
As any trial user of Reliance Jio’s new 4G network knows, calling phones on rival networks is currently a hit and miss affair with a high chance of being greeted with the ‘all routes are currently busy’ message. It’s the oldest trick in the book that incumbents have traditionally used to thwart new entrants — […]
Even as Vodafone is yet to report its numbers for the April-June quarter, Idea Cellular officials are popping open the bubbly for overtaking the British company as far as wireless data is concerned. Till last quarter, Vodafone was ahead of Idea in terms of wireless data, carrying around 29 bln MB of data per month. […]
Subscribers of Reliance Jio’s ‘free preview’ offer who have got their validity extended free of charge can now use these SIM cards in any phones, according to social media and blog reports. Reliance Jio had, starting earlier this month, given free extensions to users who booked its SIM cards under the free preview offer starting […]
SpiceJet said it was offering one-way fares as low as Rs.399 plus surcharge and taxes as part of its independence day offer. International fares start at Rs 2999 base fare (surcharge and taxes extra as applicable) for non-stop direct flights, it added. The three day sale launched today will be open till midnight 11th August. […]
Idea Cellular, which set a record in terms of speed of rollout when it introduced 4G services late last year, continues to expand its high-speed network at a breakneck speed. During the Apr-June quarter, the company added a whopping 5,296 towers, or 58 new towers per day. Idea had 19,939 4G towers at the end […]
Idea Cellular reported a decline in its total voice traffic for the April-June quarter and warned that telecom industry growth was slowing. However, the company reported strong data volume growth due to its aggressive promotions and tariff cuts. Total voice minutes on Idea’s network fell 1.1% from 201.6 billion in January-March period to 199.3 billion […]
