Himachal Futuristics or HFCL, promoted by Mahendra Nahata — who helped in the formation of Reliance Jio — said it won a Rs 558 cr advance purchase order from BSNL to set up microwave radio links for a defence network. “The Company has received an Advance Purchase Order worth Rs.558 Crore approx from Bharat Sanchar […]
Reliance Jio, India’s most popular wireless data provider, said it will introduce new plans from Oct 19, and that it was offering “100%” cashback on its popular recharge of Rs 399 that gives three months of services. In a promotion put up on its website, the company said the 100% cashback was a Diwali offer, […]
Bharti Airtel has announced a scheme to offer a 4-inch smartphone at an effective price of Rs 1,399 — after cash backs — to take on the challenge posed by Reliance Jio’s Jiophone. The customer needs to make a down payment of Rs 2899 for the 4G smartphone. He will get a cash refund of […]
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd has lost 3.5% of its mobile subscribers in September. The company, which offers mobile and wired telecom services in Maharashtra, Mumbai and Goa saw its mobile users fall to 69.8 lakh (6.98 mln) on September 30 from 72.4 lakh at the end of August. The decline comes at a time when […]
Tata Teleservices Maharashtra, the listed unit of TTSL, said it had not taken any “firm decision” on how to go forward, reacting to a news article in the Business Standard that said the company will shut down this month. Reacting to media reports, the company said it “continues to explore all options in respect of […]
Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel are offering 1 GB of 3G or 4G data per day for 84 days at a price of around Rs 400 in select circles, including voice benefits, matching Jio’s lowest tariff. The offer is available only for targeted users. For example, for someone who has already activated a similar pack […]
Idea Cellular, the third largest telecom operator in India by revenue, has started offering new customers 84 GB and free on-net calls for 84 days for just Rs 230 in the Kerala circle. Similar schemes are likely to have been launched in other circles as well. It also offers a 451 rupees first recharge coupon […]
Nokia will help Saudi telecom operator Zain to use unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz band — often used for Wifi — to increase download speeds of 4G LTE. “Following the trial, the Nokia technology will be deployed in hotspots, for example, in malls and cafes in Jeddah and around the Holy Mosque in Makkah,” […]
Sterlite Technologies said it won a three-year deal to supply high-quality fiber optic cables to du, a telecom network in the UAE. Financial details were not disclosed. “With an on-going relationship with du for the past six years, we have renewed the partnership for our innovative range of smarter optical communication technologies. “Through this agreement, […]
Idea Cellular, which has been under pressure in recent months due to aggressive offerings from rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, has unveiled a new promotional offer that gives 1 GB per day for 28 days at a price of around Rs 250. Unlike other plans, this one does not offer any voice benefits. But […]
Reliance Communications said it has filed with the National Company Law Tribunal to withdraw its demerger scheme for its tower assets. The move follows the cancellation of its plans to merge with Aircel Cellular due to regulatory issues. The company Anil Ambani-led company had said that since the merger with Aircel was cancelled, the deal […]
Reliance Communications inducted its CEO and the president of its telecom business into its board of directors. Punit Garg, President, Telecom Business and Chief Financial Officer V Manikantan have been appointed as non-indepedent directors on the company board. The move comes after the company’s plans to merge with Aircel Cellular fell through and the company […]
Reliance Communications, which announced it was abandoning plans to merge with Aircel Cellular, indicated that it would focus on two segments – 4G and wired. Within wired, it would focus on enterprise services. The disclosure indicates that the company, — which recently shut down its GSM network in Gujarat — could close more and more […]
The average data consumed by wireless users in India has increased five fold in the last year one year, even as prices crashed by 97% due to the launch of Reliance Jio. For India as a whole, the total consumption of wireless data touched 4.3 bln GB in the three months from April to June […]
Idea Cellular, one of India’s top telecom companies, is working with the assumption that its users will increase their data consumption from the present level of around 2.2 GB per month per head to 15 GB per month by next year, CEO Himanshu Kapania said. “Idea is planning on a business model of 15 GB […]
All three of India’s top mobile networks — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Jio — are currently conducting trials of a key 5G technology that makes use of a very high number of antennas to increase the capacity of the network, David An, the technology head of ZTE said today. “Today we are very glad […]
India is likely to see a massive increase in the amount of satellite broadband connectivity, including that for hand-held devices, over the coming months with the operationalization of three new satellites, AS Kiran Kumar, secretary to the department of space said. At present, almost all the bandwidth on India’s 15 satellites are presently in the […]
A day after Reliance Industries said it would not comment on media speculation about acquisition talks with Den Networks, the cable company has issued a largely identically worded statement. However, the statement seemed to indicate the possibility of a tie-up or agreement rather than an outright sale of the company. “The company, as a running […]
Videocon Wallcam has launched a CCTV solution with bundled 4G connectivity in association with Vodafone. It unveiled a 4G-enabled vehicle surveillance kit and stand-alone outdoor and indoor CCTV cameras, both with a 4G sim slot to support 4G connectivity. This ensures that the camera can be placed anywhere with 4G connectivity and only the power […]
Reliance Industries refused to deny or confirm media reports about its telecom unit Jio being in talks to acquire cable operator Den Networks. Shares of Den Networks, one of India’s largest cable networks, are up 6.2%, having opened higher on the news. “We are unable to comment on media speculation and rumors and it would […]
