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 […]
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 […]
Idea Cellular replaced Vodafone as the most preferred network provider for those who use mobile number portability to change their operator. MNP was introduced in 2011 and has completed five years in India, but certain trends are visible when we compare the performance of telecom companies in the first half (mid-2011 to 2013) and the […]
Vodafone said it will give ten minutes of talk-time free for customers who face call drops, but only once. If anyone faces a situation in which their “conversation gets interrupted for any reason”, they can get free ten minutes of talk time if send an SMS to Vodafone. The SMS that such users have to […]
Japanese telecom major DoCoMo said it was not aware of any new decision by the finance ministry on the issue of payment of arbitration amount by Tata Sons. A report by the Press Trust of India yesterday claimed that the Finance Ministry had rejected a proposal by the Reserve Bank of India to give an […]
Reliance Jio has started sending messages to those who availed its free 90 day preview offer informing them that their preview offers are being extended. “As a special gesture, we have extended our trial period. We will be auto-refilling your balance accordingly,” the company said in an SMS sent to preview users today. This would […]
Vodafone customers in Haryana who pre-book their Vodafone 4G SIM before 23 August will get free 1GB 4G data valid for 10 days from activation. Vodafone customers can avail this benefit simply by sending the SMS Go 4G to 199. To enjoy this offer, Vodafone customers in Haryana, should possess a 4G-enabled handset and active […]
DoCoMo, the Japan-based telecom group and a partner of Tata Sons in their telecom venture in India, said there are no impediments for Tata Sons to pay the penalty awarded by the London Court of International Arbitration. DoCoMo said Tata Sons should not use a recent decision by the Reserve Bank of India against the […]
Bharti Airtel posted a drastic drop in the number of new data subscribers today as it reported its operational results for the Apr-Jun quarter. While Airtel added a total of 4.5 mln voice customers during the three months, it added less than 700,000 data subscribers during the same period. In comparison, in the previous quarter […]
An anonymous reader has tipped off a tech portal that Reliance Jio will launch its first 4G hotspot device in the market this week at a price of Rs 2,500-4,000. Like its LYF branded handsets, the Wifi hotspot device will also carry free data for 90 days under Jio’s preview offer, according to a photo […]
Reliance Communications, which came under intense scrutiny and a barrage of criticism from consumers for jacking up data prices for 4G upgrade users, has unveiled a plan that may assuage some of their ruffled feathers. It is offering 2.5 GB of data, half of which must be consumed at night, for a recharge of Rs […]
The directors of Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company, has suggested a salary of Rs 30 cr per year for Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder and chairman of the company, for the current financial year. Out of the Rs 30 cr, Rs 21 cr will be paid as a fixed salary and Rs 9 cr […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the state-owned telecom operator, reported a loss of Rs 3,803 cr for the year ended March 2016, taking its total loss to over Rs 47,000 cr. The silver lining to the bad news is that the loss is lower than those of the last few years. In the previous year (2014-15) […]
Following market leader Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular slashed the rates of its 4G, 3G BIG Internet packs by upto 67%, providing more value to heavy internet users who consume data packs of 2GB to 10 GB. Last week, Idea had announced the price reduction by 45% in its sachet data packs. Idea is now offering […]
Bharti Airtel chose a Sunday to make one of the most important announcements by the company from both its earnings and customer perspecitve — a deep slashing of its data prices. The move is seen as a precursor to the changes that will take place after Aug 15, the day when Reliance Jio is expected to […]
Reliance Communications — an Anil Ambani company — is asking its postpaid mobile subscribers to choose from one of the new, more-expensive plans introduced by the company as part of its 4G upgrade. Wipod or dongle users are likely to continue on their old CDMA plans. There is some confusion on this point, please see the comments section. […]
Reliance Communications has started activating the connections of CDMA subscribers in its remaining circles — Kerala, Kartantaka, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan, marking the end of its protracted migration process. RCom first started the migration process for its CDMA subscribers in late April and had set a target of completing the process by the first half […]
Reliance Communications, which has diverted its CDMA spectrum to launch its upcoming 4G service, and its partner Reliance Jio have managed to get their new joint network up and running in southern states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the last one week. The two have created a joint 4G network on the 850 MHz […]
