With competition increasing due to the launch of 4G by Bharti Airtel and the impending launch of Reliance Jio, 3G data prices seem to be on a rapid decline. Vodafone today announced that all 3G data packs in Mumbai will now offer double the data than previously, in effect halving the cost of 3G data. […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom provider, today launched 4G in another 296 cities, adding to the nearly three dozen or so places where it was already available. The total number of cities with Airtel 4G is now above 300. These cities are spread over 12 circles where Airtel has 4G spectrum. These telecom circles, starting from […]
Four months before big competitor Reliance Jio is ready, Bharti Airtel, India’s biggest telco, announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G LTE services in 296 towns across India. This follows the successful trial of services in select cities and the feedback received from customers. The event marks the biggest ever 4G roll out […]
India has lifted the ban on pornography that had been imposed over the weekend, and had led to a furore over invasion of personal freedom. According to Indian IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, only child pornography will remain banned and the government will soon issue a notification to this effect — TV channels reported. Pornography […]
Telecom provider Bharti Airtel said that Manish Khera, Co-founder & MD of YTS Solutions will be appointed as CEO of Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), which offers Airtel’s flagship semi-closed wallet under the brand name ‘Airtel Money’. YTS Solutions provides solutions of financial inclusion, micro banking and branchless banking. Once appointed, Manish will be […]
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India, which represents the interests of major telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd, has opposed any move to allow “a particular operator” (understood to be Reliance Jio) to use state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s cellular network for its voice services. “We are made to understand […]
Expressing concern over steadily deteriorating situation with regard to call drops in mobile networks, ASSOCHAM today pointed out it is unfair to put the blame on the operators only since many of the critical factors causing the problem are not within the control of the telecom industry. Explaining the technical aspects of the paper, Mr. […]
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”), India’s biggest telecommunications company, today launched 4G trials for its customers in Shillong. With this, Airtel 4G trials are now going in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam, Mangalore, Mysore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Hubli, Dharwad, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Tumkur, Udupi and Manipal. “Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows […]
Dish TV India Limited (Dishtv) reported a 19.2% increase in first quarter revenue to Rs. 7,367 million (Rs 736.7 cr), and PAT of Rs. 54.2 cr compared to a loss of Rs 15 cr in the previous year. Subscription revenues rose 20.6% to Rs. 6,828 million. EBITDA margin recorded at 32.1% compared to 25.3% in the corresponding quarter […]
Vodafone said it continued to face pressure in its voice business in India in the April-June quarter, but an explosion in data was helping it maintain margins. It also said it had put in 1,100 new 3G towers during the quarter and has started 4G trials. It also added 1,000 2G sites. Many Vodafone customers […]
Aircel Cellular is offering free voice calling on 2G data recharges. In Mumbai circle, for example, anyone who buys 1 GB of 2G data for Rs 195 will get 20,000 seconds of free talk time. In other words, for around 20,000 paise, you get 20,000 seconds of talktime plus 1 GB of data. “The product […]
Idea Cellular added the highest number of subscribers in June, according to numbers released by Cellular Operators’ Association of India. Idea added 1.62 mln subscribers in June, which more than four times as many as Vodafone added in the same month. The runner up was Bharti Airtel, which added 1.22 mln. Uninor followed as a distant […]
Uninor, the Indian brand of Telenor, has managed to break even at an operating level for the first time in India, thanks to the recent cut in termination charges by telecom regulator TRAI. TRAI had, about five months ago, cut termination charges (paid by one operator to another) by a massive 30% — helping low-cost […]
Idea has made a keenly awaited announcement with its quarterly results today – the launch of 4G LTE services. The services will be launched in Kerala, Maharashtra & Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, North East, Tamil Nadu and Orissa, though not all together. The company, which has been famously saying that […]
If you make a lot of phone calls while on the road, then Vodafone is the best mobile operator for you in Delhi, according to the results of a two-day ‘drive test’ conducted by quality auditing firm TUV SUD on behalf of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The drive test, which involved making around 450 […]
Idea Cellular reported a decline in both per-minute voice rates as well as per-MB data rates for the first quarter. While the decline in per-minute voice income was because of lower roaming charges and a cut in termination charges, the decline in data prices was because of competition, Idea said. “Due to increased competition, the […]
YES BANK, India’s 5th largest private sector Bank, has introduced a service using which any user owning any type of mobile phone with any operator can make mobile payments from anywhere, anytime without internet connectivity in a completely secure manner. For ‘YES PAYMENTS’, the bank has entered into a strategic partnership with TAISYS Technologies. Once […]
Reliance Communications has deployed new Cloud Xchange nodes in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Cloud Xchange is the company’s cloud computing-cum-delivery solution. It helps in sophisticated delivery and implementation of cloud-computing based solutions, including content delivery. In some ways, it is like Amazon Web Services. At present, Akamai Technologies is a big player in network […]
If you make a lot of phone calls while on the road, then Bharti Airtel is the best mobile operator for you in Mumbai, according to the results of a two-day ‘drive test’ conducted by quality auditing firm TUV SUD on behalf of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. The drive test, which involved making around 500 […]
India is projected to have 500 total million internet users by 2017, up from 350 mln at present, said the report IAMAI & KPMG Report “India On The Go – Mobile Internet Vision 2017”. Most of these will be mobile internet users, who will comprise 314 million by 2017. The number of mobile internet users […]
