Bharti Airtel is likely to clearly beat Vodafone in India in terms of growth as it has increased its spectrum lead over the No. 2 player after the recent auctions, broker CLSA said. According to CLSA, Bharti now has 18% of the total operator spectrum in India, while Vodafone has only about 11%. In the […]
Uninor beat bigger peers by adding a total of 1.17 mln subscribers, translating to a month-on-month growth of 2.6%, in April. In terms of the absolute number, however, Uninor was third, after Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, in the month. In all, a total of 6.35 mln subscribers were added during April, a slight decline […]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has directed Vodafone to stop using 111 as its customer care number. The authority pointed out that such a number was not in consonance with the national numbering plan. The numbering plan did not have any place for three digit customer care numbers. Currently three digit numbers, such as […]
A district forum in Karnataka faulted Bharti Airtel Ltd for failing to convert a corporate mobile connection into a personal connection despite the ex-employee producing a no-objection certificate from his ex-employer. The Tumkur forum also dismissed Bharti Airtel’s contention that it represented the ‘Telegraph Authority of India’ and it cannot be subjected to the proceedings […]
Vodafone has become the first operator in India to offer 3G services across the country, the company said in a statement. Its latest launch has been Orissa, where it will give a 40% discount on 3G data packs for the next ten days. In Orissa, Vodafone’s postpaid plans start from monthly rentals of INR 150 […]
Vodafone and Bharti Airtel have been told to compensate a customer after Vodafone disconnected a customer who ported from Airtel saying that the customer did not pay Airtel’s bills. The North 24 Parganas district consumer forum found that Bharti Airtel guilty of issuing ‘vague bills’ to a customer who had already ported out of the […]
Vodafone India has formally requested the Department of Telecommunications and regulator TRAI for immediate allotment of the 1800MHz spectrum, which it had won in auctions. “With only 7 weeks left, when as per DoT, the presently deployed spectrum in 900MHz is to be replaced by 900MHz won in auctions. Hence, timely earmarking of the spectrum […]
Vodafone India has launched a new service that let’s companies track their employees on the field. Called Location Tracker, the service allows bosses to log into a web address and see where employees are at any point in time. The locations would be shown on a google maps kind of interface, the company said. The […]
The telecom regulator has opened up for discussions two crucial aspects of the upcoming spectrum auctions in the 900 and 1800 MHz band — the minimum bid size and the status of expiring licensees as new or old. While in the last auction, the minimum bid size in the 900 MHz band was kept at […]
With the removal of the restrictions on intra-circle 3G roaming between telecom operators, Vodafone India has restarted 3G services in 13 states including Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. Vodafone follows Idea and Airtel in restarting their 3G services under intra-circle roaming pacts. Intra circle roaming pact […]
Bharti Airtel has restarted its intra-circle roaming agreement with Vodafone India and Idea Cellular to offer 3G services where it doesn’t already have 3G spectrum, but it has used the occassion to jack up 3G prices in these areas. While earlier, Airtel was offering 3G data at the same rate across the country, whether using […]
Vodafone India has launched its own games and app platform in India, weeks after the mobile operator launched its Music and Sports offerings. While Vodafone had tied up with players Hungama.com for its music services, it has tied up with Disney India for its games and app platform, which can be accessed via its Vodafone […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm could overtake Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications in revenue over the next four to five years and corner 11% of the total wireless market, an analyst with a prominent global financial group has predicted. By the 2017-18, Reliance Jio and Reliance Communications would have very similar mobile voice revenue market share, at about […]
Vodafone India, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, launched a new service that facilitates secure data transfer, especially pictures, videos and documents, from one mobile handset to another. Called the Vodafone Red Box Service, the service is available at any Vodafone RoTo (Retail of Tomorrow) stores in Mumbai. The Red Box facilitates easy and […]
