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July 26th, 2016 10:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg quits amid fall in revenues

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson's CEO Hans Vestberg has stepped down as President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors with immediate effect, following fall in revenues, even as the company putting in place a "strong" action plan to reduce cost. Ericsson is currently searching for a successor to Vestberg and said that search process will comprise both internal and external candidates. Vestberg, who has been CEO... Read More

July 25th, 2016 11:45 AM 0 COMMENTS

More troubles for telcos: Trai likely to make call drop benchmark rate more stringent

The Indian telecom regulator is mulling over making call drop benchmark rate more stringent, a move aimed at curbing the call drops menace in the country. In a bod to make call drop benchmark rate more severe, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is likely to start evaluating options. Media reports said regulator may soon issue a consultation paper to seek comments from to explore setting the call drop benchmark... Read More

July 25th, 2016 1:50 AM 99 COMMENTS

India’s Biggest CDMA Shutdown by RCom was Nothing but A Big Mess

In recent time Reliance Communications that was offering mobile services on dual platform is winding up its CDMA business and refarming the spectrum on 850 Mhz for LTE. Initially they asked the CDMA subscribers to migrate to 4G/LTE. However the migration is actually CDMA to GSM only. Globally CDMA operators are also in the same mood. The CDMA based operators of Canada, United States, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Indonesia have... Read More

July 22nd, 2016 7:45 AM 48 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to commercially launch operations in October: CLSA

Jio may commercially launch 4G voice and high-speed data services ahead of festive season in October, even as the new 4G entrant has started to handle the second-highest data traffic among all telecom operators and could ramp up close to the highest even before launch, according to brokerage CLSA. "Several indicators suggest a strong possibility of commercial launch of Jio's services within the next three months ahead of festive season... Read More

July 19th, 2016 6:13 PM 18 COMMENTS

Telenor India posts Rs 105 crore operating loss in Q2

Telenor India has posted an operating loss of NOK 132 million or Rs 105 crore in the second quarter of the current fiscal. The operating loss has widened from NOK 90 million or Rs 71.3 crore in the same period of last year. Telenor, in a statement, said that the operating profit was negatively impacted by NOK 224 million in impairments and write-downs, but offset by lower depreciations following the impairment... Read More

July 18th, 2016 3:00 PM 50 COMMENTS

Idea slashes rates of 4G & 3G Internet Packs for both Postpaid and Prepaid, now offers 10GB data at Rs. 990 and 5GB at just Rs. 649

Idea, has now slashed the rates of its 4G, 3G BIG Internet packs by providing more value to heavy internet users who consume data packs of 2GB to 10 GB. Earlier last week, Idea had announced the price reduction by 45% in its sachet data packs. Idea is now offering 10 GB 4G, 3G data pack for just Rs. 990. As per the promotional offer Idea’s 2 GB data is... Read More

July 17th, 2016 12:09 PM 101 COMMENTS

Airtel slashes prepaid data tariffs, Increases data benefits for 2G/3G/4G prepaid users

Airtel today announced an effective reduction in prepaid data tariffs by increasing data benefits on some of its prepaid data recharge packs. Airtel customers will now enjoy more value on these existing packs and can add to their mobile internet experience by staying online longer and download more of their favorite content. Under the revised data benefits, the Rs 655 4G/3G monthly recharge pack will now offer 5 GB data... Read More

July 16th, 2016 3:08 PM 73 COMMENTS

Jio not ready for a commercial launch in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Jio Infocomm’s head of strategy and planning Anshuman Thakur told media that the company is ready to start offering its 4G services, except for in four circles—Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala—where it could take four to six more weeks to prepare the network, indicating that the commercial launch around the corner. Jio has received approvals from the telecom department on July 7 in the four circles of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil... Read More

July 15th, 2016 6:52 PM 37 COMMENTS

Jio says commercial operations in coming months, average monthly consumption per user in excess of 26 GB voice usage is over 355 minutes

Reliance Jio Infocomm on Friday said that it now has over 1.5 million test users on its network in the country with average monthly consumption per user in excess of 26 GB. It said that the average voice usage per month is over 355 minutes. During the quarter, Reliance Jio extended its trial services to all LYF devices users under the Jio LYF Preview Offer, which it said enabled testing of... Read More

July 14th, 2016 5:30 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel launches ‘Happy Hours’ to allow prepaid customers to get 50% data back for all in-app content downloads between 3.00 – 5.00 am

Airtel, today announced the launch of Happy Hours for its prepaid customers. Happy Hours allows Airtel prepaid customers to get 50% data back for all in-app content downloads scheduled between 3.00 am and 5.00 am. E.g. If a customer schedules a video download of 100 MB then 50 MB will be credited back to his/her account. Any App developer can integrate with Airtel Happy Hours in four simple steps and... Read More

July 14th, 2016 11:13 AM 95 COMMENTS

Jio to commercially launch services on August 15, plans free voice services: Report

Jio is most likely to commercially launch its much-awaited 4G services on August 15, which is India’s Independence Day, this year with its maiden plan, called Freedom, according to an Economic Times report. The “Freedom” plan may offer free voice services bundled with data, priced at least 25% lower than current offerings of top rivals, the report said, adding that the company has informed internal teams about the launch. Sources closer to... Read More

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