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Rudradeep Biswas February 15th, 2017 5:21 PM 9 COMMENTS

Telecom consolidation in India will lead to massive layoffs: Report

The ongoing consolidation drive will lead to massive layoffs in the Indian telecom industry with as many as a third of over three lakh employees becoming redundant in the next 18 months as consolidation plays out, according to an ET report. The Economic Times, citing various experts and executives, reported that massive job losses are inevitable as telecom operators merging operations will streamline their respective businesses to remove redundancy and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 15th, 2017 2:32 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone gives new 4G contract to Ericsson for UP West, Rajasthan, Odisha, North East and Assam

Vodafone India, which is in talks with Idea Cellular for a potential merger, has reportedly given a big 4G deployment contract worth Rs 2,040 crore to Ericsson as the telco looks to speed up the network expansion to counter bigger rival Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. According to an ET report, Ericsson is deploying 4G sites in UP West, Rajasthan, Odisha, North East and Assam telecom zones. The deployment of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 13th, 2017 2:06 PM 25 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches 4G services in Chennai

Vodafone, today announced the launch of its Vodafone SuperNet 4G service in Chennai in the presence of Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand former World Chess Champion. After successful launches in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Madurai, Tuticorin, Trichy, Hosur, Salem, Erode, Pondicherry and Vellore Vodafone SuperNet 4G was launched in Chennai. Vodafone SuperNet 4G will be made available in all major towns and cities across the state by March 2017. Built on the efficient 2100... Read More

SoumyaRanjan February 11th, 2017 5:48 PM 22 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance Jio to soon offer 6-series numbers to customers in India, gets MSC Codes from the DoT

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has been allotted new MSC codes in the 6-series mobile numbers by the telecom department (DoT) in Rajasthan, Assam and Tamil Nadu telecom zones. The development will allow the 4G entrant to offer new mobile numbers beginning with “6”. The telecom department’s notification said that the new codes have been allotted to meet new one million users demand. “In consideration to the request of service providers,... Read More

Srikapardhi February 11th, 2017 12:49 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea merged entity to surpass Reliance Jio in network capacity terms: Credit Suisse

The proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular will create a telco with 35% network capacity share in the country, surpassing Reliance Jio, which would have 31% network capacity share, according to Credit Suisse. It however added that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco would continue to lead in capacity share of data networks “by virtue of its large data spectrum holdings and exclusive 4G deployment.” In a note, the brokerage said... Read More

Srikapardhi February 10th, 2017 8:18 PM 51 COMMENTS

Reasons Why Telecom Operators in India Are Against BSNL’s App-Based Calling?

Telecom sector in India is undergoing some massive changes, not only in terms of providing offers to consumers, but also operators are working hard to improve the existing infrastructure to catch up with the new entrant, Reliance Jio. State-run telecom operator BSNL recently announced a new technology with which users can make calls by just installing an application on their phones and the company call it as ‘app-based calling'. To... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 10th, 2017 2:01 PM 108 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio for causing ‘huge loss’ to company

The PoI war continues to gain pace as the operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, blaming each other for call failures.Yesterday, Bharti Airtel reinforced its claim that it has provided enough number of points-of-interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Times of India. According to Airtel, it has given PoIs to serve over 190 million customers, which is much higher than the customer base claimed by Reliance Jio (which is 72.5... Read More

Srikapardhi February 9th, 2017 11:40 AM 27 COMMENTS

Upcoming flagship smartphones with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset

Qualcomm’s flagship chipsets have always been manufacturer’s go-to processors for their top-of-the-line handsets. Every year, the chipset manufacturing company introduces a new flagship chipset with tons of improvements over its predecessor. And 2016 was no different. Qualcomm has introduced its latest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 835 back in November last year. As most of you may already know, the company will produce Snapdragon 835 chipset in collaboration with Samsung using... Read More

Srikapardhi February 8th, 2017 7:39 PM 55 COMMENTS

Here’s How Airtel is Countering Jio with its myHome Service by Offering Free Data to Consumers

India’s leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has come up with yet another initiative to combat other telecom operators in the country. In this offer, Airtel Broadband users will get 5GB of additional data for every Airtel postpaid and/or DTH connection that they link with their broadband account. So, what exactly is the offer? Suppose, you are a customer of Airtel DSL (Direct Subscriber Line) connection, you are eligible to get... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 7th, 2017 2:25 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone expands 4G footprints in UP West & Uttarakhand, launches services in Haldwani

Vodafone India has launched its SuperNet 4G service in Haldwani, a city in Nainital district of Uttarakhand. The company will soon expand the service to other major towns across the circle by March 2017. UP West and Uttarakhand are key markets for Vodafone. The service provider has already launched the service in Meerut, Aligarh, Haridwar, Agra, Bareilly, and Dehradun in the region. “We have a lot to offer to our... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 6th, 2017 7:53 PM 66 COMMENTS

Airtel accuses Jio of “creating a monopoly for itself, files complaint with CCI

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telco by users has reportedly complaint the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Reliance Jio. According to various media reports Airtel, in its counter complaint, accused the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator of “creating a monopoly for itself” through predatory pricing with intention to kill competition. Airtel, in a letter dated 2 February to the competition watchdog, said that Jio’s predatory free pricing strategy is to “injure... Read More

Srikapardhi February 6th, 2017 1:01 PM 27 COMMENTS

Is Vodafone SuperHour plan the cheapest data pack in the market now?

Vodafone India is putting in all its efforts to attack Jio’s aggressive data and voice offers in the country. And in one such effort, the telco had recently introduced the SuperHour data packs which seem to have received a positive response from the customers. After all, Vodafone is offering unlimited 3G/4G data for one hour starting as low as Rs. 16. Too good to be true, right? Not really, Reliance... Read More