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November 30th, 2018 11:18 AM 125 COMMENTS

Trai Directs Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to Not Disconnect Services Despite Minimum Balance

The Telecom Regulator Trai in its latest move has directed the telecom operators not to disconnect subscribers from their incoming and outgoing calls and other network services in case they have “sufficient” prepaid account balance. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had shown disappointment over telcos previously and had urged them to inform the subscribers well in advance, along with listing the available options before they are disconnected from the... Read More

November 29th, 2018 9:43 PM 61 COMMENTS

Telecom Watchdog Questions Minimum Monthly Recharge Plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea

Non-profit group Telecom Watchdog on Thursday questioned new minimum monthly recharge plans of Airtel and Vodafone Idea and charged the operators of indulging in "anti-consumer activities", but the firms asserted that the plans are fully compliant with rules. In a letter to Trai, Telecom Watchdog flagged concerns over the manner in which the two companies had allegedly fixed similar tariffs at the same time. It claimed that forcing users to... Read More

November 29th, 2018 8:10 PM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL to Offer Aadhaar Enrolment and Updation Facilities Via its Customer Service Centres Across India

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) will soon offer Aadhaar enrolment and updation facilities in its 3,000 customer service centres across India, at an estimated project cost of about Rs 90 crore, its Chairman Anupam Shrivastava said Thursday. With this, BSNL joins the roaster of entities like banks and post offices that are authorised by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to offer Aadhaar services. The set up will... Read More

November 29th, 2018 12:04 PM 19 COMMENTS

Telcos Seek More Affordable 4G Airwaves from Trai

In their run-up to make a much more wide-spread 4G network, telecom operators have approached Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to urge towards to a more affordable 4G airwaves auction. Also, the telcos have requested the industry regulator to give the companies a clear picture of the periodicity of the sales and availability of spectrum to do away with unreasonable bidding. Top Telecom Execs Meet Trai Chairman As per... Read More

November 29th, 2018 10:28 AM 137 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Lost Over 8 Million Subscribers in September: Trai

Telecom subscriber base grew marginally by 0.2% to 1191 million with only Reliance Jio adding new customers, according to the data released by sector regulator Trai for September 2018. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,189.08 million at the end of August 2018 to 1,191.40 million at the end of September 2018, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.2%," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India report... Read More

November 28th, 2018 6:36 PM 107 COMMENTS

BSNL Employee Unions Claim Government Not Allocating 4G Spectrum to Prevent it from Competing With Jio

Blaming Reliance Jio for financial woes of the telecom sector, employee unions of BSNL on Wednesday alleged that the government was favouring the latest entrant over other firms and said they would go on an indefinite strike from December 3. The employee unions claimed that the government has not allotted spectrum for 4G services to BSNL in order to prevent it from competing against Reliance Jio. "As of now, the... Read More

November 28th, 2018 4:10 PM 33 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Introduces Referral Programme for Postpaid Users Offering Rs 150 Discount

Bharti Airtel has been a strong postpaid player since the beginning in the telecom playing field. However, with the introduction of new postpaid plans by Reliance Jio and other telcos, the top position of Airtel has been threatened. In order to stay ahead of the curve in postpaid subscriber count, Airtel has recently introduced a new referral scheme for the existing Airtel postpaid users. As part of this offer, Airtel... Read More

November 28th, 2018 11:33 AM 107 COMMENTS

Trai Tightens Noose on Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel Over Introduction of Minimum Recharges

After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea silently introduced minimum recharge plans for their subscribers starting at Rs 35 with the intention of boosting their average revenue per user (ARPU), the subscribers were not happy. Many users complained that they were being barred from making calls and even receiving calls despite maintaining sufficient balance. Trai had also received multiple complains about this phenomenon, and it was only a matter of days... Read More

November 28th, 2018 9:09 AM 131 COMMENTS

Should You Recharge Your Prepaid Number Every 28 Days?

Before beginning, let's accept the facts - Many of us own two mobile numbers obtained due to various reasons - network, cost-effectiveness, as failsafe option etc. but as on today use only one (mostly Jio). The second number was recharged several months, if not years ago thanks to lifetime validity and now has balance in single digits. Now, all of us are worried about telcos forcing us to recharge a... Read More

November 27th, 2018 9:08 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL Users Can Avail 1GB of Free Data for Just Downloading the Latest My BSNL Mobile App

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or BSNL is ramping up its customer-centric efforts in the country. In the latest move, the telco has introduced a new version of its My BSNL Android application and as part of the introductory offer, it's providing 1GB of free data to every customer who installs the application. The new app, as BSNL confirmed, is built in collaboration with Call2action Communication India. Until now, BSNL doesn't... Read More

November 27th, 2018 2:38 PM 11 COMMENTS

RCom and Jio Spectrum Trading Deal in Jeopardy as DoT Refuses to Accept Land Parcel as Security

Reliance Communications (RCom) has remarked that its deal of spectrum trade with Reliance Jio Infocomm will land in jeopardy if the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) does not accept a land parcel instead of bank guarantees as security. DoT, however, is adamant on only receiving bank guarantees worth of Rs 3,000 crore from the telco and has also stated that Reliance Jio can furnish these guarantees on behalf of RCom. This... Read More

November 27th, 2018 10:14 AM 52 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea Shown Some Revenue Recovery in September Quarter, But Jio Racing Ahead: Report

Telecom operators Airtel and Vodafone have shown some recovery in terms of revenue in metro cities during the September quarter, while Reliance Jio gained strength in a majority of telecom circles, according to analyst reports on revenue data published by telecom regulator Trai. Research firm UBS observed that the revenue of companies from telecom services or adjusted gross revenue (AGR) declined by 0.7% quarter on a quarterly basis and down... Read More

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