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Ria Lakshman February 6th, 2017 3:50 PM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel achieves two million home broadband subscribers, offers ‘Airtel Surprises’ to its users

As a token of gratitude to mark the two million home broadband subscriber milestone, Bharti Airtel has introduced ‘Airtel Surprises’ for its home broadband users. The surprises comprise of free additional data and free access to Airtel Movies. “We are happy to cross this milestone of two million customers, further consolidating our leadership as the second largest player in the fixed broadband sector in India. For us, our customers are... 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

Rudradeep Biswas February 6th, 2017 10:07 AM 14 COMMENTS

How do Idea’s new Digital offers fare against Airtel and Jio’s offerings

With the inception of Reliance Jio’s Welcome Offer followed by Happy New Year Offer, providing best tariff plans at affordable prices, if not for free is just not enough to keep the existing customers hooked. Everyone wants that extra something — some additional value on top of the usual services. And Indian telecom operators seem to have found that “extra something” in offering free digital services. Following the footsteps of... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 6th, 2017 7:13 AM 32 COMMENTS

Idea 4G services coming to Mumbai very soon

Idea, India’s third biggest telecom operator is reportedly planning to extend its 4G services to Mumbai. The telco had introduced its 3G services in Mumbai back in 2011. And now, almost 6 years after the introduction of 3G and a year after the launch of its 4G services in India, Idea Cellular is planning to introduce its 4G service in Mumbai very soon. Yesterday, we received a message from Idea... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 5th, 2017 3:27 PM 7 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio, Paytm get notices from govt for using PM Modi’s picture in advertisements: Report

The Indian government has reportedly issued notices to Mukesh Ambani –led 4G telco Reliance Jio and Paytm have been issued notices asking if they had taken prior permission before using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph in their advertisements. Three unnamed officials from the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution confirmed the move, the Economic Times reported on Saturday. Both these firms can face penalties in the coming week,... Read More

Srikapardhi February 5th, 2017 7:01 AM 33 COMMENTS

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 to Redmi Note 4: What has changed?

Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 3 back in February last year (in India), and in just over 10 months the company managed to sell over 3.6 Million Redmi Note 3 units in the country. Now, that’s quite an achievement, one must say. Continuing the legacy of the Redmi Note 3, the Apple of East has launched its new mid-range warrior, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 in India a couple of... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 4th, 2017 9:22 PM 33 COMMENTS

Indian GSM, CDMA telcos face penalty for bad 2G and 3G services: Report

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has reportedly imposed Rs 11 crore penalty on Indian GSM and CDMA telcos for bad service quality including call drops, according to Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha. While informing the Rajya Sabha, Sinha said that the regulator imposes financial disincentives for non-compliance with the benchmarks for Quality of Service parameters including call drops. He said that the Trai monitors the performance of service providers... Read More

Srikapardhi February 4th, 2017 3:56 PM 33 COMMENTS

Airtel now pushing users to opt carrier billing option on Google Play Store

Just a couple of days ago, Google had reportedly enabled support for carrier billing service on Google Play Store for two of the biggest telecom operators in India — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. And now, the service seems to have gone live for Airtel subscribers in India. We received a message from Airtel today which read “Introducing Airtel Billing option for Google Play Store. Now purchase apps, games and more... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas February 4th, 2017 12:42 PM 73 COMMENTS

BSNL finally enters the tariff war with new data packs starting at just Rs. 78 offering 2GB

BSNL, the state-run telco is introducing a new promotional offer under which users will be able to avail nearly double data benefits without paying any additional amount. As per our sources, BSNL’s new promotional plan will be available to its customers starting from 6th of this month until next 90 days across all its circles in India. Also, do make a note that the promotional offer will be applicable only... Read More

Srikapardhi February 4th, 2017 5:32 AM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao says proposed merger with Idea not a step to exit India

Vodafone Group chief executive officer Vittorio Colao clarified that the planned merger with Idea Cellular would not result in an exit from India for the UK-based telecom major. The top executive, during an call after the third quarter results, said the proposed merger is about "creating a stronger asset, create the No. 1 telco in the country…build the largest network in India and build the best management team through a... Read More

Srikapardhi February 3rd, 2017 9:46 PM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone India revenue down 4.7%, courtesy Jio’s free services and demonetisation

Vodafone India's revenue went down 4.7% at Rs 10,556 crore during October-December 2016 period from Rs 11,077.63 crore in the same period a year ago, mainly impacted by Reliance Jio's free services and demonetisation, which led to shortage of currency in India. The telco's voice revenue also declined 3% in the quarter, while data browsing revenue growth in India slowed down to 0.6% in the third quarter, against 16 per... Read More