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Chethan S November 13th, 2014 2:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI voices its concern about spectrum crunch in the upcoming auction

The Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) has written a letter to Nripendra Misra, Principal Secretary (PS to the prime minister Narendra Modi over spectrum crunch and has asked for more spectrum for fair auctions due February 2015 in India. The industry requires the government's enabling support for crafting a viable and sustainable industry structure, the letter said. "For this, a predictable and stable regulatory and policy environment that ensures... Read More

Chethan S November 12th, 2014 9:51 PM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL awaits green signal for revival, will it really help BSNL ?

State owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) awaits a green signal from the Narendra Modi government to implement its plans to hive off its tower assets into a new company. This move will facilitate leasing out infrastructure to private firms and aims at generating around Rs 1,600 crore in revenue. Almost an year ago, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had sent a proposal to a group of ministers... Read More

Chethan S November 11th, 2014 9:06 PM 20 COMMENTS

A Quick Look Into BSNL Karnataka’s Prepaid Self-Care Portal

BSNL Karnataka has always been a front runner in offering new services and logging into new platforms like twitter to serve customers. The prepaid self-care portal is one such initiative that offers nice features for GSM consumers. The site has been up and running for few months now and I am writing this quick review after experiencing different features there. Available facilities The site allows consumers to enjoy the following... Read More

Chethan S November 11th, 2014 7:46 PM 10 COMMENTS

20% fall in data tariffs expected due to Reliance Jio’s entry: Fitch Report

The credit profiles of the top four Indian telcos - Bharti Airtel Limited , Vodafone India, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications will remain intact in 2015 thanks to a gradual rise in voice tariffs and improving regulatory environment that stem from industry consolidation, according to Fitch Ratings. “The likely entry of new telco Reliance Jio, which is part of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) in H1 2015 will intensify competition in... Read More

Chethan S November 11th, 2014 6:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone’s H1 2015 revenue up 11.4%, Data and Business Services drive the revenues

Vodafone India MD and CEO Marten Pieters said that the company has posted an 11.7% growth in its revenue with Rs 20,746.9 crore for the April-September quarter (Half Year for 2014-15 (H1)) of this fiscal. A year ago, India’s second largest telecom company posted a total revenue of Rs 18,571.1 crore. The UK based company reported a subscriber base of 174 million customers for the six months ending 30 September... Read More

Chethan S November 7th, 2014 6:59 PM 25 COMMENTS

MNP: One nation, one number by May 2015

Indian mobile phone users will soon be able to change their telecom operators and retain their numbers even if they are relocating to areas outside the service providers' operations from 2015. Government of India has asked telecom firms to implement full mobile number portability (MNP) by May 3 2015. For this, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has given its approval to the introduction of full mobile number portability and has... Read More

Chethan S November 4th, 2014 3:03 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vodafone Introduces Global Design Store in Delhi-NCR

Vodafone has launched its Global Design Store which is in line with Vodafone’s ‘Retail of Tomorrow’ initiative to deliver unmatched retail experience to its customers in Delhi-NCR. As of now in Delhi Vodafone has 43 Company owned stores and 145 mini stores. Vodafone Global Design Store will offer an array of services through special designated zones such as 3G Zone to discover and experience mobile internet, Vodafone Red Zone; a first of its... Read More

Chethan S October 16th, 2014 3:06 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches Prepaid 2G services in Zero Point and Tenga Valley

Bharti Airtel has rolled out its 2G services on prepaid in Bomdila, Jameri, Zero Point and Tenga Valley making it the first private telecom operator to set foot in the region. Airtel Customers can now remain connected to their loved ones by recharging with packs priced as low as Rs. 10 and enjoy never before mobile services with Airtel's world class voice and data offerings. C Surendran, CEO - North Eastern... Read More

Chethan S October 2nd, 2014 5:24 PM 8 COMMENTS

BSNL Chennai Reduces Data STV Benefits, Introduces new STVs: Confidential Details Leaked Online

As part of long ongoing tariff rationalization, BSNL Chennai Telephones reduced data benefits for some data STVs along with validity reduction. Two new data STVs were introduced to probably cater to users who believe in using monthly packs. It may be noted that the STV-139 which now carry a validity of 20 days used to come with validity of 30 days once upon a time. At the same time, BSNL... Read More

Chethan S September 28th, 2014 12:10 PM 66 COMMENTS

Is Service Quality Deteriorating at Paytm? Some Customer Experiences

I have been a Paytm customer for mobile recharges and bill payments since 2011 and I never faced a time when they were slow to respond to issues. The customer support's response time was typically in minutes and a complete resolution could be expected in few hours. They even called me few times after I tweeted about my experience almost immediately and explained the situation. This was a key differentiator... Read More

Chethan S September 9th, 2014 9:26 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel India’s Opportunism: Spend on Premium SMS to protect your Privacy

Twitter was rife with tweets about an SMS that was supposedly sent by Airtel that demanded subscribers to send SMS at premium rate of Rs. 3 to remain private. The SMS read like this: It was later confirmed authentic on twitter by Airtel Presence: The Opportunistic Move Now we understand that DOT has mandated telcos to publish subscriber information online. This is okay as BSNL has been publishing telephone directories... Read More

Chethan S September 3rd, 2014 2:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Launches 3G Mobile Wi-Fi R206Z With Battery Bank

Vodafone India has introduced Vodafone R206Z, a high speed 3G Mobile Wi-Fi with Powerful 1500 mAh battery support priced at Rs 2399. The Vodafone 3G Mobile Wi-Fi R206Z will be available in 4 metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and will be launched across in a phased manner. This innovative and compact mobile Wi-Fi allows sharing of a mobile broadband connection with up to 10 users through standard Wi-Fi operation. With... Read More