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About the author: Chhavi is a social media enthusiast and telecom technologies admirer. Based out of New Delhi, she is a corporate communication and marketing professional by day and writer by night. If she is not busy with Telecom, you can find her reading management books.

Chhavi July 23rd, 2013 1:29 PM 39 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Users can Now Earn a Free Talktime Using GET (Get Easy Talktime) Services

We usually get annoyed by the advertisements when they suddenly pop up on our page or in between our favorite videos. However, when you get a free talktime in return for watching those ads, you would certainly not give them a miss. Tata Docomo has introduced a service – Get Easy Talktime (GET) that let users earn a free minute of local/national talktime for watching an advertisement on their mobile... Read More

Chhavi July 22nd, 2013 3:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Introduces Special Offers for Ramzan

Airtel today announced the launch of exciting products for the Holy season of Ramzan. Airtel prepaid customers across West Bengal will now be able to use their mobile phones to listen to holy recitals of Namaz, Naad, Hidayat and much more and experience LIVE Namaz from the shrineat Mecca by just dialing 552786 on a one time activation charge of Rs.5 which will be chargeable at Rs.3 per day thereafter.... Read More

Chhavi July 22nd, 2013 3:05 PM 12 COMMENTS

Idea Woos College Students with its ‘Campus Card’

After Vodafone and Aircel, it is now Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd largest telecom service provider that pleases young audience with its discounted voice and data plans. The company has today launched a new ‘Campus Card’ catering to the needs of college students in Delhi & NCR. Idea Campus Card is available for Rs 79 and carries a talk time of Rs 30 that will offer benefits of 400 MB data... Read More

Chhavi July 20th, 2013 10:13 AM 28 COMMENTS

Airtel added maximum GSM Subscribers in June 2013, followed by Idea Cellular

According to the recent report by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Bharti Airtel gained maximum number of GSM subscribers in June 2013 followed by Idea and Vodafone. The total number of GSM Subs as of June 2013 stands at 671.13 million with 3.57 million new additions in the month of June. Among all, the state-owned MTNL is the only GSM player to lose 0.09 million subscribers in June. Bharti Airtel,... Read More

Chhavi July 19th, 2013 4:01 PM 10 COMMENTS

Aircel Launches a Special Discounted Plan for College Students in Delhi

It seems telecom operators are leaving no stone unturned these days to woo the young audiences with their discounted voice and data plans. Aircel, for instance, today launched a product for the college students in Delhi called ‘Fuccha Pack’ aimed at benefiting students with discounted voice calls, data and text services. The ‘Fuccha Pack’ is available at a First Recharge of Rs 149 that will offer benefits of 333 local/STD minutes... Read More

Chhavi July 19th, 2013 9:58 AM 220 COMMENTS

Airtel Slashes 3G Data Rates ; Offers 1 GB 3G Data for Rs.124

Just a day after Reliance reduced its 3G data rates for prepaid and postpaid customers, Bharti Airtel seem to have followed suit by slashing its 3G rates, thus bringing it on a par with 2G data tariffs. Under the new 3G plan by airtel, users can enjoy 1 GB 3G data at Rs.124 for 1 month. Although the plan has not been officially revealed by operator yet, it is expected... Read More

Chhavi July 19th, 2013 2:33 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel Completes 9 Years of its Hello Tune Service

Introduced by Airtel in India, the popular Hello tune services complete 9 years of their presence in the country. Over the years they have become more personalized and successfully acquired 50 million users in the Indian market thereby registering 20% growth year on year. The service behind the popular Hello Tunes is the Caller ring back tone service (CRBT), first deployed by South Korean Telecom, which made a use of... Read More

Chhavi July 16th, 2013 4:08 PM 11 COMMENTS

Blackberry Launches New Q5 in India for Rs.24,990; to be available in all stores from July 20th

Blackberry today announced the much awaited and the third Blackberry 10 smartphone, the Blackberry Q5 in India. Flaunting a youthful design, the new Q5 features a classic QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1” touchscreen with a swipe based UI. Powered by Dual core 1.2 GHz Processor, the phone comes with a 2 GB RAM, 8 GB internal storage and a 32 GB micro SD slot. The Q5 is packed with 5... Read More

Chhavi July 14th, 2013 12:11 PM 2 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: Airtel Pushes its 4G Uptake, MTN – Reliance Tie Up Talks put on Hold

Airtel Pushes its 4G Uptake; Offers Free 4G Dongles In order to boost its 4G uptake in the country, Bharti Airtel has started offering free 4G dongles under its new ‘breakfree’ plans (reported by Light Reading). The offer is announced to push the uptake of 4G in its licensed circles and maintain a strong 4G subscriber base prior to the roll-outs from pan-India BWA license holder Reliance Jio infocomm. Airtel is... Read More

Chhavi July 7th, 2013 10:40 AM 2 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: Telecom Sector in India gets 100% FDI nod, 2.03 million requests have been made for MNP: TRAI

Telecom Sector in India gets 100% FDI nod Indian Telecom sector recently got an approval by Inter-ministerial body Telecom Commission for raising foreign direct investment (FDI) limit in the sector from 74 per cent to 100 per cent. As per the Telecom Commission, 49 per cent of investment in an entity can be done through automatic route and the rest is subjected to the approval by FIPB. “The decision will... Read More

Chhavi June 30th, 2013 11:23 AM 4 COMMENTS

Weekly Telecom Bytes: APAC region to reach 1.9 billion unique mobile subscribers, IDEA Cellular rolls out Choice Recharge

Bharti Airtel Misses out on License to run telecom Service in Myanmar In a recent development to the allotment of Myanmar telecom License, Bharti Airtel, India’s India's biggest mobile phone company lost the race to Norwegian firm Telenor and Qatar Telecommunications. The government of Myanmar received application from 91 entities for two telecom license out of which 12 including Vodafone, SingTel, Telecom-Orange and Marubeni Corporation were shortlisted. Telenor and Qatar... Read More

Chhavi June 28th, 2013 10:26 AM 18 COMMENTS

39 Internet Sites Hosting Obscene Content to be blocked: DoT

According to the orders by Department of Telecommunications, Internet service providers have been asked to block 39 websites immediately that host and allow users to share obscene content. In April 2013, court issued notices to ministries of Information and Technology, Information and Broadcasting and Home Affairs, and Internet Service Providers seeking to bring an anti-pornography law in the wake of a petition filed by Indore-based Advocate. The petition said that that... Read More