About the author: Esmail is our very own in-house spectrum specialist. He is passionate about Telecom, DTH and OTT video streaming apps. When not writing an article, you can find him binge watching shows on Netflix while sipping on a cup of coffee.

March 19th, 2015 4:15 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL to set up WiFi hotspot services at 10 national monuments

BSNL the broadband backbone of India will soon be setting up WiFi hotspot service at some of the famous historical monuments across India. Every year lacs of tourists visit India to experience its cultural diversity and historic monuments. Most of the tourists do not possess a local mobile sim card and thus do not have access to the internet and are deprived of basic connectivity. In an effort to resolve... Read More

March 19th, 2015 12:14 AM 10 COMMENTS

Day 13 summary- Total bid amount reaches 1.08 Lakh Crore, 800MHz demand still strong

Today the auction process completed 6 rounds of bidding, bringing the total up to 80 rounds since the start of the auction on 4th March. Today there was no bidding activity in 2100MHz and 900MHz bands. Six circles in 800 MHz and two circles in 1800 Mhz witnessed bidding. The circles include Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and North East in 800 Mhz while Himachal and Kerala saw... Read More

March 18th, 2015 6:52 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel revamps ‘My Airtel’ app interface for Android, adds coupons for recharges

Bharti Airtel base has rebuilt it's ‘My Airtel’ self-care app from the ground up. The newly designed app has many new features added like ‘Airtel Surprises’ which offers free coupons on all first recharges equivalent to the denomination of the recharge. The coupons are launched in partnership with Mydala and partnership with popular brands like PVR Cinemas, Café Coffee Day, Flipkart. amazon, Ebay, Myntra, among others. The app interface has... Read More

March 18th, 2015 4:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel partners with Orange to offer video conferencing solution for enterprise segment

The business arm of Bharti Airtel has partnered with France-based Orange business services to offer end to end seamless video conferencing solution to its enterprise segment clientele. There are many free web-based video calling and conferencing solutions like skype available serving the same requirement but they are not as secure and businesses prefer a private solution over a public one. Orange Business Services is present in Europe, Middle East and... Read More

March 17th, 2015 2:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

Uninor reduces validity of Rs.42 2G data voucher in Gujarat circle

Uninor the regional operator with operations in 6 circles has reduced the validity of Rs.42 data voucher offering 250MB 2G data and unlimited WA/FB in Gujarat circle from 28 days to 21 days. This implies a 25% reduction in validity keeping the denomination and data quota constant. Uninor also offers a Rs.63 voucher with the higher 28-day validity which gives 500MB 2G data with unlimited WA/FB. The change in validity... Read More

March 17th, 2015 9:54 AM 0 COMMENTS

Day 11 summary: Total bid amount increases to Rs. 1,03,046 crore no fresh demand for 2100MHz, excess demand in H.P and Kerala

The spectrum auction completed 6 rounds bringing the total to 67 rounds of bidding completed till date since the start of the auctions. The total bid amount increased from 1,02,215 crore to 1,03,046 crore. There was no fresh demand for spectrum in 2100MHz bands in any of the 17 circles. At the end of round 67 In the 1800MHz band there was excess demand in Himachal Pradesh and Kerala circle.... Read More

March 16th, 2015 2:59 PM 29 COMMENTS

Tata Sky to add 20 new channels including HD shortly

Tata Sky the leading DTH operator has announced that it will be adding 20 new channels to its offering shortly, these will include both SD as well as HD channels. As we had reported earlier Tata Sky had been upgrading its transmission standards in a shift from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 in a phased manner. The current upgradation has affected 17,000 out of its 1 crore subscribers across India with many... Read More

March 16th, 2015 1:00 PM 46 COMMENTS

Exclusive : Airtel Platinum 3G hands on review in Mumbai circle

As we reported previously, Airtel has launched 3G services on 900MHz in Mumbai circle which they have termed as Platinum 3G and claim that it has 30% better indoor coverage and is 34% faster than traditional 3G on 2100MHz band. Also Airtel claims that videos stream 25% faster and battery on platinum 3G lasts 16% longer than on traditional 3G. We decided to put Platinum 3G through our litmus test... Read More

March 16th, 2015 12:01 AM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone asks for more time to stop using 111 as customer care number

Telecom regulatory authority of India had asked Vodafone to stop using the 111 number for its customer care services. TRAI had notified Vodafone on 2nd March and asked it to file the compliance report by 10th March. Vodafone had responded saying they had been using the number for customer service since years and now couldn’t suddenly stop using it in a span of 10 to 12 days citing the inconvenience... Read More

March 15th, 2015 10:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bowers & Wilkins launches 3 new premium products in Indian market

Bowers & Wilkins one of the top names in premium sound and stereo products, today announced the launch of 3 new products in India. These new products include B&W T7, B&W P5 Series 2 & B&W C5 Series 2. These new products are aimed at giving a new experience of audio entertainment to the users. B&W products are tailored for the true connoisseurs of music who cannot compromise on quality... Read More

March 15th, 2015 10:10 PM 2 COMMENTS

Reliance retail to launch e-commerce website by April/May

Reliance retail the subsidiary of Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance industries is all set to launch its e-commerce website for online shopping and all India delivery by April end or early May. The company is hiring employees for the launch of services, 2000 new employees have been hired for the e-commerce store and around another 8000 for the delivery and logistics chain. Reliance is looking at replicating the business model of... Read More

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