Vodafone is looking to revamp its customer experience in India. Vodafone is in a foray for modernising its offerings to International standards by adding a touch of convenience for its customers. Earlier we shared with you how Vodafone had become the first operator to start paperless activation for new connections on the basis of Aadhar card and now they are looking to upgrade Vodafone galleries and mini stores across the... Read More
The bidding process completed 6 rounds bringing to total up to 61 rounds. As of now 87% of the total spectrum put up for auction has been provisionally sold. At the end of round 61 there was surplus demand in 800MHz band in Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and North East circles. In 900MHz there was excess demand in West Bengal circle and in 1800MHz band there was excess demand in... Read More
Whatsapp is by far the most popular instant messaging app available in the market. With over 700 million active users, it has given a substantial hit to the SMS revenues of mobile operators. Now it has launched the much-awaited voice calling feature through its newest update, which enables the ability to make VoIP calls using cellular data or WiFi connection at no added cost. There have been other apps like... Read More
BSNL the largest PSU telecom operator has been in the news a lot lately for being in a financially unfavourable position but the government has been taking every measure to revive its operations and bring it at Par with the private operators. BSNL had recently disclosed that they will be partnering with Bharti Airtel for 2G roaming Pan India to improve network coverage footprint and also the installation of Google... Read More
Today the auction process completed 6 rounds bringing the total up to 55 rounds. The total bid amount dipped from Rs. 1,02,057 Crore yesterday to Rs. 1,01,432 Crore today. The total quantum of spectrum provisionally allocated increased to 87%. Bidding activity was observed in all 4 bands. By the end of round 55 there was no surplus demand for 2100MHz in any circle. In 1800MHz band there was excess demand... Read More
Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea cellular and Aircel have reportedly sent an application to Telecom regulatory authority of India for reconsidering its proposal to reduce the ceiling tariffs for voice calls and SMS in roaming which are applicable in the absence of any roaming tariff voucher. Earlier we had reported how TRAI had proposed to reduce these tariffs . If the new guidelines are passed outgoing local... Read More
Telecom minister Ravishankar Prasad has refuted all rumours that have been going rife about the possibility of shutting down of public sector unit MTNL. Earlier we reported how talks about shut down of 5 PSUs were rampant out of which we only knew for sure about 3 units of HMT which is a watch manufacturing company as Heavy Industries minister Anant Geete had disclosed during the questioning hour. The identities... Read More
Airtel the leading GSM operator by subscriber base has come up with a solution to resolve the spectrum crunch issue plaguing the telecom industry today. Airtel had won technologically neutral spectrum in the 900MHz band in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata last year. This spectrum could be used to offer any service including 2G voice, 3G voice and data or 4G LTE. Airtel has decided to use this spectrum to offer... Read More
Today the auction process completed 6 rounds of bidding, bringing the total up to 49 rounds with the total bid amount reaching 102,000 Crore. At the end of round 39 in the 2100MHz band, there was surplus demand in Assam, North East, Rajasthan and UP west circles. In the 1800MHz band, there was surplus demand in Haryana and Kolkata circles. In the 900MHz band, there was excess demand in North... Read More
Tata Sky subscribers across the country had been facing loss of signal since 5PM. Most of the channels were appearing blank with ‘No signal’ message displaying. Channel number 100 shows a message “Dear customer we are upgrading to serve you better. If you are unable to view channels send NS to 56633 from your RMN and we will call back”. It seems Tata is upgrading its Satellite used for transmitting... Read More
The bidding process completed 6 rounds bringing the total up to 43 rounds. The total bid amount crossed 96,000 Crore and it is likely that tomorrow it may cross the 1 lac crore mark. In the 2100MHz band there was a demand for one block each in Rajasthan and Assam circles. In the 1800MHz band there was surplus demand in Kolkata and Haryana circles. In 900MHz band there was excess... Read More
Day 6 of the spectrum auction ended with 6 rounds of bidding, bringing the total number of rounds up to 37. Though the provisional winning bid amount per block went up, the demand for blocks at the increased price was lower. As a result for the first time there was a dip in the profits for the government which fell by 2000 crores from 94,000 crore at the end of... Read More
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