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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.

Esmail July 4th, 2016 1:02 PM 5 COMMENTS

Panasonic launches ELUGA Note with 4G VoLTE Connectivity and 3000mAH battery priced at Rs.13,290

Panasonic today unveiled its new Phablet - ELUGA NOTE, available at a best buy price of Rs.13,290. It comes with a 13.97 cm (5.5) Full HD IPS display with bright and low power consuming LTPS (Low Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon) display. ELUGA NOTE sports a 16 MP rear camera featuring F1.9 aperture for better low light photography & 6P Lens for ultra-fast auto focus. The Front 5MP camera features gesture based selfie... Read More

Esmail July 2nd, 2016 12:28 PM 30 COMMENTS

TRAI launches its own speedtest app to keep a track of data services provided by telcos

Telecom regulatory authority of India has launched its own speedtest app for android phones to keep a track of which operators are adhering to the guidelines of minimum data speeds laid down by TRAI. After the tightening of regulatory norms on quality of voice networks through drive tests and call drop monitoring this is the next step taken by the regulator to ensure the quality of data networks is also... Read More

Esmail June 29th, 2016 8:18 PM 348 COMMENTS

Rcom 4G services to go live at 9.30am tomorrow ?

Reliance communications the 4th largest operator by subscriber base is all set to launch its 4G data services across the country. The operator has updated its website with a countdown timer which suggests that the 4G services will go live at 9.30 Am tomorrow 30th June. Rcom has in the first phase only targeted its 5 million CDMA and EvDO subscribers who will be the first ones to get a... Read More

Esmail June 26th, 2016 2:46 PM 12 COMMENTS

We’ve updated our Pan India spectrum holding chart till June 2016

So for the benefit of the new readers who have just recently joined the TT family I'd like to give a brief introduction to the spectrum chart. Couple of years back one of our authors Tharun George put in his efforts to compile a visually lucid chart with all the details of the spectrum held by various operators across 6 bands in 22 circles. This chart is of great use... Read More

Esmail June 22nd, 2016 10:50 AM 4 COMMENTS

TataSky reshuffles all channel numbers on its platform

TataSky the DTH operator with a subscriber base of over 17 million has reshuffled all its existing channel location numbers. The operator undertook this activity in 4 phases over a period of 10 days beginning 28th June and ending on 8th July. With this shuffling TataSky has retained all national channels in the sub 999 number range and all regional language channels have been migrated to the above 1000 number... Read More

Esmail June 18th, 2016 6:46 PM 183 COMMENTS

Exclusive pre launch sneak peek of Jio’s tentative tariff plans

Jio's 4G commercial launch may still be a few months away, but what everyone is eagerly waiting for is what tariff Jio will offer. There were even rumours that Jio may offer data tariff as low as Rs 20/GB or at least Rs 50/GB. We have looked into the sample tariff structure available in My Jio App which currently only lists the special tariff pack details without mentioning the price denominations which will only... Read More

Esmail June 14th, 2016 4:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Data revenue for Indian telcos may grow to Rs 95,500 cr over next 5 years: ICRA

The data revenues for the Indian telcos are likely to grow to Rs 95,500 crore at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 21% over the next 5 years, according to ICRA, which also said that data revenues are expected to contribute 34% to the total mobile service revenues from the current levels of around 20%. “Over the last 5 years, data revenues for the ICRA Sample of telcos traced... Read More

Esmail June 11th, 2016 12:57 PM 6 COMMENTS

Telcos to install 60,000 new BTS with Rs 12,000 crore investment in 100 days to tackle call drops

The Indian telecom service providers will install 60,000 base transceiver stations (BTS) with an investment of around Rs 12,000 crore in the next three months to improve networks which should help check the call drop issue in the country. This was the outcome of the high profile meeting of the Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak with the CEOs of Indian telcos, who presented a 100-day action plan to the government on... Read More

Esmail May 28th, 2016 5:33 PM 396 COMMENTS

Rcom officially announces May 31st as the last day of CDMA services in phase 1 circles

Reliance communications the 4th largest operator by subscriber base which is in the process of launching its 4G LTE services in India has finally made an official announcement through its instacare app that it will be completely shutting down its CDMA services in the phase 1 circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, UP East, UP West and Madhya Pradesh, putting to rest the speculations that CDMA services... Read More

Esmail May 28th, 2016 12:59 PM 1 COMMENTS

India Virtual Reality Headset market shipments value reaches $3.4 million in Q1: 6Wresearch

India Virtual Reality Headset market shipments value reached over $3.4 million in first quarter of the calendar year 2016 with ANTVR and DOMO capturing 85% share in the market, according to a report by 6Wresearch. The report said that the advancement in computer technology and internet connectivity coupled with increasing investments in virtual reality technology and growing application segments across the Media & Entertainment industry have fuelled the growth of... Read More

Esmail May 19th, 2016 12:02 AM 370 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Hands on with Reliance Wi-Pod 4G LTE -first impressions

Around a month back we had reported how Reliance communications had listed its very first 4G LTE Wi-Pod device on its e-store and was accepting pre orders for the same with shipping promised from 25th May. We have managed to get the device early and decided to share a hands on experience and initial glimpses of the device and its user interface with our readers. So the pic above shows the... Read More

Esmail May 11th, 2016 10:31 PM 39 COMMENTS

Vodafone to soon extend 4G service to Gujarat, Haryana, UP East and West Bengal circles

Vodafone the 2nd largest operator in India by subscriber base and the largest 4G operator worldwide has today announced the intent to launch 4G services to 4 new circles under phase 2. The operator currently has services in 5 circles of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Kerala, Karnataka and will now extend the list with Gujarat, Haryana, UP East and West Bengal circles, taking the list up to 9 circles. The 9... Read More