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August 1st, 2016 6:29 PM 52 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Jio soon to allow high-value postpaid users to pick unique number of choice

Reliance Jio, the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, will soon launch 'Choose Your Own Number' service for potential postpaid customers that will allow them to avail special mobile number of their choice, in a bid to attract high value customers. Currently, Jio has just over 1.5 million subscribers on its network, and it will be in a position to allow users can unique numbers, which otherwise hard to get from other... Read More

August 1st, 2016 9:49 AM 17 COMMENTS

TRAI releases telecom subscription data for May 2016- subscriber base declined by 1.26 million

Telecom regulatory authority of India has revealed the subscription data for the month of May 2016. As per the report, the telecom subscriber base declined by 1.26 million in May to 1,058.03 million after Videocon shut its wireless operations across six circles and Reliance Communications disconnected CDMA customers who have not upgraded to 4G. In May, both wireless & wireline customer base saw a decline. Wireless customer base fell from... Read More

July 31st, 2016 9:51 AM 7 COMMENTS

ACT FiberNet launches 3 new high capacity broadband plans in Delhi

ACT FiberNet which launched their FTTH broadband in Delhi last week, has now introduced new broadband plans for small enterprise or home offices under SOHO category. The popular ISP which is famous for great data speeds in southern India is already offering similar broadband packages under the same category. For Delhi, the ISP is offering three plans namely Remarkable, Exceptional & Phenomenal. ACT Remarkable plan comes with 100 Mbps speed... Read More

July 31st, 2016 12:10 AM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL to soon launch two retailer oriented apps for channel partners: Report

Few days back, we had reported that Airtel had updated their partner app 'Mitra' to digitize the way retailers currently offer telecom services to consumers. Now, this time, a report by KeralaTelecom shows that state-run telecom operator BSNL is also working on digital apps to offer services through a digital process to ease the process by which BSNL partners are connected with them. For this, BSNL is working on two... Read More

July 30th, 2016 2:33 PM 33 COMMENTS

OnePlus to push OTA update to enable Jio VoLTE on older devices

Popular Chinese smartphone brand, OnePlus which became popular for their value for money 'Flagship Killer' phones seems to be working to offer an OTA update to enable VoLTE feature for older devices. The maker of OnePlus One, Two & X models is already offering VoLTE ready OnePlus 3 device. Though its older devices aren’t VoLTE ready, they are powered by Snapdragon 8xx series processors which are capable of handling VoLTE... Read More

July 30th, 2016 11:22 AM 53 COMMENTS

Airtel starts deploying 4G on band 40 in circles where it bought spectrum from Aircel

Ahead of Reliance Jio's 4G launch; India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel is now all set to launch their 4G network on Band 40 across 8 telecom circles for which they brought spectrum from Aircel at around Rs 3500 crore. According to our readers, Airtel has already started distributing 4G SIM cards in four circles including Rest of West Bengal, Bihar, J&K and Assam. In the remaining four circles namely... Read More

July 30th, 2016 9:02 AM 35 COMMENTS

Vodafone may soon cross the 200 Million subscribers mark in India

Vodafone India, the country's second-largest telecom operator, is just a step away from crossing the 200 million subscribers mark. As per the latest COAI subscriber report, the British telecom giant’s local unit had 199.38 million subscribers as of June. If it crosses the subscriber count, it would be the second operator in India to touch the milestone after market leader Bharti Airtel crossed the figure in Feb 2014. The company... Read More

July 29th, 2016 8:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL makes data roaming free for postpaid users who are using data bundled voice plans

The state-run telecom operator BSNL now has decided to extend the 2G/3G data offer of their postpaid users to be valid during national roaming. Earlier, BSNL postpaid mobile customers were not allowed to use their voice plan bundled free 3G/2G Data outside home circle or LSA (licensed service area). The new offer means that the postpaid customers can now enjoy Roam-like-Home (RLH) facility for data usages under bundled plan across... Read More

July 29th, 2016 11:02 AM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches Live chat feature for My Vodafone self-care app

In an attempt to improve customer service & satisfaction, Vodafone India has now updated their self-care app 'My Vodafone' with 'Live Chat' support. The company which is the second largest telecom operator in India by subscriber base, had taken several steps in last few months to improve the way the customers manage their Vodafone accounts. The latest update has added the much needed feature to live chat with customer care... Read More

July 28th, 2016 11:25 PM 75 COMMENTS

Reliance Retail introduces fresh price cut for LYF brand phones ahead of JIO commercial launch

Few weeks after slashing LYF device rates, Reliance Retail has now introduced a fresh round of price cuts for its popular LYF devices LYF Flame 1, Wind 5 & Water 7. LYF Flame 1 which was launched at Rs 5499, was available for Rs 4999 after the last price cut in 1st week of July; will now be available for only Rs 4399 after the current price cut of Rs 600.... Read More

July 28th, 2016 5:11 PM 11 COMMENTS

After revising data tariffs, Idea Cellular revises STV packs with extra validity in Kerala

After revising the data packs, Idea Cellular now has revised voice rate cutters or STV for Kerala circle. With the new tariff revision, Idea Cellular has revised its Idea to Idea Voice Special Tariff Voucher. The validity of existing STVs has been increased, and new STVs with increased benefits are being introduced. This revision has come at a time when the operator is trying to counter Jio which is already... Read More

July 28th, 2016 12:03 PM 13 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Q1 net profit plunges 31%

Bharti Airtel reported 31% on-year decline in its first-quarter net profit at Rs 1,462 crore from Rs 2,113 crore a year ago, due to higher capex costs, higher interest costs and a forex loss. The net profit however increased sequentially from Rs 1,320 crore in the January-March quarter. Revenue at India's No. 1 telecom carrier rose 7.9% to Rs 25,572.9 crore from Rs 23,680.8 crore in the year-ago period. The... Read More

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