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Imon May 23rd, 2016 8:09 PM 133 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio quietly extends the unlimited LYF-Jio preview offer to six months, hints the commercial launch of Jio in December

Reliance Jio has secretly increased the validity of its unlimited LYF-Jio preview offer to another six months, till 7 November 2016. Earlier the benefits were promised only till August 2016. Reliance Jio started selling LYF smartphone with a huge preview offer at the beginning of the month. The scheme, available only via an invite from employees of Reliance industries and Reliance Jio having Jio SIM, entitled the user to unlimited... Read More

Imon May 22nd, 2016 6:02 AM 58 COMMENTS

Airtel launches ‘Cyber Cafe’ data packs, offering Unlimited data for 1 hour at Rs 5

After announcing extra data for night usage, telecom major Airtel has now launched 'Cyber Cafe' data pack for prepaid data customers across all circles . 'Cyber Cafe' pack is a new kind of offering from Airtel which will offer unlimited data on 2G network for 1 hour at only Rs 5. Currently Vodafone and Aircel are offering 10-20 mb 2G data at Rs 5. Half of the regular data customers of... Read More

Imon May 21st, 2016 11:58 AM 0 COMMENTS

T24 launches new STV 88 in Mumbai ; offers lower calling rates & free data

Future Group owned T24, India’s only MVNO, has now launched a new tariff voucher for its customers in Mumbai to offer calls at relatively lower charges. The new STV priced at Rs 88 will allow customers to enjoy the cheapest on-net calls to both Tata Docomo and T24 numbers. It also comes with free data benefits on 2G network. As operators have been cutting down on freebies in almost every... Read More

Imon May 18th, 2016 11:36 AM 5 COMMENTS

Vodafone India posts 10% rise in revenues in FY 16, thanks to robust data growth

Country's second largest telecom company Vodafone India today reported a 10% rise in its total revenue to Rs 46,435 crores for the fiscal ended March 31 2016, as against Rs 42,378 crore in FY15. The company's data business saw a growth of 45.2 percent in the last fiscal to Rs 8,263 crore compared to Rs 5,690 crore in FY15. EBIDTA (Earning before interest, taxes , depreciation and amortization ) for the... Read More

Imon May 17th, 2016 11:00 AM 16 COMMENTS

Airtel offering 1 GB of 4G data at only Re 1 in Rajasthan ?

Airtel is offering data at a throwaway price to users in a bid to upgrade them to its high speed 4G network. Airtel customers are getting 1 GB of 4G data at only Re 1 in Rajasthan, where the company has 4G network. It has also expanded its 4G network to many cities after the announcement of project Leap. According to some of our readers, on recharge of Re 1,... Read More

Imon May 16th, 2016 6:54 PM 29 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel’s starts offering ‘Easy SIM Swap’ through My airtel app for easy 4G upgradation

As a part to upgrade customers on 4G network ; country's largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel has now launched 'Easy SIM Swap through mobile app'. With this new feature, Bharti Airtel's both prepaid and postpaid customers across all circles can easily upgrade their SIM to 4G supported USIM through company's My Airtel app. Airtel already offers easy SIM swap through SMS which was quite easy process. But many customers reported they... Read More

Imon May 15th, 2016 4:23 PM 13 COMMENTS

WhatsApp Video Calling feature goes live on Android beta (v2.16.80)

After introducing voice calls support, a year ago WhatsApp will soon offer video call support feature which is currently been tested on its beta version of Android app. After updating the Android app to v2.16.80 ; the app remains same as earlier versions, but the tap on the call icon on the chat menu gives options to choose between a voice call and a video call. Since this is not... Read More

Imon May 14th, 2016 7:33 AM 11 COMMENTS

Idea launches MGM referral scheme to bag postpaid customers

In a move to bag premium postpaid customers, Aditya Birla group's telecom unit, Idea Cellular has launched a new MGM referral scheme in some circles for their customers. In this new scheme, Idea postpaid customers can invite their friends and family to join Idea Cellular network. If someone joins the Idea network in next 14 days through MNP, then the referrer would get billing discount of Rs 200 for next... Read More

Imon May 13th, 2016 7:56 PM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance Retail to rebrand Digital Express outlets as Reliance Jio to push LYF sales: Report

Reliance Jio, is set to get more visibility in the market ahead of its commercial launch, as the telco’s sister company, Reliance Retail, will rebrand its 1,500 small-format Reliance Digital Express and Digital Express Mini outlets as Reliance Jio, Economic Times reported. The report said that the retail push strategy comes amid slow sales of Reliance's Lyf handsets. Reliance Jio stores will be the front-end to sell both 4G connections... Read More

Imon May 9th, 2016 5:45 PM 4 COMMENTS

Telenor withdraws balance transfer services in all circles

In a recent move, Telenor's Indian unit Telenor India, has stopped offering balance transfer facility to their customer base. The move is quite unexpected as other telecom operators including Vodafone and Airtel are offering same services to their prepaid users in all the circles. Earlier, the company was offering the service to their customers in all circles where they operate—UP East, UP West, Bihar & Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Andhra... Read More

Imon May 9th, 2016 4:06 PM 11 COMMENTS

Jio’s new update fixes a range of bugs and improves stability

After offering a free SIM with unlimited access to Jio services for 90 days, now the company is pushing updates to Jio series of apps to fix various issues. Also, in some apps they have introduced new skin. With the new update, My Jio app got a new drawer logo, from which one can download or open other Jio apps with just a few taps. As there being so many Jio... Read More

Imon May 8th, 2016 1:00 PM 6 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular joins ‘Prepaid on Postpaid’ club; targets corporate postpaid customers

After Bharti Airtel's move to offer 'Prepaid on Postpaid'; Idea Cellular has now started offering the same to its corporate postpaid connections. 'Prepaid on Postpaid' is a solution that allows people who are using company based corporate connections top up their own number without any hassle. As corporate connections come with limited data or sometimes it doesn't offer any limit, which forces customers to use two SIMs or even two mobile... Read More