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September 14th, 2015 4:13 AM 3 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular to invest Rs. 550 crores in UP circles: Kapania, Idea MD

Aditya Birla Group-owned Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom operator by subscriber base, said that it has plans to invest over Rs. 550 crores in Uttar Pradesh over the next two years to deepen its penetration and increase the Internet connectivity. Uttar Pradesh is divided into two telecom circles; UP East and UP West, and these circles have a humongous population with more than 120 million subscribers. While Idea has... Read More

September 13th, 2015 9:11 PM 8 COMMENTS

After Himachal Pradesh, Idea now adds data to old packs in Maharashtra

A few days back, we reported that Idea Cellular, the third largest operator in India by subscriber base, has added extra data in the existing packs in the Himachal Pradesh circle. Now, they have come up with the same strategy for the Maharashtra circle. The telco has made a revision to its data packs, and instead of hiking data prices like they did earlier, they have added more data into... Read More

September 13th, 2015 1:15 PM 18 COMMENTS

Following Tata Sky & Videocon, Airtel hikes DTH packs across India

If you are a subscriber of Airtel Digital TV DTH service, get ready to pay more. The company has hiked DTH monthly packs by upto 10 percent. Depending on the monthly subscription package rate, prices will increase in the range of Rs. 12-25 per month. Earlier this week, we reported that Videocon d2h and Tata Sky have hiked their DTH monthly tariffs. but it looks like every DTH operator is... Read More

September 13th, 2015 6:00 AM 5 COMMENTS

BSNL will revise STV 135 from a seconds-based pack to a minute-based pack in Kerala

To follow a uniform pattern across all its telecom circles, BSNL will implement the Voice STV 135 in per-minute billing pattern like all the other telecom circles. In June, the pack launched on all BSNL circles with per-minute billing except Kerala. Now, BSNL has decided to revise the pack to minute-based billing from the 29th of September 2015. Currently, BSNL users from Kerala are enjoying 18,000 seconds free local/STD calls... Read More

September 12th, 2015 3:27 PM 30 COMMENTS

Tata DoCoMo launches a new STV 42 calling pack in West Bengal to attract customers

Tata DoCoMo has announced that it has launched a new Standard Tariff Voucher (STV) in the West Bengal circle. The new STV is aimed at users who make frequent phone calls to connect with their close ones. The recharge voucher priced at Rs. 42 with a validity of 30 days, offers local mobiles calls to any network in the country at just 35 p/min, while calls to landlines & STD... Read More

September 12th, 2015 5:54 AM 21 COMMENTS

Idea makes STD calls cheaper in West Bengal with revised STV 29

We earlier reported that telecom operators are slashing STD call rates across the circles as TRAI, the telecom regulatory body, slashed interconnection call charges. Now, Idea Cellular has revised its STD rate-cutter plan in the West Bengal circle. Revised rate-cutter will give customers to make STD calls at lower rates than the older ones. In this revision, STV 29 has been revised slightly. It will now give STD calls at... Read More

September 11th, 2015 1:26 PM 7 COMMENTS

BSNL doubles the price of Caller ID Landline telephone instrument for new as well as existing customers across India

The state-run telecom venture BSNL has doubled the price of its Caller ID Landline telephone instrument for new landline and broadband customers who opts for the telephone instrument from the company. Earlier, the Caller ID Landline telephone instruments were available to new customers at a discounted rate of Rs. 300 per unit. As per the latest information, BSNL has already implemented this new rate, and the new price is pegged... Read More

September 10th, 2015 1:58 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL to withdraw rent-free landline connections of customers with an average monthly rental less than Rs. 500

BSNL has decided to withdraw rent-free landline connections provided to customers with an average monthly rental less than Rs. 500 across all the circles. As per the latest instructions, BSNL will convert all these rent-free connections with an average monthly rental (average of last six months) less than Rs. 500 to Sulabh Plan from the 1st of October 2015 onwards. Back in 2006, BSNL provided one rent-free landline (b-fone) connection... Read More

September 10th, 2015 11:25 AM 2 COMMENTS

Google rolls out Street View App for Android and iOS devices in India

A few days back, Google announced that Street View, one of the most popular feature of Google Maps, would be rolled out as a standalone app with additional features on Android and iOS. Initially, the app was launched in US and other European countries, but now Google has rolled out the app to India as well. The Street View app will replace the Photo Sphere Camera app for iPhones and... Read More

September 9th, 2015 9:59 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel is in exclusive talks to merge its Bangladesh operations with Robi Axiata

Bharti Airtel, the world's third largest telecom operator by subscribers, is in talks with Axiata-owned Robi to merge with its Bangladesh operations. Even After acquiring Warid's Bangladesh unit, Bharti Airtel hasn't seen much growth, even after renaming the unit and launching various customer-centric products as well as high-speed 3G network. It is still lagging behind other three operators; market leader Telenor Group-owned Grameenphone, Orascom-controlled Banglalink, and Malaysian Operator Axiata's local... Read More

September 9th, 2015 6:03 PM 10 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio will offer ‘Jionet’ high-speed internet at Tamil Nadu Investor’s Meet

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), will offer ‘Jionet’ High Speed Wi-Fi internet service at Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet (TN -GIM). The meet is supposed to be held between the 9th & the 10th September 2015 at Chennai Trade Centre in Chennai. Reliance JIO is the only operator with BWA spectrum across 22 service areas. The two-day conference will be inaugurated by Honourable... Read More

September 9th, 2015 5:42 PM 21 COMMENTS

Uninor to rebrand itself as Telenor India, wants to focus on the data part

Uninor, the Norway-based telecom operator Telenor’s Indian unit, is all set to rebrand itself as Telenor India on the 23rd of September reports Hindustan Times. Uninor’s holding company, Telewings Communications Services Pvt Ltd, which operates the Uninor brand, was recently absorbed as a 100 percent subsidiary of the Telenor Group. Telenor group is a leading telecom service provider with presence in 12 countries across Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and Asia. It... Read More

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