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About the author: Having over six years of experience in business journalism, Krishna has a knack for writing on telecom and IT. She believes that tryst with technology is the best thing that has ever happened to mankind. Krishna is a telecom analyst

December 4th, 2015 2:19 PM 6 COMMENTS

Idea brings 3G services on 900 MHz band to Delhi with ‘DelhiNahiRukegi’ campaign

Country’s third largest telecom operator Idea Cellular today announced the commercial launch of 3G services Delhi, with a brand campaign DelhiNahiRukegi that has been built around 900 MHz network comprising 2,500 3G cell sites. The company has built the data network of 2,500 3G cell sites and 5,000 2G cell sites. Ambrish Jain, Deputy Managing Director, Idea Cellular, said, “Over the last two years, Idea has invested heavily in acquiring... Read More

December 4th, 2015 12:13 PM 3 COMMENTS

Facebook, most popular app in India followed by WhatsApp, UC Browser: Quettra Report

Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook is the most popular app in India, while WhatsApp ranks second, according to a report released by ‘The Information’ based on data provided by Quettra. UC Browser has grabbed the third position in the Quettra report. ` The report, titled ‘What Makes Indians Tick’, gauges India’s mobile app market and has ranked apps based in terms of total monthly hours spent. Android owners in India and the... Read More

December 3rd, 2015 9:34 PM 5 COMMENTS

TRAI weighs options for increased private involvement in BharatNet, but are the telcos ready?

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is weighing ways to increase the involvement of private players in BharatNet, or the National Optic Fibre Project, which has been designed to provide broadband to every nook and corner of the country. Going by media report, the telecom regulator is likely to submit its recommendations to the government by the month-end for implementing the project with a greater private partnership. But the... Read More

December 3rd, 2015 6:08 PM 1 COMMENTS

Idea lends helping hand for Chennai customers

Country’s third-largest telecom operator Idea Cellular has started crediting 10 local mobile minutes and 50 MB of 2G data in the prepaid accounts of 19.5 lakh customers in Chennai. The company also said that some of its services were disrupted due to the incessant rain over the last few weeks. “The telecom infrastructure in the region has also witnessed disruption. Idea Cellular has been working 24x7 to ensure customers can... Read More

December 3rd, 2015 3:35 PM 3 COMMENTS

Telenor marks sixth anniversary with modernization of 2,500 sites

As part of its network modernization drive, Telenor India, which has over 48 million subscribers in six circles in the country, today announced modernization of its 2,500 sites. The company today has also completed six years of operations in the country. Telenor’s new network is being executed and managed by Huawei India and the new equipment will increase spectral efficiency by 15% and improve in-door coverage by 15-20%, the company... Read More

December 3rd, 2015 12:08 AM 13 COMMENTS

Chennai rains put life out of gear; cripple telecom services

The heavy downpour in Chennai has disrupted essential services, including telecom, in the city. Complaints about network congestion were reported from some parts of the city. Talking about BSNL services, telecom minister has said that the state-run firm is doing its job and wherever there is a problem it is trying to resolve the services at the earliest. Vodafone India said in a statement: “The incessant rains, unprecedented floods and... Read More

December 2nd, 2015 9:23 PM 25 COMMENTS

No charges on BSNL bills for one week in flood-hit Chennai

State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is offering free of cost services to its landline and broadband Chennai customers for a period of seven days. For landline and broadband customers, voice calls will be free on BSNLto-BSNL network or for calling on some other telcos’ network. The customers can also avail 100MB free data with effect from December 3, for a period of seven days. While, all local... Read More

December 2nd, 2015 6:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Hike Messenger hits record; Users exchange over 30 billion messages per month

Local messaging app hike messenger has said that its users are exchanging over one billion messages per day, amounting to 30 billion messages per month. With this, the number has grown by 50% in a span of three months, as in August the company reported that about 20 billion messages were exchanged per month. The upsurge is driven by the latest version of hike, hike 4.0, which is bundled with... Read More

December 2nd, 2015 6:14 PM 21 COMMENTS

After Airtel, Vodafone turns ‘Good Samaritan’ for Chennai floods

Vodafone India, India’s second-largest telecom company, has launched a pre-approved ‘chhota credit’ of Rs 10 to all pre-paid customers in a bid to ensure smooth communication in flood-hit Chennai. The company would also provide a credit of 10 minutes for Vodafone to Vodafone calling. In addition, free 100MB mobile data is being offered to all customers with data enabled handsets. The validity of the talk time credit and free data... Read More

December 2nd, 2015 4:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

Rather than paying compensation to customers, money should be utilized to invest in networks: COAI

Hoping that there could be an overturn of ‘call drop compensation’ order, Rajan Mathews, Director General, COAI, has said that rather than paying any compensation to consumers, the same money could be utilized for investment in networks.   The head of the GSM lobby group also said that there has been a lot of improvement in call drops problems and now with more towers coming in on government properties, there... Read More

December 2nd, 2015 12:40 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel announces free talk-time credit service for rain-ravaged Chennai

In order to facilitate communication with people living in rain-ravaged Chennai, Bharti Airtel has announced free of cost credit service for all its prepaid customers. The company has launched an auto approval of ‘Talk Time’ credit up to Rs 30 for its prepaid mobile customers and free of cost credit of 10 minutes of Airtel-to-Airtel calling with a validity of two days. Besides, there would be free of cost credit... Read More

November 30th, 2015 6:39 PM 36 COMMENTS

We don’t spend sleepless nights over competitors, but over customers: Airtel’s Gopal Vittal

Talking about its formidable rival Reliance Jio, Gopal Vittal, CEO & MD, Bharti Airtel, today said that the every competitor is a challenge, but the company is more focused towards serving its customers better. “We don’t spend sleepless nights over competitors; we spend sleepless nights over customers. So our obsession is how we serve our customers better, if we become obsessive about competitors, we will become reactive, defensive...but we want... Read More

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