Matrix Cellular is all set to bring cheers to International roamers with its never before prices for people travelling to the UK and USA. The new plan is an unmatched and Telecom Industry’s first of its kind product. Matrix in partnership with T-mobile in UK and AT&T in USA aims to attract a major portion of the Indian tourist travelling to the UK and USA. Under this plan, customers can... Read More
Aircel has introduced special mobile handset plan on the occasion of Independence Day. Signifying the date of Independence Day (15-08 i.e 15th August), Aircel is offering Plan 1508 with combined benefits of a GPRS dual SIM phone along with voice, text and data services. To be available in the market from August 14, 2012, Plan 1508 will require the customer to pay just Rs. 1508 to get Alcatel OT 318... Read More
Last week we shared about the step taken by MTS India, which restricts HSD/EVDO on OMH RUIM users who are using non-MTS data enabled phones. Subscribers who are enjoying 3X/HSD data are suddenly facing restriction to access HSD network without any prior notice and many of them are in the middle of the validity of the data pack. When contacted to MTS Care, the subscribers are informed that to use... Read More
After announcing its decision to prioritize investments and expansion in eight circles including Kolkata and West Bengal Uninor has now announced that it will add an additional 150 new network sites within the coming months in Kolkata and West Bengal. The company has already added a similar number of additional sites in the last three months across the state. Uninor has also emerged as the highest subscriber gainer in Kolkata... Read More
Indian internet users get a relief on website ban as Airtel has been asked to pay Vinay B a resident of Shimoga Rs 20,000 by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum for ‘deficiency in Internet service’ thereby causing mental agony to the complainant. Airtel had provided deficient service by blocking the websites illegally while justifying their actions through misinterpretation of the court order. “By misinterpreting the Madras High Court order,... Read More
Airtel today announced that it has crossed the 200 million customer mark in India. The 200 million customer mark in India includes Bharti Airtel customers across categories of 2G, 3G and 4G mobile; fixed line and DSL broadband, IPTV and DTH services. Since the launch of its operations in 1995, Bharti Airtel has been at the forefront of India’s telecom growth story. It has been a pioneer both in terms... Read More
A major blow comes to CDMA users in India as India’s pure play CDMA operator MTS India who always prioritizes data over voice has gone in a wrong way – they started deactivating EVDO services on OMH RUIM card users (those are not using MTS Smartphones) without any prior notice, as subscribers at Kolkata, West Bengal and some other certain cirlces complain. Back in September, 2011 MTS had launched data... Read More
Bad news for frequent travelers who are on Tata's GSM or CDMA mobile services. Tata Docomo has decided NOT to extend its most popular Roaming Vouchers STV 47 / RC 46 which provides free incoming calls to its prepaid customers (GSM and CDMA) while on National Roaming. As shared on May 9th, 2012, Tata Docomo was the second GSM operator after BSNL to offer its FREE Incoming calls facility while... Read More
Value Added Services aka services other than voice services are a huge market potential for all mobile operators. This time we got lucky to get a chance to have a Q-A session with Sukesh Jain, Head, VAS & Content, Bharti Airtel - India's largest mobile operator. He discussed the focus of Airtel on VAS, its pricing, 3G VAS, m-Commerce and other related stuffs and gave his thoughtful comments. TT: Earlier... Read More
Airtel today announced the launch of its new innovative 60 days 60 deals offer for customers buying Airtel prepaid mobile connections during August 2012. With this limited period offer, prepaid mobile customers joining Airtel network in the month of August 2012 will enjoy back-to-back excitement with a fresh daily deal for a period of 60 days. The deals offered as part of this scheme will span across services including SMS,... Read More
From our readers’ response we find that many are using BSNL EVDO as the cheapest wireless broadband with true unlimited plans. But even if it is cheapest wireless broadband service, many people are not using BSNL EVDO, rather opt for 3G or EVDO services from private operators. EVDO Rev A, as mostly deployed in India by Reliance, Tata, MTS and BSNL is a CDMA technology and capable of offering upto... Read More
The Indian consumer fixed services market is on pace to reach Rs 240 billion (Rs 24,000 crore) in 2012, a 2 percent increase from 2011 revenue of Rs 235 billion, according to a study by global research and analyst firm Gartner Inc. The consumer fixed services market includes consumer voice service revenue, consumer broadband access revenue and consumer internet access revenue. Consumer fixed voice revenue is forecast to reach Rs... Read More
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