Bharti Airtel is all set for a battle against 4G newcomer Reliance Jio Infocomm on the voice over LTE (VoLTE) front with a possible nationwide launch within this calendar year. The leading carrier has awarded a nationwide VoLTE contract worth $60 million to Finnish gear maker Nokia to counter Reliance … Read More
The launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G data and VoLTE voice services has led to a significant surge in demand for smartphones compatible with the voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) technology. Reliance Jio, which launched commercial services on September 5, is offering free voice and capped data services to its customers in the country. … Read More
State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is set to reduce its total workforce by 7% to 1,96,162 by April 30, 2017, from the current employee-base of 2,09,996 in 2016-17, the telco, in a response to an application filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005 by the Economic … Read More
India’s telecom industry will have nearly 1 billion unique mobile subscribers by 2020 up from 616 million such users in June 2016, even as the number of 4G connections will touch 280 million by 2020 from just three million at the end of 2015, global industry body GSMA said in … Read More
Reliance Jio Infocomm is most likely to extend the validity of free ‘Welcome Offer’ to March end 2017, as it wants to aggressively meet 100 million subscriber target. Motilal Oswal analysts, in a note, said, “Mass scale free welcome offer could continue until March 2017 to attract subscriber growth towards … Read More
Airtel today announced the launch of its 4G services in Vadodara and Anand. Customer will be able to access 4G across a range of smart devices including mobile phones, 4G MiFi and dongles with value-for-money pre-paid and post-paid plans. Airtel 4G in Gujarat has been rolled out using spectrum band … Read More
The Indian government has urged Chinese companies to take advantage of the new investment and manufacturing opportunities in India, policy certainties and increased ease of business, and said that these companies should not only look at India as a market destination for their products, rather look at partnering closely in … Read More
Ericsson, the Swedish telecom gear maker, posted 28% decline in its India revenues for the third quarter of 2016 at SEK 2.59 billion or $292 million or Rs 1,890 crore, due to delayed spectrum auctions which have delayed telecom operators’ investments for several quarters, the company said. The company had … Read More
Vodafone India, has announced Free Incoming calls while roaming nationally for ALL its customers. Starting this Diwali, all Vodafone India customers, travelling anywhere in the country, can continue to talk worry free without having to cut short their conversations. Speaking on this new initiative, Sandeep Kataria, Director – Commercial, Vodafone … Read More
Airtel has started offering its 4G services in Bhopal, Raisen and Vidisha. Airtel has deployed state-of-the-art FD LTE technology in the 1800 Mhz band to roll out 4G services across Madhya Pradesh. Also, in an industry first, 4G services in Madhya Pradesh have been rolled out using 10 Mhz of … Read More
Airtel today announced an exciting data offer for all customers purchasing a new 4G mobile handset. Airtel is offering 10 GB 4G/3G data on a recharge of Rs. 259 along with any new 4G handset. 1 GB data will be instantly credited to the customer’s account and the additional 9 GB … Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has said that Vodafone and Idea Cellular are still not releasing sufficient interconnection points (PoIs), which it said is resulting in massive call failures. Jio has written letters to both these telcos earlier this week, warning them of consequences if they continue to ignore the 4G … Read More
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