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About the author: An astute writer with a track record in writing and publishing content for various industries, Ria brings on board her wealth of experience in journalism and love for technology to TelecomTalk. When not writing or reading, she spends a copious amount of time daydreaming and finding obscure Japanese folklore on the internet.

Ria Lakshman June 23rd, 2015 2:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson India to reap fortunes in India, targets for double digit growth

With telecom services, software, mobile and fixed network infrastructure, broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and media industry, Ericsson India aims at a double-digit growth in India this year, said its India Head (Engagement Practices) Nishant Batra to Deccan Herald in an interview. In Q1 2015, Ericsson India has registered a contribution of seven percent to global sales. India is its second largest market by contribution after United States.... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 16th, 2015 12:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Interview with Rajesh Razdan, Founder, mCarbon

Rajesh Razdan established mCarbon Tech Innovation during early 2008. The company creates compelling platform-based offerings for the telecom companies, which enabled them to generate revenues in the areas of usage and retention, customer life cycle and value management. Two of its flagship products include micro loan for talk time/data and dynamic end-of-the-call notification for prepaid customers. The technology solution innovator now leads the market... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 13th, 2015 11:27 AM 0 COMMENTS

MIB asks MSOs to sign an affidavit, a move to hide its license delay

Ministry of Information Broadcasting (MIB) has directed the multi-system operators (MSOs) to sign an affidavit stating a clearance of criminal cases against them and their approval in shutting down the service in case of any discrepancies found in the later stage. This move has popped up during a scenario when MSO license clearances are getting delayed from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). According to reports, around 700 applications are pending... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 13th, 2015 11:24 AM 0 COMMENTS

Amritsar MSO blames Taj TV for violating TDSAT orders

Taj Television, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) has been alleged to have violated TDSAT orders. An Amritsar based multi-system operator (MSO) Godfather Communications has filed a complaint to Telecom Regulatory of India (TRAI) on this regard. The complaint blamed Taj TV for denying Zee TV signals despite an audit by Broadcast Engineering Company (India) Ltd (BECIL) as directed by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 13th, 2015 11:19 AM 0 COMMENTS

ZEE launches LifeIsMusic with original digital content from 15 June

Staring from 15 June 2015, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited. (ZEEL) forays into creating original digital content for its over-the-top (OTT) and digital platform through an instrumental musical show LifeIsMusic. ZEEL will make use of its Zee Digital Convergence (ZDC) and content studio Essel Vision Productions to design the show. The seven-week series will be aired on its OTT platform DittoTV and digital platform www.lifeismusic.in. The contents will be available for... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 12th, 2015 4:04 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Singapore’s StarHub offers soft SIM service to tourists

StarHub, Telecommunications Company based in Singapore has begun to offer pre-paid soft SIM service for the tourists visiting the country. The service is made possible via slimduet soft SIM platform. Once activated from Changi airport, the tourist will get a $14 pre-paid package comprising of $18 talktime, SMS credit and 100GB local data for five days. Users can extend or add more voice and data by dialing a prescribed number.... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 12th, 2015 2:29 PM 71 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to commercially launch by December 2015: Mukesh Ambani

The speculations on the launch of Reliance Jio come to an end! At the 41st Annual General meeting of Reliance shareholders, its Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced the launch of the commercial services of Reliance Jio by December 2015. Trial runs for the service will be available to a few selected consumers of Reliance in next few months. The expected price range for the package is said to be between Rs.... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 11th, 2015 1:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Ofcom makes switching service providers easy

Ofcom, the community regulator in UK removes the unfair penalties imposed on broadband and mobile phone subscribers which make it easy for the customers to switch from one provider to another. Henceforth, the telecom operators are obliged to free the customers from the contract deals, in case of any dissatisfaction on the service. Exit penalties may still trouble those customers who benefitted from heavily subsidized handsets. However, the new rule... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 11th, 2015 1:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Medinfi allows user to locate nearest doctors and clinics

Medinfi Healthcare Private Limited has launched a mobile application ‘Medinfi’ that enables people to locate the nearest doctors and hospitals for their everyday check-up. The application, which is currently offered only for android users, is available for service in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. The users can also find doctors of specialized areas, like cardiologist and gynecologist, by simply texting in the name of the body part affected. Currently, there is... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 8:32 PM 10 COMMENTS

MTS Network Coverage Locator enables users to check the connectivity in a region

MTS has launched a platform for the users to check the connectivity of its services using a network coverage locator on a smartphone or a computer. Dubbed as MTS Network Coverage Locator, this is a Geographic Information System-based service that will first track the location of the users and enables them to check the quality of its services from the location address entered. Thus, any new customer who plans to... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 8:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Small Cell Forum releases 5.1 version of its standards, focuses on virtualization

Small Cell Forum, the group dedicated to drive widespread adoption of small cells has released version 5.1 of its small cell standard. The release establishes a robust framework to commercialize small cells with outputs grouped by usage – home, enterprise, urban, rural and remote. For those who are new to the concept, ‘small cell’ is an umbrella term for operator-controlled, low-powered radio access nodes, including those that operate in licensed... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 10th, 2015 8:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Vodafone UK forays into home broadband market, finally becoming a multi-play provider

Vodafone UK has announced the launch of its home broadband service called Vodafone Connect, which is scheduled to be in the market by the end of this summer. Vodafone Connect will offer the customers a speed of up to 76Mbps. Since its acquisition of Cable & wireless years ago, the company completed its technical trials, connected to 1000 exchanges and covered more than 20 million premises. By the time of... Read More