Ria Lakshman

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.

May 1st, 2015 11:45 AM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel to end its 3G intra-circle roaming pacts with fellow operators, $3 billion investment for the country this year

Bharti Airtel announced to end its 3G intra-circle roaming agreements with Vodafone and Idea Cellular in various telecom circles, except Kerala by the end of 2015-16. Alongside, the telecom operator would also make an investment of $3 billion in Indian and South Asian market. "We have capex guidance of about $ 3 billion this fiscal. Of this about $ 700-800 million is for Africa and rest is for India and... Read More

May 1st, 2015 1:25 AM 2 COMMENTS

Uber app’s new SOS feature allows passenger to contact police control room directly

The popular taxi hailing app Uber has upgraded its ‘SOS’ button in a way that it will now directly contact the police control room, if pressed. The contact with the control room is established almost instantaneously and the police can track every SOS alert in real-time within their city. It will thus provide the police, details like GPS location, rider and driver information, including his name, photo and vehicle number.... Read More

April 30th, 2015 10:49 PM 8 COMMENTS

Reliance and Airtel announce their new roaming tariff rates, 40% reduction on incoming calls

Reliance Communications and Airtel have announced their new roaming tariff rates in accordance with the new TRAI guidelines. These charges will be effective from 1st May, 2015. For Reliance, the customers will now have to pay 40 percent lower tariffs for the incoming calls while roaming. For outgoing calls, both local and STD, the new charges are up to 23 percent lower. Also, with RCOM’s One India, One Rate Plan,... Read More

April 30th, 2015 9:07 PM 17 COMMENTS

Reliance broadcast Network under hack attack

Hell Shield Official seems to have launched their next attack on Reliance broadcast Network. Its two website – bigmagicinternational.com and 927bigfm.com currently stays inaccessible. The hacker group celebrates their hacking now on Twitter, with claims like ‘User privacy is not joke’. The group, with its Twitter accounts @RealHSH tweeted saying ‘Reliance got Hacked’ and ‘We won’t let You Rule over our freedom’. Another hacker group Anonymous India (@AnonOpsIndia) too upheld this... Read More

April 30th, 2015 5:23 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone slashed national roaming tariffs, special roaming tariff plans are introduced

Vodafone confirmed slashing of national roaming tariffs today, following TRAI’s amendment to reduce the ceiling charges. In the tariffs released today, 40 percent of the incoming call rates will be reduced, making roaming more affordable to its customers. The local and STD call charges while roaming are slashed at 20 percent and 23 percent respectively. The text messages too are 75 percent lesser compared to the present charges. The new... Read More

April 30th, 2015 12:42 PM 3 COMMENTS

Global: EU plans to offer roaming allowances for subscribers

A roaming allowance is in store for the mobile subscribers in Europe. According to sources, European Union is discussing to offer subscribers 100 minutes of incoming and outgoing calls, 50 text messages and 100MB of data while travelling within Europe at domestic rates every year. The mobile operators can begin applying surcharges, once this bundle is used up. This is subsequent to European Parliament’s move to abolish roaming charges. Ending... Read More

April 30th, 2015 3:04 AM 5 COMMENTS

Railway launches new portal and mobile app to address public grievances

The Ministry of Railways has finally decided to bring some quicker solutions to the grievances of the people. It has launched a web portal on Complaint Management, through which the people can register their complaints. The portal is designed in such a way that all the comments and suggestions posted will be monitored on real-time basis. The concerned officials will examine and finalize the complaints as soon as possible. However,... Read More

April 29th, 2015 11:51 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV shows a massive subscriber increase of 1.06 million in FY2015

Airtel Digital TV has shown a remarkable growth during the fiscal year ended on March 2015. The operator has gained a net subscriber base of 10.07 million as of March 2015, showing a growth rate of 16.33% over the previous fiscal year. Around 1.06 million new customers have opted for Airtel direct-to-home (DTH) in the fiscal. Overall, the operating profit of the service provider has raised at 102%. The number... Read More

April 29th, 2015 11:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Global: Sky UK shuts its dedicated 3D channel

Sky UK has decided to close its 3D channel, as it failed to generate widespread consumer interest. The provider will, however, continue to offer the service on on-demand basis from 9th June 2015. The closure of its 3D channel is expected to help create extra satellite bandwidth for its anticipated 4K service. “From June Sky 3D is going fully on demand,” said Luke Bradley-Jones, brand director, TV products. “From the... Read More

April 29th, 2015 5:51 PM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel’s net income stands at Rs. 1,255 crore, marking a rise of 30.5% Y-o-Y

The country’s largest telecom operator Airtel has marked a Q4 profit of Rs. 1, 255 crore, marking a rise of 30.5% year-over-year (Y-o-Y), according to its consolidated International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) results for the fourth quarter and the year. On comparison with the previous quarter of December, the provider’s profit fell at 12.6%, from Rs. 1,436.50 crore. Sustained pressure on voice business, growth in finance costs and capex during... Read More

April 29th, 2015 1:52 PM 5 COMMENTS

BlackBerry announces exclusive loyalty programs to offer free data and Rs 10,000 discount

Blackberry has announced a loyalty program for its customers which will enable them to purchase selected Blackberry smartphones at discounted prices on infibeam. The offer is valid till 30th May, 2015. The discount is available on its flagship devices such as BlackBerry Passport, BlackBerry Z30, BlackBerry Z3 and newly launched BlackBerry Classic. In addition to discounts, customers have other offers as well. On purchase of BlackBerry Z3, 1GB data can... Read More

April 26th, 2015 6:50 PM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone, MTS offer Rs.1/min calls to Nepal, Aircel makes incoming roaming and calls Free

Although a day late, Vodafone, MTS India and Aircel are offering discounted calls from India to Nepal, as an assistance to support the earthquake disaster relief efforts and to enable people to reach out to their friends and families in Nepal. Vodafone and MTS India are offering calls at the rate of Rs. 1 per minute. The offer is provided for next two days (48 hours). MTS’s offer began at... Read More

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