Passionately following the Indian #Telecom Industry for over a decade from Business, Consumer and a Technical perspective. My primary focus area is Consumer & Digital Experience.
India and Philippines have recorded the lowest average broadband connection speed in Asia-Pacific region at 3.5 Mbps, while South Korea dominated the segment with highest average connection speed at 29 Mbps in the first quarter of this year, according to a study conducted by Akamai Technologies. Comparatively, Philippines recorded had … Read More
Norway-based Telenor’s India unit has launched its 4G services for its customers in the Gujarat circle, following the launch of 4G services in Varanasi, Agra, Vishakhapatnam and Amravati earlier this year. Telenor, which currently provides mobile services in UP (West), UP (East), Bihar (including Jharkhand), Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana), Maharashtra … Read More
Nokia on Friday said that it has deployed end-to-end VoLTE optimization technology for Shanghai Mobile, China Mobile’s regional subsidiary. The deployment of this technology allowed Shanghai Mobile to quickly expand its VoLTE service from hundreds of pre-commercial users to the more than 700,000 subscribers to its 4G network in Shanghai. … Read More
Aircel through its ‘Be Online with Aircel’ initiative continues to innovate in its product portfolio to encourage people to experience the benefits of mobile internet. Under this umbrella initiative, Aircel introduced a host of unbeatable products that offer maximum affordability for mobile data to consumers, such as Free Basic Internet … Read More
Nokia said that it entered the $2 billion Diameter Signaling Control market with the launch of its Nokia Dynamic Diameter Engine (DDE), a cloud-based solution, which simplifies, scales and secures control plane traffic in mobile and fixed networks. Nokia claimed that its DDE is the industry’s first virtualized solution to incorporate … Read More
India’s telecommunications market is likely to add nearly 250 million new mobile subscribers by 2020, while smaller countries in the Asia-Pacific region such as Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Pakistan will also make major contributions to subscriber growth, a new GSMA study revealed. Asia Pacific will account for 60 per cent of … Read More
Tata Communications said that it has launched Wi-Fi+, a new Wi-Fi cloud communication solution, which enables mobile network operators’ customers to access the internet for calling, messaging, and data applications more seamlessly than ever. Through access to more than 21 million Wi-Fi hotspots globally, the new solution allows mobile network operators … Read More
Liquid Telecom, a pan-African telecoms group, majority owned by Econet Wireless Global on has entered into an agreement to acquire Tata Communications-owned Neotel, a South African communications network operator, for ZAR6.55 billion. Liquid Telecom said that it is partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH), a South African empowerment investment group, which … Read More
The upcoming mega spectrum sale will be crucial for Vodafone and Idea Cellular as they may look at getting pan-India footprint for 4G services with their aggressive bids. Both the telcos are expected to spend roughly $3 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, to primarily acquire 4G spectrum, according to an … Read More
The Delhi government is finally going to fulfill its election promise of providing free WI-Fi services to residents of the national capital. Aam Aadmi Party government said that the free Wi-Fi service will initially start for the East Delhi residents before the end of this calendar year. The government, which had … Read More
In a setback for Tata Sons, The London Court of International Arbitration has ordered the Indian conglomerate to pay NTT DoCoMO $1.17 billion in compensation for breaching an agreement on India telecom joint venture, Tata Docomo. The court ruled in favour of DoCoMo over price it was entitled for exiting the … Read More
Nokia has made changes in the Indian leadership by appointing Sanjay Malik as the new head of India market. Malik is replacing Sandeep Girotra, who has been promoted to become the Head of Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) market for the company. Malik’s appointment will be effective from August 1, 2016. … Read More
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