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.
Lets not delve deep into benefits which were known already, Operators those started 4G/LTE Services started offering extra data benefits to be used only on 4G Network for promotional time on prepaid segment. Similarly, Idea cellular started to offer the extra benefits for postpaid users as well. Well, definitely a … Read More
While Telenor is playing the game by relying heavily on 2G services for now, telenor is also testing its future on narrow band LTE and related technologies where chances of mergers are also possible. Telenor is the only operator available across few circles providing the cheapest data packs for as … Read More
Sunil Mittal, Bharti Enterprises Chairman, has described Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture Reliance Jio as “formidable competition”, and said that its entry will bring down tariff prices, besides kicking off consolidation in the sector, according to the Financial Times report. Reliance Jio will offer low-priced devices in order to win customers, … Read More
Airtel Andhra Pradesh has won the coveted best “Telecom Service Provider” Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh for its “e-Shakti” initiative of empowering rural women to be digitally literate. Recognising the outstanding contributions in the field of “Women Empowerment” on International Women’s Day, Airtel AP was announced winner and … Read More
Tata Docomo, today announced the launch ‘Unlimited Calling’ product portfolio that offers unlimited local calls within Mumbai, Rest-of-Maharashtra & Goa. With this offer, Mumbai subscribers can call 6 Million Tata Docomo customers without roaming charges while roaming in Rest-of-Maharashtra & Goa. Customers travelling within Mumbai, Rest-of-Maharashtra & Goa can now … Read More
The top three online scams in India are ‘work-from-home’ fraud, lottery scams and fake bank emails scam, according to an internet scams study conducted by Norway’s Telenor Group. Those surveyed who indeed have been subject to an online scam in India, 90% have lost money and compared to neighbours, the … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, announced that its women employees can now avail maternity leave of up to 22 weeks – up from 12 weeks currently. The enhanced benefits are applicable for adoption as wee – women employees can avail 12 weeks of maternity leave if the child’s … Read More
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, RCom, Aircel and Tata Teleservices have allegedly understated gross revenue of over Rs 46,000 crore for a period between 2006-07 and 2009-10, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) claimed. According to a TOI report, the CAG also claimed that these six telcos denied the … Read More
State-run telecom operator BSNL has ordered all its territorial circles to start monitoring social media accounts, along with their own BSNL corporate accounts on Facebook and Twitter, in a move aimed at capturing customer complaints and issues on a regular basis, and to resolve them in a timely manner. The … Read More
In a bid to address the spectrum crunch in the country and growing demand for machine-to-machine communications, the Indian government has allocated a total of 127 Mhz spectrum to eight entities. The allocation is initially aimed at testing of TV whitespace technology.The government allocated 60 Mhz spectrum to ERNET- an … Read More
Legacy manpower, delay in network modernisation, and less aggressive market skills are the reason behind the poor financial performances of state-run telecom operators, BSNL and MTNL. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said both the telcos are taking several steps to enhance revenues through investments to strengthen their network and focus … Read More
Hathway, the country’s MSO and broadband service provider, said that it has launched Electronic KYC (E-KYC) for LCOs or local cable operators. “With the launch of the E-KYC process, we truly comply with TRAI’s directive in easing out customer experience which will prove to be an important stepping-stone,” T.S. Panesar, … Read More
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