Srikapardhi

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.

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Aircel launches 3G experience zone in Chennai

Aircel launches 3G experience zone in Chennai

Aircel has opened its exclusive store on the Poonamali High Road in Chennai. The store has an exclusive 3G experience zone with devices like tablets and smart-phones installed with Aircel SIM cards to give customers a firsthand experience of the quality of Aircel products with high 3G speeds. The store … Read More

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BSNL To offer ISD calls to Bhutan at 10 paisa per second

BSNL, the state owned telecom company, has introduced a STV-16 (Special Tariff Voucher), which enables its prepaid mobile customers to make ISD calls to Bhutan at the rate of 10 paisa per second. Shri Anupam Shrivastava, Director (CM), BSNL Board said “BSNL is already having rate cutter STVs for so … Read More

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Airtel brings back tariff wars, prices 4G lower than 3G plans

Airtel brings back tariff wars, prices 4G lower than 3G plans

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile carrier by subscriber base, is offering high-speed fourth-generation (4G) services packs at lower prices than 3G plans for its customers ahead of the highly awaited Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio 4G launch. It is believed that the development comes after Reliance Jio said they would provide … Read More

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Idea Cellular to stay away from 700 MHz spectrum

Idea Cellular has said that the company is not looking at the 700 MHz spectrum band for mobile broadband. “We have seen how the 2300 MHz spectrum which was auctioned in 2010 still remains unused as services are yet to be launched on this band. This should, therefore, discourage us … Read More

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Reliance to offer ‘TalkLoan’ for its prepaid GSM customers

Reliance to offer ‘TalkLoan’ for its prepaid GSM customers

Reliance Communications will start offering TalkLoan service for its prepaid GSM customers. With the TalkLoan service, customers with a low prepaid account balance can simply dial *141# (toll-free) and get an instant ‘TalkLoan’ recharge, which can be used for both voice and data services. The TalkLoan service will provide RCOM’s pre-aid … Read More

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TT Poll : Pan India Mobile Data Usage Survey

TT Poll : Pan India Mobile Data Usage Survey

With mobile operators hiking data tariff every now and then in recent times, neglecting the types of data users in existence, usage scenarios and the real quality they provide, its difficult for mobile data users to digest the increasing data hikes. Not every user is same and have the same … Read More

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