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About the author: An IT professional who has got great passion for telecom. Has been closely watching Indian telecom space since 2009.

Tharun G March 13th, 2016 3:43 PM 54 COMMENTS

Telenor launches ultra affordable 4G plans in Varanasi: Packs priced Rs 11 & Rs 22 offering 100 MB & 250 MB

In a surprising move, Telenor India has entered 4G space in India by launching 4G services in Varanasi city of UP East circle. Telenor has deployed narrow-band LTE network on its 1800 MHz spectrum for launching its 4G service in the city. In order to compete with the players who are already offering 4G service at 3G rates, Telenor is offering very affordable 4G plans for its customers. Telenor has... Read More

Tharun G March 13th, 2016 5:11 AM 54 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular pulls out its postpaid combo plans : Rs 899, Rs 1299, and Rs 1599

Idea Cellular has withdrawn three of its most popular postpaid combo plans of Rs. 899, Rs.1299, and Rs.1599. The combo plans offered bundled benefits of voice calls (local/STD) to any network, local and National SMSes, and 3G data usage. Postpaid combo plan Rs.899 offered 4,000 Local/STD calls to any network, 100 national roaming mobile minutes (incoming and outgoing) and 450 SMSes. While combo plan Rs.1299 offered 4,000 local/STD + 1,000... Read More

Tharun G March 11th, 2016 5:44 PM 61 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio sister company to source lakhs of VoLTE smartphones ahead of 4G launch

Reliance Retail will source three lakh high-end VoLTE smartphones from Chinese handset maker ZTE to support its sister company Reliance Jio’s commercial launch, which is likely to take place soon. According to a report in ET, the retail arm of Reliance Industries Limited is also sourcing VoLTE smartphones from other Chinese original device manufacturers (ODMs) CK Telecom, Wingtech, and Tinno Mobile, which are among the top five ODMs globally. The... Read More

Tharun G March 11th, 2016 12:57 PM 16 COMMENTS

BSNL revises annual 3G prepaid data plans by removing the monthly usage limit

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the revision of annual prepaid 3G data plans by removing the monthly usage limit. The tariff will come into effect from March 16, 2016 on PAN India basis. With this revision, the users would get full data instantly and validity of one year. BSNL, in order to give more flexibility, has also increased bundled data available on annual data plan DPV4499 from 30GB... Read More

Tharun G March 10th, 2016 1:27 PM 41 COMMENTS

BSNL introduces special ‘Unlimited Broadband Plans’ for Chandigarh SSA

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the state-run telecom service provider, has decided to launch 'Unlimited Broadband Plans' for Chandigarh SSA. The special broadband plans are available exclusively for Mohali, Panchkula, and Kharar of Chandigarh SSA starting February 16th, 2016. The new unlimited combo plans offer higher speed and increased data limit before FUP. However, the post FUP speed for all plans are limited to just 512 Kbps. The combo plan... Read More

Tharun G March 8th, 2016 10:39 AM 46 COMMENTS

Airtel slashes price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999

Airtel has slashed down the price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999 in the Kerala circle. In this highly competitive 4G market, Vodafone and Idea still haven’t managed to launch their 4G WiFi device by giving Airtel edge over its rivals. The Huawei made Airtel WiFi hotspot is powered by a 1500 mAh Li-ion Polymer battery and can connect 10 devices for up to 6... Read More

Tharun G March 7th, 2016 3:22 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL revises Voice STV 88 by reducing validity from 60 days to 48 days

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the revision of Voice STV 88 by reducing validity from 60 days to 48 days. The new tariff will come into effect from March 15th, 2016 on PAN India basis. For BSNL prepaid mobile customers enrolled in per minute plan, STV 88 offer Local/STD on-net calls at 10p/min and 30p/min for off-net local/STD calls. For per second plan subscribers, local/STD on-net calls will... Read More

Tharun G March 7th, 2016 1:08 PM 15 COMMENTS

Airtel withdraws double data offer on its 3G and 4G plans in Kerala

In order to maintain competitive edge over Idea, Airtel had started offering double data on 3G/4G plans starting from Rs 247 and above, but now the company has withdrawn the special offer in Kerala circle. Idea Cellular was the first to offer double data on all 3G/4G data packs above 1GB. With Airtel withdrawing the special double data offer, leaves Idea the sole operator in the circle offering double data... Read More

Tharun G March 6th, 2016 4:27 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL launches missed call service for new connections in Kerala Circle

BSNL has introduced missed call service for booking of new landline, broadband and FTTH (Fiber Broadband) connections in Kerala circle. BSNL Kerala Circle has a toll free number 1993 to register for new landline/broadband connections, however it is only available from BSNL network. Customers who wish to take a new BSNL connection can give a miss call to the mobile number '9497979797'. BSNL will call back the customer and collect... Read More

Tharun G March 4th, 2016 12:54 PM 9 COMMENTS

BSNL launches ‘Plan Voucher 51’ for new customers in Punjab circle

BSNL has introduced promotional tariff scheme named the “Punjab per sec plan PV-51” for new customers in Punjab circle offering reduced call rates and bundled usage. The promotional tariff offer is available for 90 days, starting on March 2, 2016. The plan voucher 51 comes bundled with 2500 Local/STD seconds to any network and 50MB data usage for 30 days. Customers will also get reduced calling tariff of Rs 0.008/sec... Read More

Tharun G March 3rd, 2016 11:31 AM 15 COMMENTS

Reliance Communications revises 3G data packs, withdraws Facebook/WhatsApp/Twitter benefits

Reliance Communications (RCOM) announced a revision of its 3G data packs. These new packs are in accordance with the recent regulation on prohibition of discriminatory tariffs for data services and principles of net neutrality 2016 passed by TRAI. Recently, Telenor, Airtel and BSNL also withdrew their WhatsApp data packs on similar grounds. The free WhatsApp/Facebook/Twitter benefit under different 3G data packs has been withdrawn. Further, Reliance has withdrawn certain data packs... Read More

Tharun G March 1st, 2016 4:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL withdraws WhatsApp/Facebook data plans to comply with new TRAI guidelines

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced the withdrawal of URL based data packs. The decision comes as a follow up of a recent regulation on prohibition of discriminatory tariffs for data services regulations, 2016 by TRAI. Recently, Telenor and Airtel withdrew their WhatsApp data packs on similar grounds. BSNL was offering Rs.30 and Rs.40 based social media centric add-on data plans to its customers, which was launched 2 years back exclusively... Read More