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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 November 4th, 2015 4:58 PM 11 COMMENTS

4G LTE device penetration is still low at 1.61% in India: Nokia Networks study

India currently has around 14.8 million capable subscribers who are using 4G phones, but 4G subscriptions are still significantly lower, according to a study released by Nokia Networks, which also said that 4G LTE device penetration is currently hovering around 1.61% in India. 1800 MHz enabled LTE devices leads with 1.45% penetration (13.3 million devices) followed by 2300 MHz enabled devices at 1.2% penetration. Mumbai, Delhi, Kerala Punjab, Karnataka have... Read More

Tharun G October 22nd, 2015 1:33 PM 79 COMMENTS

Airtel Brings 4G to Thrissur ( Kerala )

Airtel, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Thrissur. Now, customers in the city can experience high speed wireless broadband on Airtel 4G and get on to the digital superhighway to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including mobile phones, dongles &4G... Read More

Tharun G October 11th, 2015 9:54 PM 38 COMMENTS

3G vs 4G: Why is 4G a superior technology?

The 3G vs. 4G question seems quite obvious as there is an entire generation gap between these two telecommunication technologies. Moreover, in India, it is not just generation that divides 3G and 4G apart, but even more factors. Let us take a look into the technical and economical aspects of 3G and 4G in India. A Little History About 3G 3G is an old technology, which evolved over the years,... Read More

Tharun G October 7th, 2015 4:08 PM 48 COMMENTS

Vodafone to launch its 4G services in Kerala by end of December 2015

Vodafone India announced that it will launch its 4G services in Kerala by end of December 2015. Important centers including Kochi, Trivandrum and Kozhikode will be part of the first wave of the 4G roll-out, which will be launched across the circle in a phased manner. Testing of 4G services has commenced successfully. Vodafone India has partnered with leading global technology infrastructure service providers for the network roll-out. With some... Read More

Tharun G October 5th, 2015 12:48 PM 67 COMMENTS

4G in India: 2016 is going to be the year of 4G

In India, 3G and 4G spectrum auction took place back in 2010, and 3G networks went live within an year. However, we have been waiting for 4G networks and its mass deployment from the past 5 years. Back then, 3G was seen as promising technology for mobile data until smartphone revolution demanded better data speed, which 3G could not deliver. Why it took so long? As they always say, the... Read More

Tharun G August 16th, 2015 3:56 PM 20 COMMENTS

Call drops on the higher end this quarter, mobile and landline subscribers had to spend long hours waiting to connect to customer care : TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has pointed out that the mobile telephone services in the country is deteriorating as call drops have increased seven fold in 2G networks and by 65 percent on 3G network in the first quarter of 2015. Maximum call drops were found on the network of private telecom operator Aircel, followed by state-run BSNL during the period this year.Industry average of call drop incident at... Read More

Tharun G July 17th, 2015 11:38 AM 13 COMMENTS

TRAI telecom subscriber data for May 2015, landline connections continue to decline

TRAI has released telecom subscriber data for the month of May 2015. The total telecom subscriber base was at 1002.05 million and overall tele-density was at 79.67% at the end of May 2015. In the month, total of 2.34 million new subscribers were added generating a monthly growth rate of 0.23%. Wireless subscriber witnessed net addition of 2.44 million subscribers out of which 2.38 million were from rural and just 0.05 million subscribers from urban.... Read More

Tharun G July 14th, 2015 4:29 AM 19 COMMENTS

Aircel kerala prepaid plan details, offers lowest data pack at Rs. 15

Recently Aircel relaunched its 2G/3G service in Kerala circle. Aircel connection is now widely available across most retailers in Trivandrum and Palakkad cities. We have checked with retailers and obtained the tariff details offered by Aircel in Kerala. Aircel offer ultra cheap tariff in Kerala circle through its new FRC 55 and 135. Both FRC offer Rs 55 talktime along with reduced tariff of Onnet at 10p/min and offnet at... Read More

Tharun G July 12th, 2015 12:36 PM 130 COMMENTS

BSNL launch Rs 56 data pack with 250MB for 30 days

BSNL has launched new 2G/3G data packs offering 250Mb data for 30 days. The data pack is available for both postpaid and prepaid subscribers. New prepaid data STV Rs 56 offer 250MB 2G/3G data for 30 days. For postpaid subscribers Rs 50 data add-on is available offering same benefit. Data charges of 2p/10KB for prepaid and 1p/10KB for prepaid after exceeding bundled free data. Both data packs are available starting 16-07-2015 across... Read More

Tharun G July 11th, 2015 3:01 PM 13 COMMENTS

Uninor revise 2G data tariff in Gujarat, reduces data and validity

Uninor has revised its 2G data packs in Gujarat Circle by reducing available data and validity. While all uninor data packs still offer Unlimited WhatsApp and Facebook access. Rs 42 data pack which used to offer 250MB data for 21 days has been revised to offer 200MB for just 14 days. Similarly Rs 63 data pack which earlier offer 500MB for 28 days has been reduced to 400MB and 21 days validity. Also Rs 97 1GB... Read More

Tharun G July 11th, 2015 1:16 PM 24 COMMENTS

TATA Docomo expands 3G network in Kerala, adds four new cities

TATA Docomo has expanded its 3G network in Kerala by adding four new cities. Docomo 3G is now available at Palakkad, Varkala, Changanassery and Cherthala. In Kerala, Docomo 3G service was available in Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Perumbavoor and Thiruvananthapuram. With addition of four new cities, Docomo 3G service is now available in total of 9 cities in Kerala circle. Docomo won 3G spectrum for Kerala circle along with Idea in 2009 and... Read More

Tharun G July 10th, 2015 12:42 AM 4 COMMENTS

Uninor to launch own App store, yet another Operator App store

Uninor is planing to come up with its own app store as part of Uninor's 'Internet for All'. As per Uninor, the app store will support even feature phones running 2G network. Under 'Internet for All' campaign Uninor aims to double its internet user base from current 22 percent to 50% by 2017. Uninor also unveiled Digital Winner contest which offer around Rs 10 lahks for winners. The theme for this year is... Read More