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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 June 17th, 2015 10:39 AM 1 COMMENTS

COAI releases GSM subscriber Figures for the month of May 2015, Airtel leads

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the joined body of GSM operators has released GSM subscriber figures for the month of May 2015. The total subscriber base of all seven of its members reached 716.24 million at the end of May 2015. In the month, GSM operators added 4.69 million subscribers taking total subscriber base to 716.24 million compared 711.55 million in April. Idea leads subscriber addition with 1.29 million new subscribers followed... Read More

Tharun G June 16th, 2015 3:02 AM 42 COMMENTS

RCOM confirms merger talks with MTS India, 4G service on horizon why it’s a win win for both operators

As we had reported earlier, Reliance Communications has confirmed it is has been involved in exclusive talks to buy MTS India in a stock swap deal. Earlier last month Vladimir Yevtushenkov, who controls MTS parent company Sistema conglomerate held talks with Reliance Communications about a possible joint venture in India. 4G service on the horizon In last February 2015 auction, RCOM surprised everyone by bidding for additional 800MHz spectrum of 1.25 to 2.5... Read More

Tharun G June 15th, 2015 3:07 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel set to launch 4G services in Delhi this week

As per latest reports, Airtel is all set to launch 4G service in Delhi this week. Airtel has got clearance from DoT recently to launch 4G service in the capital. Bharti Airtel had bought Qualcomm’s BWA licences in Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala and Haryana in 2013. DoT opposed merging Qualcomm’s ISP licence in the circles for BWA spectrum with Bharti Airtel’s Unified Access Services license and demanded Rs. 436 crores from Airtel. Airtel had approached TDSAT which... Read More

Tharun G June 13th, 2015 11:34 AM 37 COMMENTS

Reliance revises ‘Truly Unlimited’ Netconnect+ prepaid plans, now comes with 1X FUP

Few months back, Reliance Communications had launched 'Truly Unlimited’ prepaid plans for its Netconnect+ service. Reliance has now revised these plan and now comes with Fair Usage Policy after which the speed will be throttled to 1X speed. Earlier Netconnect+ prepaid plans Rs 449 and Rs 797 offer true unlimited CDMA EVDO internet at 3.1 Mbps speed for 15 days and 30 days respectively. Reliance has withdrawn plan Rs 449(except for UP West) and revised Rs 797... Read More

Tharun G June 12th, 2015 9:11 AM 24 COMMENTS

TATA Docomo introduce Rs 33 and Rs 66 internet pack revises smart life plan

TATA Docomo has introduced Rs 33 & Rs 66 2G data packs in Mumbai circle. Both packs offer one of the cheapest internet tariff in the country valid for a month. Rs 33 internet pack offer 150MB internet for 28 days and Rs 66 pack offer 300MB for 28 days. Post free data usage subscriber will be charged at 10p/10KB. The longer validity on the packs make it attractive for subscribers who use less... Read More

Tharun G June 9th, 2015 6:00 AM 17 COMMENTS

BSNL revises voice STVs by reducing validity and freebies

Following the recent revision of 2G/3G data STVs, BSNL has now revised its voice STVs across the country. The validity of many vouchers has been reduced along with freebies. The new tariff will be applicable starting today on pan India basis. BSNL's most popular STV135 (335 Local/STD min 30 days) has been revised to 300 Local/STD minutes for 28 days. To compliment for the reduction in benefit on STV135, BSNL has introduced new STV159 which... Read More

Tharun G June 8th, 2015 10:48 AM 12 COMMENTS

Telecom subscriber base at 1 billion, Tele-density increase to 80%

Total number of telephone connections in the country reached all time high of 1 billion at the end of April 2015, making India the second country in the world after China to cross this mark. Tele-density in the country was at 80% at the end of April 2015. In the month of April, a total of 4 million new mobile subscribers were added taking mobile subscriber base to 973.11 million. Airtel leads customer addition with 2.24... Read More

Tharun G June 5th, 2015 4:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

DoT allocates new MSC codes for GSM operators

DoT has assigned new MSC codes for Idea cellular, Vodafone, Uninor, TATA, Aircel and Airtel in circles Karnataka, Gujarat, Kerala, UP(East), Andhra Pradesh, Odissa, Bihar and Kolkata. MSC codes allocation is the process followed by DOT to assign new number series for the operators. Attached below is the list of operators and new MSC code assigned for the respective service areas. Some of the above allocated MSC codes also includes codes which were earlier allocated to operators whose license were squashed by Supreme... Read More

Tharun G June 3rd, 2015 1:25 PM 4 COMMENTS

BSNL Karnataka revises existing voice STVs and introduce new STVs

BSNL Karnataka has announced revision of Voice STVs in the circle. BSNL is also offering Full Talktime on Ctopup denominations 330, 550, 770 and 1000 as promotional offer for 90 days from 01-06-2015 to 29-08-2015. Rationalization of existing STVs The following existing STVs has been revised by BSNL in Karnataka circle. 1. Voice STV 65 (Local Onnet voice @ 12p/min/28 Days) revised to Onnet Local @ 15p/min & Onnet STD @... Read More

Tharun G June 2nd, 2015 2:11 AM 0 COMMENTS

DoT panel submits report on net neutrality to Telecom minister

DoT panel for net neutrality has submitted its report to the telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The 6 member panel was formed in last January to formulate government's policy on net neutrality. As per reports, the committee was of view that core principles of net neutrality must maintain and not to allow blocking, prioritization, throttling of content providers on a network. At the same time, some members of the committee were of the view that... Read More

Tharun G June 1st, 2015 2:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL to reduce call rates to 45p/min using STV starting June 4

Recently BSNL had introduced STV 54 & STV 88 exclusive for per second and per minute plan subscribers. BSNL has now reduced call rates on both STVs to 45p/min per minute plan subscribers. BSNL has also reduced cost of STV 54 to 42 and validity has been reduced to 28 days from existing 45 days. Both STVs now offer reduced call rates of 45p/min Local/STD for per minute plan subscribers and 0.8p/sec Local/STD for per seconds plan... Read More

Tharun G May 30th, 2015 3:05 AM 19 COMMENTS

RCOM announce quarter results, data traffic up by 73.6%

Reliance communication has announced its financial results for quarter ended March 31, 2015. Total revenue for the company increased by 1% to Rs 5,703 core and EBITDA is up by 6.7% to Rs 1,976 core. Net Profit was at Rs. 228 crore, up 45.9% from Rs. 156 crore in Q4 previous year. The company reported a exponential growth of 73.6% in data traffic at 87,211 million MB. It also claimed the highest data usage per subscriber in... Read More