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While mobile subscriber base growth has slowed to 0.86% in February, broadband subscriber base in the country registered a impressive growth rate of 3.05% during the month. Broadband subscriber base increased from 94.49 Million at the end of Jan-15 to 97.37 million at the end of Feb-15. Bharti Airtel continues to lead the market … Read More
At the end of February 2015, total telephone connections in country increased to 987.31 million from 979.21 million at the end of January 2015. A total of 8.1 million connections were added during the month of February. Tele-density in the country now stands at 78.72%. BSNL during the month of … Read More
Even when a smartphone is the best choice for internet on the move, still data cards are used by many as a broadband replacement. As wireless internet like 3G and EVDO has become much cheaper than wired broadband, many now rely on data cards for the daily internet. Advantages of data … Read More
BSNL has announced the revision of general landline plan for rural exchange with line capacity <1000. The new revised tariff will be implemented across all BSNL circles. The fixed monthly charges have been increased from current Rs 90/month to Rs 120/month. Subsequently free calls have been increased from current 90 … Read More
BSNL has announced launch of new lifetime plan with auto validity extension. The new plan will cost Rs 8 and has an initial validity of 180 days. The plan will be available to BSNL subscribers in all circles. The plan comes with a call rate of Rs 1/min for local … Read More
We had earlier reported on Reliance Jio had been allotted signalling point codes (SPC) for offering National long distance (NLD) and International long distance (ILD) calling services. But it was limited to four metro cities namely Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. DOT has now allotted S.P codes for a total of nine locations across … Read More
Govt’s has announced its plan to release additional airwaves for FM Radio channels 264 new cities across the country. The government has already approved first batch of the radio frequency auctions in for 69 cities and 135 channels under phase-III. “The first batch auction will pave the way for FM Phase-III … Read More
Idea has introduced three new local/STD seconds pack for its prepaid subscribers in Maharashtra circle. New packs offer local/STD seconds with a validity of 28 days. New local onnet pack Rs 168 pack offer 30,000 local Idea seconds for 28 days. While Rs 204 pack offer 25000 local mobile seconds to … Read More
Telecom Spectrum auction is a great success for the Government, it garners around Rs.1.10 Lakh Crore from the sale of mobile phone airwaves after 19 days of fierce bidding. The amount is more than Rs.1.06 Lakh Crore raised during the year 2010. The Finance Minister may happy that one-third of … Read More
BSNL has announced new data STV which offer 1GB 3G for Rs 68 with validity of 10 days. This new data plan will be available for subscriber in all BSNL circles starting 1st April 2015 (not an April fool joke) as a promotional offer for a period of 60 days. … Read More
DOT has assigned new MSC codes for Idea cellular in Andhra Pradesh telecom circle and Airtel in West Bengal telecom circle. Idea has been assigned MSC code 9133 which is part of 9100 series in Andhra Pradesh LSA. While Airtel has been assigned 8942 series which include 89420, 89428, 89429, 89440, 89448, … Read More
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