3G in India

May 2nd, 2014 2:37 AM 12 COMMENTS

Until 4G Comes in India, 3G Gets the Best Time to Grow Can Operators Cash in ?

While 4G is yet to go mainstream, let’s talk about 3G, more specifically existing mobile broadband in the country. 3G was first launched in India by MTNL in 2008. 3G market in India saw a change after private operators entered the market in 2010. The initial response was very poor for 3G (= mobile broadband) compared to the success story of voice market. However operators’ efforts including expansion of 3G... Read More

April 29th, 2014 12:04 PM 92 COMMENTS

TDSAT Quashes All Penalties Imposed by DoT on Bharti Airtel, Idea and Vodafone in 3G Intra-circle Roaming

India's Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today quashes all penalties imposed by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone and allows 3G intra-circle roaming facility by saying the pacts (3G ICRA) didn't violate any license conditions. In March 18, 2013, DoT slapped a penalty of the Rs. 350 crore on Bharti Airtel to violating license conditions And a Dedication the 3G services By a Intra-Circle... Read More

April 28th, 2014 12:36 PM 146 COMMENTS

Reliance Communications, Tata Docomo and Aircel tie up for Pan India 3G Roaming Services

Reliance Communications (Rcom) today announced that it has ties up with Tata Docomo (Tata Teleservices) and Aircel to provide 3G roaming services to each others customers using their network across country. Reliance Communications (RCom) and Aircel have spectrum and licences for 3G services in 13 out of 22 telecom circles while Tata Docomo (Tata Teleservices) has 3G spectrum and license in 9 circles. "We are delighted to be the first... Read More

April 13th, 2014 4:18 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Offering 6 Months Of Free 3G Data To Samsung Galaxy S5 Buyers

Bharti Airtel in collaboration with Samsung, is offering data bundles with the new Galaxy S5 to both pre-paid and post-paid customers. This is a part of Samsung's  large scale collaboration with SingTel, a Singapore based Telecommunications company which owns 32% stake in Bharti Airtel. As a part of what they call as a 'Retail Collaboration Programme', Airtel will offer mid-range and high-end smartphones... Read More

April 8th, 2014 5:18 PM 131 COMMENTS

BSNL Offers the Cheapest 3G Data Tariff As of April 2014

As of April 2014 BSNL is offering 3G network covering more than 1700 towns and cities in the whole of country and is expanding the 3G coverages continuously. None of the Private Operators has covered more than 1000 towns so far. Currently BSNL offers Rs.125 per GB for postpaid and Rs 139 per GB for prepaid customers where as data charges beyond free limits are 1paise per 10KB for postpaid... Read More

March 23rd, 2014 5:31 PM 207 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Result of Competition? Airtel Slashes 3G Internet Rates by 45%

Update: Airtel has currently removed the New 3G plans from its official portal what we have reported and they have updated us saying the reason for removal is technical glitch and currently only old 3G plans are active on system. In what may be termed as a result of competition in 3G segment and also a measure to capture users before the 4G launch by Reliance Jio, Airtel has drastically... Read More

March 22nd, 2014 11:29 AM 13 COMMENTS

Unboxing the Nokia X Android Dual SIM Bright Green [PICS]

Nokia Launched its first version of Android Phone, though the phone is pretty basic and comes with “forked android OS” and doesn't come with preinstalled Google Playstore, though android apps can be downloaded through third party app store. The phone also offers Automatic screen brightness adjustment and has 3G. Nokia X Dual SIM Screen Size: 10.16cm Boot Time: Nokia X took took around a minute for the first boot Nokia X... Read More

March 20th, 2014 4:27 PM 4 COMMENTS

Aircel Will Now Provide bundled offers with Micromax devices which will give benefits worth Rs.10,000

Micromax today announced a strategic partnership with MediaTek, the leading chipset manufacturer and Aircel. Under this unique alliance, Aircel will team up with Micromax to introduce a range of offers for the consumers which will be almost equivalent to cost of the device. Powered by MediaTek chipsets, the devices promise to deliver a seamless and a powerful user experience, while the bundled Aircel offers will drive data. The offers initially will... Read More

March 18th, 2014 12:13 PM 130 COMMENTS

Super Unlimited MBlaze Plans: Now 40GB at Rs 999; Intros Blaze 4.0 Smartphone with 1 Lakh MB Data

Country's only pure-play CDMA operator MTS India, the telecom brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices has taken plenty of steps to keep afloat in the competitive data market. The data market which is the company's main focus has become very competitive for MTS as the 3G operators now offer better speed, more coverage (thanks to the investments they put) and in some cases cheaper tariffs. However this time MTS brings the... Read More

March 11th, 2014 4:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Idea launches the powerful and stylish ULTRA II – its first 14.0 cms (5.5”) 3G smartphone

Idea today announced the launch category 3G smartphones with the launch of the powerful and stylish Idea ULTRA II. Targeted at the young and savvy consumers, Idea ULTRA II packs in powerful specs loaded with relevant apps, offering a fast and a seamless experience for the high-end mobile data consumers. Additionally, for the first-time data consumers, Idea has also launched an 1GHz dual core entry-level 3G smartphone Idea !d 1000, with... Read More

February 26th, 2014 12:16 PM 91 COMMENTS

Vodafone India added Over 400 new 3G Towers in Kolkata and West Bengal Circles

In a bid to improve 3G mobile and data service coverage, Vodafone India has added more than 400 new 3G BTS (Node-B) in Kolkata and West Bengal  (including Sikkim and Andman Nicobar) circles. Vodafone India said that it has added around 406 new 3G enabled BTS (mobile towers) over the last 3 months to boost 3G networks or high speed data coverage in Kolkata and Rest of Bengal. Out of... Read More

February 22nd, 2014 6:01 PM 90 COMMENTS

Exclusive : MTNL Launches True Unlimited 3G Data Pack for Rs.999 For Prepaid Customers in Mumbai

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of new promotional True Unlimited 3G data Pack just for Rs.999 and for 3G prepaid subscribers in Mumbai circle. Earlier the Unlimited 3G data pack comes for Rs.1650, now MTNL has introduced new prepaid 3G data pack priced at Rs.999 offers True Unlimited 3G Data usage (Home and Roam) without any FUP for 30 days from the date of recharge. This... Read More

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