India's telecom regulator TRAI today said that the next 3G spectrum in 2100 Mhz band be auctioned by June 2014 and should be made available immediately after the new government takes charge. TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar said "you should be planning now what you are going to do in next 3-4 years from now. One is get 2100 Mhz out by June, 2014 and the moment the new government takes... Read More
In a complaint to CCI (Competition Commission of India), BSNL had alleged that Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea had acted as a cartel while bidding for 3G spectrum auctions held in 2010. BSNL had accused the trio for selective bidding in different circles and later entering into illegal roaming arrangements to provide PAN India coverage. CCI in its order said that there is no prima facie case to investigate the... Read More
In a bid to provide affordable 3G data services, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the launch of six new longer validity 3G data Pack with various validity options from 60 days to 365 days for its 3G prepaid customers in Mumbai circle. MTNL's newly launched 3G data packs are priced at Rs.389, Rs.549, Rs.675, Rs.775, Rs.849, Rs1299 provides 2GB (60Days), 3GB (90Days) 4GB (120 Days), 5GB (150 Days)... Read More
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) today announced the re-launch of its True Unlimited 3G data Pack of Rs.1650 and for 3G prepaid and postpaid customers in Mumbai circle. Earlier this Data Pack was offering 50 GB 3G data usage per month and now it has been revised to offer True Unlimited 3G data usage (Home and Roam). MTNL Mumbai’s all 3G data plans/packs can be use while Home network as... Read More
State-owned Pan India 3G Mobile service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has entered into a strategic alliance with Datawind, the company behind the low-cost Aakash and UBiSlate tablets to launch four co-branded 2G and 3G Android tablets with bundled data offers. Datawind along with BSNL will shortly roll out a slew of BSNL co-branded Android tablets which include UbiSlate 7C+, UbiSlate 7CX, UbiSlate 7CZ and UbiSlate 3G7. The UbiSlate... Read More
When it comes to the quality of 3G mobile and Data service in India, Aircel ranks first in terms of worse 3G mobile service operator among all operators (excluding BSNL) in several service areas during the quarter ended June 2013, according to telecom regulator TRAI's s Quality of Service (QoS) benchmark report. As per TRAI benchmark, accumulated downtime (not available for 3G service) (%age) or Worst affected 3G BTS (mobile... Read More
Reliance Communications (Rcom) today officially announced that it has increased its 3G data rates by reducing free 3G Data usage nearly approx 60% in its most popular existing 1GB 3G data pack which was priced at Rs.123. The operator also launched new 1GB 3G data pack Rs.156. We already informed about this hike few days back, if you notice Reliance has been cutting down on data freebies to its customers,... Read More
BSNL in association with Pantel Technologies, today officially launched the next generation of Smart Devices - the “Bharat Phone” PF300, the Penta Smart models – PS501 & PS650, for Rs.1799, Rs.7999 and Rs.6999 and, the next generation Penta T-Pad WS707C respectively. BSNL Penta 'Bharat Phone' PF300: MRP of Rs. 1,799 : Providing Internet access on a sub-Rs.2,000 phone for the first time in India Damdaar battery – with standby time... Read More
Idea Cellular today launched Aurus IV - new Android-powered 4.5-inch 3G smartphone for Rs.8,999. The latest addition in Idea Cellular's 's Aurus smartphone series, the Aurus 4 comes with 4.5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor running on Android Jelly Bean, 512 MB RAM, 4GB Internal memory (2GB available for end user), expandable up to 32GB with SD card, 1800 mah battery, 5MP fxed focus primary camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing... Read More
Aircel has partnered with D-Link to offer 3G data benefits to its customers across the country. The reverse bundling offer will enable customers to get 1 GB of free 3G data per month for a period of 3 months. The offer will be available for customers who activate an Aircel 3G SIM on D-Link data card namely ‘D-Link DWM-156’ and routers namely ‘D-Link DWR-512 and DWR-730’. The partnership is aimed... Read More
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) today regularized its four pan India low-end Uniform Data Packs / STVs with 3G speed for its prepaid customers in all circles. BSNL has launched these Uniform Data Pack priced at Rs.17, Rs.39, Rs.78 and Rs.98 offering free data usage up to 100MB, 240MB, 500MB and 700MB respectively with different validity options, applicable for prepaid 3G and 2G customers on 14th August, 2013 as a... Read More
Skyfire’s data shows that on India’s 3G networks 40% of all video streams ran at bitrates of less than 300 kbps, a very low speed for video playback on mobile devices. On mobile devices, HD video requires five to ten times higher bandwidth, and the immensely popular auto-play videos within the Vine and Instagram apps use a much higher bitrate (900-1300 kbps); therefore they will typically not play without frustratingly... Read More
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