Idea Cellular, India's third-largest telecom network has announced the expansion of its 4G services to Bihar & Jharkhand circle today. Till date, Idea is offering 4G services in 10 circles out of 22 telecom circles in India and with this Idea has added yet another circle to their portfolio. The company flagged off services from Muzaffarpur today, and will rapidly expand the 4G network to cover five towns within this... Read More
The Indian telecom industry is currently going through some insane changes, both in terms of tariff plans and marketing, everything has changed after the commercial launch of Reliance Jio. Yes, the brainchild of Mukesh Ambani has changed the entire scenario of the telecom sector in India and feeling the pressure are country's top three telecom operators- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular. Recently Reliance Jio has crossed 100 million... Read More
India's largest telecommunications services provider, Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 4G service in Jammu & Kashmir. With this roll out, Airtel becomes the first network in India to offer 4G services in all the 22 telecom circles of India. In contrast, Vodafone has 4G services in 17 telecom circles of India and Idea is offering 4G services in 10 circles of India. Airtel 4G is currently available... Read More
Following the footsteps of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular had earlier announced that the telco is doing away with the domestic roaming charges. As a result, Idea subscribers will be able to receive unlimited voice calls while on roaming for, i.e., without paying any extra roaming charges for the incoming calls starting April 1st. Idea had also announced a set of International Roaming value packs which more or less are quite... Read More
Vodafone Group may announce its final agreement to merge its Indian operation with rival mobile operator Idea Cellular in a £21 billion deal in a few days, UK's Telegraph reported. The publication's sources said that Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group talks had reached an advanced stage and that an agreement "could be announced this week." They, however, said that the deal negotiation has proven to be complicated and delicate for... Read More
India's newest telecom operator Reliance Jio and mobile wallet player Paytm have officially apologised for using Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photograph in their advertisements without permission. Reliance Jio came out with print advertisements and television campaigns featuring Prime Minister just after its commercial launch on September. The advertisements resulted led to public interest litigation and political debate. Paytm, on the other hand, issued advertisements on November 9 featuring Prime Minister... Read More
Are feature phones the new rage? Well, it appears as if that’s going to be the case going forward, in India at least. Recently, Lava unveiled its first 4G VoLTE enabled feature phone for the Indian market that goes by the moniker Lava 4G Connect M1. And in what appears to be a comeback of sorts, Nokia launched the modern version of Nokia 3310 a couple of weeks ago at... Read More
The telecom disputes settlement appellate and tribunal (TDSAT), the telecom tribunal on Thursday reserved its order on incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular’s interim appeal which sought a stay on Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio's free promotional offer, various media reports said. The tribunal reportedly reserved its order after hearing stances of top telcos, Reliance Jio and the regulator TRAI. Bharti Airtel, in its appeal, had sought a stay on... Read More
Vodafone India, Haryana's largest telecommunications network both by revenue and customer base today expanded its 4G footprint to 440 towns of Haryana. Vodafone SuperNet services are already present in the major centers like Karnal, Sonipat, Rewari, Ambala, Hisar, Kurukshetra, Jind, Bhiwani, Yamunanagar, Sonipat, Panipat, Bahadurgarh, Loharu, Berla, Gignaw, Baliana, and Sundrehti. Vodafone has rapidly expanded its 4G footprint in Haryana and continues to invest in delivering a superior network experience... Read More
It’s been not more than six months since the inception of Reliance Jio in the Indian telecom sector, and it has already changed the entire telecom scene in the country. With free 4G data, unlimited voice calls to any network within India, and free access to various other services in the offering, Reliance Jio has literally urged other telecom operators in the country to cut down the prices for their... Read More
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio, which has catalysed the Indian telecom market by offering free services since September last year, allegedly underreported its revenue by Rs 63.77 crore for three fiscal years to March 2015, according to a five-page report, prepared by the director general of audit for post and telecommunications. The report dated February 22, reviewed by the Economic Times, said that Jio underreported its revenue by not including realised... Read More
Reliance Jio subscribers will now be able to recharge from online recharge portal, Paytm. The latest entrant in the Indian telecom sector was earlier allowing recharges only through their portal Jio.com and through MyJio application. As of now, the JioPrime subscription plan and JioPrime monthly packs are available to recharge. Paytm is also offering discounts when you subscribe to JioPrime membership through Paytm. For example, Paytm is giving an instant... Read More
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