February 3rd, 2017 7:02 AM 40 COMMENTS

Data War: Idea Cellular Now Offering 10GB of 3G/4G Data at Rs. 256 for Select Customers

The launch of Reliance Jio’s 4G services has startled the entire Indian telecom sector. In order to stay in contention with the new entrant’s free 4G services, incumbent operators such as Idea Cellular, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, etc are aggressively offering new plans to their consumers. Last week, we reported that Airtel is offering 4GB of data at just Rs. 149 as a part of their segmented offer, today, one... Read More

February 2nd, 2017 7:07 PM 6 COMMENTS

Idea launches 4G in UP East, announces a banquet of offers and Digital Idea apps

The latest town to get Idea 4G service is Uttar Pradesh - East (UP East). The services are now launched in Kanpur and Lucknow and will be extended to Varanasi and Allahabad within this month. Other towns in UP East will get Idea 4G by March 2017, the service provider said in a statement released. Alongside the launch of 4G, Idea has also unveiled Digital Idea, a suite comprising of... Read More

February 2nd, 2017 2:02 PM 15 COMMENTS

Trai finalizes decision on Reliance Jio’s free offer; to convey it to top telcos

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has reportedly taken a decision on top telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular’s representations against the free offers of Reliance Jio. The regulator on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it will communicate its decision to these telcos on Thursday. It however did not disclose its decision in the court, but said that its decision will be placed before... Read More

January 31st, 2017 5:06 PM 40 COMMENTS

Ensure Vodafone-Idea merger not an outcome of a forced situation created by unfair playing field: Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal

India’s top telco Bharti Airtel’s managing director and CEO Gopal Vittal welcomed the proposed alliance between Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which are the country’s second and third largest telcos. “We welcome the news of the proposed alliance between Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Consolidation is always good, especially for any capital intensive sector with multiple players,” Vittal said on Tuesday. According to him, a few solid and profitable players are... Read More

January 31st, 2017 2:13 PM 83 COMMENTS

Data war: Bharti Airtel is now offering 4GB of 4G Data at Rs. 149 as part of segmented offer

Bharti Airtel has been on a roll ever since the inception of Reliance Jio. The company has been aggressively offering new benefits for their consumers. Already, the operator is offering several goodies for the customers and now here’s another offer from Airtel, which is much better than any other operator, as of now. Airtel is offering 4GB of the 3G/4G internet for selected customers at just Rs. 149 with a... Read More

January 31st, 2017 1:44 PM 5 COMMENTS

All-India subscriber base increases by 8.18 Million, Idea added maximum number of subscribers : COAI

Continuing its upward journey, the Indian telecom industry posted another month of growth by adding 8.18 million mobile subscribers in the mobile telephony market in December 2016. In the data released by COAI, the association of mobile telephony service providers in the country, the number of mobile phone subscribers grew to a total increase of 809.99 million in December. It is noteworthy here that from the month of August 2016,... Read More

January 31st, 2017 7:02 AM 29 COMMENTS

These Indian Telecom Operators Will Launch VoLTE Services by the End of 2017

VoLTE service was available for a quite some time now, but it was with the introduction of Reliance Jio that we got to taste the technology. However, if you want to enjoy the feature, you have to get a flagship phone, but that isn’t the scenario anymore. Most of the smartphones releasing these days are featuring the VoLTE support, irrespective of the price range. The craze for the VoLTE is... Read More

January 30th, 2017 7:07 PM 35 COMMENTS

Vodafone moves to Delhi High Court against Trai for permitting Jio’s free offer

Vodafone on Monday approached the Delhi High Court against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India for allegedly failing to stop violation of tariff orders and regulations by Reliance Jio. The country’s second largest telecom operator has also claimed that the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator, in the garb of preview offer, garnered millions of subscribers by offering them free services, due to the regulator’s “arbitrary and irregular action/inaction.” The telecom operator... Read More

January 30th, 2017 5:50 PM 19 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular to launch VoLTE in all 4G circles this year, says managing director

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator, will launch voice over LTE services for customers in all of its 4G circles within this calendar year, according to the company’s managing director Himanshu Kapania. The Aditya Birla Group Company also said that it is now gearing to launch its 4G services in its 9 new 4G telecom service areas and 3G services in Bihar and Rajasthan, by March 2017, thereby... Read More

January 28th, 2017 5:39 AM 85 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Approaches TRAI to Impose Penalty on Airtel for ‘Misleading’ Free Services Ads: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJIL) has approached the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asking to impose a heavy fine on the India’s largest telecom operator, Airtel for misleading customers with their free services. The new entrant has sent out a letter to the TRAI saying that the representation of Airtel’s advertisements regarding their free calls and data services are ‘gross violation of extant telecommunication laws.' Jio has further urged that... Read More

January 25th, 2017 5:05 PM 8 COMMENTS

Now, Idea Cellular moves to Delhi High Court challenging Trai’s penalty on Jio PoI issue

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom operator, has now approached the Delhi High Court against the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s recommendation to impose Rs 950 crore penalty on it for not providing adequate interconnection to 4G entrant Reliance Jio. Idea Cellular, in its plea, claimed that it has complied with all requirements of providing interconnectivity as per the quality of service (QoS) rules and as such is not... Read More

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