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Tharun G December 24th, 2014 1:56 PM 252 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Airtel starts charging for VoIP data on 2G and 3G, calls on Viber and Skype not to be covered by data packs

This Christmas may not be much of a delight for Airtel subscribers. In an unprecedented move, Bharti Airtel has started charging standard data rates for VoIP data usage on all Internet data packs and plans. As per the new data policy All Internet/data packs or plans (through which customer can avail discounted rate) shall only be valid for internet browsing and will exclude VoIP (Both incoming/ Outgoing). VoIP over data connectivity would be charged at standard data rates... Read More

Sonali Dange December 22nd, 2014 4:23 PM 49 COMMENTS

Why Reliance Jio wins hands down against Airtel 4G

4G war is definitely heating up and all of us are waiting with baited breath for Reliance Jio to launch its services. We have seen what Airtel has to offer in terms of 4G and now have lot of expectations from Reliance Jio in terms of 4G services in India. In my last article, I had analysed the pricing strategy of Airtel 4G. Today I am analysing Airtel vs Reliance... Read More

Srikapardhi December 20th, 2014 11:46 PM 17 COMMENTS

Uninor’s Self Help Services via USSD : Our Analysis [Infographic]

Uninor launched a Toll-free SELF CARE option to all its subscribers some time back. One can check balance, validity expiry, offers and many other services through Self Care option. Any uninor subscriber needs to dial *121# from mobile and can experience the easiest and fastest way to get information which gives an advantage. The same is being promoted by Uninor across various channels. Now let us see what Uninor is... Read More

Srikapardhi December 8th, 2014 1:13 PM 14 COMMENTS

TT Benchmark : 61% users don’t get the quality of data services they pay for

We conducted the TT Poll: Pan India Mobile Data Usage Survey few weeks back and would like to thank our readers for their responses. After filtering the responses we were able to consider 828 of them in this survey result. It was very fascinating to read the experiences/suggestions users have provided in the survey result, though it was an optional field. Here are the survey results: We can clearly see that most of... Read More

Asif Iqbal December 4th, 2014 12:42 AM 10 COMMENTS

10 things you must know before buying the OnePlus One in India

OnePlus officially entered the Indian smartphone market when it launched its first smartphone in the country. The OnePlus One was launched yesterday exclusively through Amazon with a price tag of Rs. 21,999, but following its fallout with Cyanogen Inc., many consumers in India were confused about future software updates in India. But shortly after the official launch event of the OnePlus One, the company has answered some of the important questions in... Read More

Sonali Dange December 2nd, 2014 5:22 PM 12 COMMENTS

Predatory pricing of Airtel 4G, will it lead to differentiation or commoditisation?

Airtel’s recent move to drop prices of its 4G services below the 3G prices can be seen as a predatory pricing move. Right now Airtel is the only player in the Indian market offering 4G, which is soon set to change. Having won the spectrum in 2010, RJIO is all geared up to launch 4G services by next year in the country. While Reliance JIO is preparing to launch its... Read More

Srikapardhi November 24th, 2014 2:13 AM 57 COMMENTS

TT Poll : Pan India Mobile Data Usage Survey

With mobile operators hiking data tariff every now and then in recent times, neglecting the types of data users in existence, usage scenarios and the real quality they provide, its difficult for mobile data users to digest the increasing data hikes. Not every user is same and have the same priority and importance for data on the move. So, in order to analyse the usage scenarios and to come up... Read More

Tharun G November 21st, 2014 12:12 PM 40 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo, BSNL and Reliance Offers the Cheapest 2G/3G, CDMA and EVDO Data Plans

Internet is now essential part of our life and mobile internet remains the popular choice in India to get online. But you have got so much choices to choose from different operators, technology and plans. Today we analyse which is the right plan for you in Kerala circle. 2G Mobile Internet Plan TATA Docomo offers the cheapest 1GB 2G internet pack in Kerala at just Rs 95 for 30 days... Read More

Chethan S November 16th, 2014 6:54 PM 10 COMMENTS

Should Mobile Operators directly compete with Banks? If yes, How?

Over the past few weeks several banks have announced their plans and some have already started charging for ATM transactions (both cash and non-cash) beyond a certain number of times. Naturally this has led to discontent amongst customers but there are lesser ways of escaping these charges unless one carefully plans ATM transactions. In this situation we explore a lesser used alternative, the Mobile Money offerings from mobile operators. Mobile... Read More

Srikapardhi November 14th, 2014 1:29 PM 18 COMMENTS

List of Indian Operators who messed up VAS Deactivation services while on Roaming

TRAI has introduced a solution to help mobile users to deactivate VAS in a user friendly and transparent manner through SMS and IVRS. Any user can use the toll-free short code number “155223” which is uniform across all the operators to call or send SMS to deactivate VAS. There are instances of people who have auto or unwanted VAS activations on roaming or just missed to deactivate VAS before roaming.... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 9th, 2014 11:00 AM 19 COMMENTS

First Impressions: Here’s what we think about the Apple iPhone 6 Plus

This year, Apple released two new iPhones, just like last year. But there difference when compared to last year is that, both these devices are high-end devices unlike iPhone 5C which was more of a mid-range devices. The iPhone 6 comes with a 4.7-inch screen, while the iPhone 6 Plus is equipped with a large 5.5-inch display, making it the first phablet offering from Apple. Before expressing my initial impressions... Read More

Asif Iqbal November 2nd, 2014 11:00 AM 60 COMMENTS

Analysis: Will Samsung fade away from the smartphone market, just like Nokia did?

All of us know Samsung, the company which, over the past four years, has made its way to the top of the Android food chain. Its marketing efforts paid off in the form of big market share and big profits. However, recently, the company seems to be in troubled waters as their profits have been declining consequently over the past four quarters and they have also lost smartphone market share... Read More