May 13th, 2015 11:23 PM 20 COMMENTS

Chennai may enjoy Airtel 4G from May 14 on 1800 Mhz

Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 4G trials in Chennai from 14th May, according to sources. However, Airtel refused to confirm the news. There are also news about the next locations to receive 4G this month, with Mumbai and Hyderabad. "The company's network to launch FDD LTE (4G) in Hyderabad is also ready even and Airtel is also requesting to upgrade their SIM cards to avail 4G services on... Read More

May 13th, 2015 1:32 PM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio raised a loan of Rs. 4800 crore to roll out 4G

Mukesh-Ambani owned Reliance Jio Infocomm, has raised a loan of $750 million, approximately Rs. 4800 crore to fund the goods and services from Samsung Electronics and Ace Technologies Corp, required to roll out the infrastructure necessary for RJIL. The loan is backed by Korean Trade Insurance Corp, popularly called as K-Sure. The loan is K-Sure’s largest deal in India and it comes with a tenure of 12 years, inclusive of... Read More

May 8th, 2015 10:36 PM 6 COMMENTS

New DoT licence regime favors Reliance Jio claims CAG, Rjio says they are practicing transparent business

The new licensing regime issued by the Department of Telecom to provide voice calling facility expedites Reliance Jio Infocomm with an unfair advantage of Rs 3,367.29 crore. The auctions turned positive for Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (formerly Infotel), a Mukesh-Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd. portfolio company winning them the pan-India wireless access spectrum, which can now be extended for 4G services as well. As per a report submitted by the official auditor,... Read More

May 8th, 2015 3:04 AM 125 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 4G service nearing launch

If you are thinking yet another Jio story, well we couldn't keep our self silent. Latest reports suggest that Reliance Jio is ready for commercial launch of 4G service in the country. Reliance Jio has started connecting its 4G towers with optical fiber cables making ready to go live. Our readers has spotted this in cities like Bangalore and Trivandrum. Reliance Jio was running 4G trails for past few months and network... Read More

May 2nd, 2015 1:15 PM 1 COMMENTS

Lenovo A3900 gets listed, brings octa-core and 4G on a budget

Lenovo seems to be quite eager to grab the attention of the buyers of budget smartphones. It is constantly going on launching budget smartphones and the latest one to come out from its stable is the Lenovo A3900 smartphone. The smartphone brings octa-core processing abilities and 4G LTE connectivity on a budget. It has been priced at 499 Yuan which translates into roughly Rs 5,100. The A3900 has been listed... Read More

April 14th, 2015 4:56 PM 25 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio To Initiate Data & Voice Services In Five Cities By June: Report

Reliance Jio is all set to initiate its voice plus data services in five cities by the month of June. According to a report published in Live Mint newspaper, the company plans to expand its services in other cities throughout 2015. Talking about the expansion of data and voice services in the five cities, Reliance Jio spokesperson stated that the company would introduce its 4G services in Nagpur, New Delhi,... Read More

April 13th, 2015 8:04 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Starts Offering 4G Double Data On Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge

Airtel has joined hands with the Smartphone giant Samsung to publicize its newly launched smartphones in an enticing way. The offer claims to provide double data to all those people who buy Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Here are the details- Offer For 4G Circles: Users will get double data on 4G for a period of 6 months. Offer is valid in Bangalore as of now. Offer For 3G... Read More

April 10th, 2015 10:23 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel Seeks Government Permission For Sanctioning Wi-Fi Hotspots In Kolkata, a move to counter Rjio?

War for internet data is setting Kolkata market on fire. After Reliance Jio, its Bharti Airtel that is probing government's permission for sanctioning Wi-Fi hotspots in the city. As per the reports of The Hindu Business Line, R S Negi, CEO (Bengal & Odisha), Airtel told reporters that Airtel had sought permission from the state government with regard to creating hotspots across the city. According to him, Airtel was looking... Read More

April 9th, 2015 3:20 PM 1 COMMENTS

Nokia Networks showcases future 5G speed of 10Gbps peak rate capabilities at Annual Brooklyn 5G summit

The Finnish technology giant Nokia and the American automated test equipment producer National Instruments (NI) showcased a 5G speed of 10Gbps peak rate over the air at the 73GHz band (millimeter-wave), at the second annual Brooklyn 5G summit held at NYC University Polytechnic School of Engineering. The demonstration was intended to exhibit the smooth performance of any function without any drop in speed or connection, regardless of the number of... Read More

March 29th, 2015 7:45 PM 12 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio gets new signalling point codes for 9 more locations

We had earlier reported on Reliance Jio had been allotted signalling point codes (SPC) for offering National long distance (NLD) and International long distance (ILD) calling services. But it was limited to four metro cities namely Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata. DOT has now allotted S.P codes for a total of nine locations across the country for PAN India NLD and ILD service for Reliance jio the upcoming 4G operator. Reliance Jio has been... Read More

March 27th, 2015 5:40 PM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Bathinda

Bharti Airtel Limited has launched its 4G services in Bathinda. With this, Bathinda has become the 12th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services following Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala, Patiala and Moga. Announcing the launch, Manu Sood, Hub CEO –Upper North, Bharti Airtel (India)said, “We are delighted to launch 4G in Bathinda and empower customers with a choice to upgrade to cutting edge... Read More

March 24th, 2015 2:23 AM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel-Vodafone Backed Firefly to Crash Jio’s WiFi Party

India's WiFi market is going to see major revamp as the approach from the top players are changing, thanks to Reliance Jio's upcoming commercial launch with Wifi & 4G in the kitty. Airtel & Vodafone - the leaders have formed a JV - Firefly Networks in 2014, which was as a sleeper cell with just 30-people team since the beginning. But the entity is going to be a full phased... Read More

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