Voice & Data

December 17th, 2018 11:22 AM 17 COMMENTS

JioPhone Monsoon Hungama Offer: 5 Things You Should Keep in Mind Before Opting

Reliance Jio is already leading the Indian feature phone market with its aggressive JioPhone offering. The telco launched the JioPhone last year and marketed it as effectively free for all users, despite collecting a security deposit of Rs 1,500. This year in July, Jio introduced the JioPhone 2 priced at Rs 2,999. And to boost the sales of original JioPhone, the company came up with JioPhone Monsoon Hungama Offer, under... Read More

December 16th, 2018 4:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Postpaid Plans Detailed: Add-On Connections, Up to 300GB Data and More

Airtel has been offering decent postpaid plans for a while now. The telco's myPlan Infinity postpaid plans start at Rs 399 and the pricier one from the operator is the Rs 2,999 plan. All the plans now ship with one year of Amazon Prime subscription and the data benefit ranges from 40GB to 300GB. The Sunil Mittal-led operator also partnered with Netflix recently and providing free Netflix Basic subscription with... Read More

December 14th, 2018 5:40 PM 25 COMMENTS

DoT to Clear Reliance Communications Spectrum Sale Deal to Reliance Jio by Monday

After a long legal struggle with the Anil Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Communications, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has informed the Supreme Court that it will be granting clearance to the spectrum sale deal of RCom to Reliance Jio. This move comes as a big relief to the financially stricken telco as now it will be able to receive payment from Reliance Jio, which will be used to pare... Read More

December 14th, 2018 11:42 AM 7 COMMENTS

Aircel Approaches SC Demanding Rs 453 Crore Worth of Bank Guarantees from DoT and Airtel

In the latest turn of events, the insolvent telco owned by Malaysia’s Maxis, Aircel has approached the Supreme Court and filed an appeal saying that neither the Department of Telecommunications and nor Bharti Airtel has obliged by the November 28 order and returned the Rs 453 crores worth of bank guarantees. The telco said that the same amount could be paid in cash by the two parties, and in the... Read More

December 14th, 2018 10:13 AM 62 COMMENTS

Customers Can Now Port Out From One Network to Another in Two Days as per New MNP Rules from Trai

After a long wait, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Thursday revamped the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) rules. As per the new regulations, a customer can now port out from one network to another in just two days. Trai made the entire process faster and simpler and prescribed two days timeline for port out requests within a service area. Similarly, a timeline of four working days has been... Read More

December 13th, 2018 7:46 PM 13 COMMENTS

TDSAT Overthrows Previous Order by Trai on Predatory and Competitive Pricing by Airtel and Vodafone Idea

According to a new report, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, the two of the top three telecom operators will now be able to take a sigh of a relief thanks to the new the order passed by Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). This new order by TDSAT quashes the provisions pertaining to predatory pricing and discounted tariffs which were enforced earlier by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India... Read More

December 12th, 2018 6:57 PM 21 COMMENTS

Cutthroat Tariff War and Lack of 4G Services Hurting MTNL: Government

The government on Wednesday said legacy staff cost, cutthroat tariff war, and absence of 4G services are some of the major reasons for losses at state-owned telecom firm MTNL. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha informed the Lok Sabha that the Department of Telecom had received revival plan of MTNL, which has been declared 'Incipient Sick', as per the Department of Public Enterprises guidelines. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) currently has the... Read More

December 12th, 2018 5:28 PM 2 COMMENTS

Vodafone Rs 597 Long-Validity Prepaid Recharge With Unlimited Calling, 10GB Data Benefit Launched

Ever since its merger completion with Idea Cellular, Vodafone India has been launching new plans every now and then to lure the smartphone users. Unlike Jio which has a feature phone in the form of JioPhone, Vodafone doesn't have any such, and to concentrate on its existing 2G customers who're still using a feature phone, the telco has introduced a Rs 597 prepaid recharge. The plan, which is valid for... Read More

December 12th, 2018 5:10 PM 2 COMMENTS

Telcos Installed Over 13 Lakh Base Transceiver Stations During the Last Three Years: Manoj Sinha

Three leading industry bodies have submitted a joint proposal to the government for provisioning of interoperable internet and broadband services through a common platform, entailing roll out of a million Wi-Fi hotspots by September 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. "Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) and Virtual Network Operators Association of India (VNOAI) have submitted a joint proposal to Department of... Read More

December 12th, 2018 12:04 PM 38 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Debuts New Open Market Prepaid Plan Worth Rs 419, Ships 1.4GB Daily Data for 75 Days

Sunil Bharti Mittal led Bharti Airtel recently decided to do away with the talk time recharges and introduced minimum recharges for their subscribers and the move was not at all well received by the customers of Airtel. However, the telco has lately been on the task of simplifying its recharge portfolio. The former market leader seems to be carrying out this task by removing the not so popular recharges from... Read More

December 12th, 2018 9:16 AM 9 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio to Spin Off Fibre and Tower Assets to Separate Entities

Telecom operator Reliance Jio Infocomm Tuesday said its board has approved schemes to spin off the company's fibre and tower assets to separate entities. "The board of directors of the company, at its meeting held today, accorded its approval to a scheme of arrangement for transfer of its fibre undertaking, on a going concern basis, to a separate company," Jio said in a regulatory filing on 'restructuring/reorganisation proposals'. The board... Read More

December 11th, 2018 6:53 PM 9 COMMENTS

RCom and DoT Go Hard on Legal Battle, Telco Files Contempt of Court Plea Against Department

Anil Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance Communications (RCom) has filed a contempt of court plea against the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not clearing its spectrum sale deal to Reliance Jio in the stipulated period. To recall, DoT had agreed to grant clearance to RCom for selling its assets to the Mukesh Ambani led telco to obtain cash for paring its debt. However, this recent plea in the Supreme Court... Read More

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