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December 4th, 2018 7:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

DoT Likely to Conduct Planned Special Audit of Private Telcos by the End of December

The telecom department (DoT) is likely to appoint at least 4-5 auditors this month to conduct the planned special audit of private telecom companies for period FY12 to FY18, according to a source. The bids are expected to be submitted by December 18 by interested auditors that are empanelled under Comptroller and Auditor General of India, and the appointment is likely to take place by the month-end, said an official... Read More

December 4th, 2018 6:00 PM 33 COMMENTS

4G in India: Reliance Jio and Samsung Aiming to Improve Indoor Connectivity

4G in India is currently growing at a rapid pace and we all should thank Reliance Jio for that. Jio which started its operations just a couple of years ago has already made its mark in the industry- both in terms of tariff plans and 4G availability. But the 4G connectivity indoors has always been an issue with all the telcos in India. Reliance Jio is looking to address this... Read More

December 4th, 2018 2:30 PM 17 COMMENTS

Vodafone Users Can Avail 100% Cashback on Unlimited Combo Prepaid Recharges

Vodafone India is striving hard to stay in the competition as it has now rolled out a new 100% cashback offer to its prepaid users. Having said that, Vodafone's 100% cashback offer is pretty much similar to what Airtel is providing right now. For the unaware, Airtel offers 100% cashback on its Rs 399 recharge, but Vodafone's offer is valid on three prepaid plans- Rs 399, Rs 458 and Rs... Read More

December 4th, 2018 12:01 PM 9 COMMENTS

JioMusic and Saavn Integrate to Create JioSaavn, Can Be Accessed via Web as Well

Saavn Media, a unit of Reliance Industries, Tuesday unveiled South Asia's largest streaming, entertainment and artist platform, JioSaavn, marking the official integration of JioMusic and over-the-top platform Saavn. "The new integrated JioSaavn app will be available across all app stores including the Jio app store, on JioPhone, as well as, at www.jio.com/jiosaavn," the company said in a statement. The new JioSaavn app, will bring a suite of in-app products and... Read More

December 4th, 2018 10:53 AM 45 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Will Not Go After Jio GigaFiber as Part of its New Broadband Strategy

Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco, Bharti Airtel has come up with new strategies and plans for its broadband wing in the run-up to launch of Reliance Jio’s GigaFiber FTTH service. Now Airtel is expected to focus on premium customers in the top 100 cities of India instead of laying out an enormous fibre network in the country like Reliance Jio plans to do. Reliance Jio has announced that it would... Read More

December 4th, 2018 10:09 AM 3 COMMENTS

Google Pixel 3 Devices in India Now Support eSIM Service on Jio, Airtel Networks

Google on Tuesday announced eSIM wireless service on its Pixel 3 smartphone with Reliance Jio and Airtel telecom carriers in India. Google was the first smartphone vendor to support built-in eSIMs with its Project Fi -- now called Google Fi -- network last year. "Sprint in the US, EE in the UK, Airtel and Reliance Jio in India, and Truphone and Gigsky in various countries will also roll out eSIM... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 5:59 PM 2 COMMENTS

Ongoing Consolidation in the Indian Telecom Space is a Threat to Tower Companies: Report

The ongoing consolidation in the telecom space is a "threat" to tower companies, which are staring at a margin contraction of up to 7.5 percentage points by FY20, as operators exit co-locations. Despite the ongoing troubles, the tower industry has been able to hold on to its margins till now. The country's largest telco Vodafone Idea is in the process of exiting as much as 27,500 co-locations or 3% of... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 3:48 PM 16 COMMENTS

RCom Furnishes Corporate Guarantee of Rs 1,400 Crore to DoT, Inches Towards the Spectrum Sale to Jio

Reliance Communications today said its subsidiary Reliance Realty has furnished the corporate guarantee of Rs 1,400 crore to Telecom Department as directed by the Supreme Court, stepping closer towards concluding its spectrum sale to Reliance Jio. The Supreme Court on November 30, had asked the Department of Telecom (DoT) to give a no-objection certificate (NoC) to Reliance Communications to sell its spectrum to Reliance Jio, provided a corporate guarantee of... Read More

December 3rd, 2018 3:02 PM 26 COMMENTS

MTNL Should Merge With BSNL Based on a Special Purpose Vehicle: MTNL Chairman

The government led debt-ridden telecom operator, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), which operates in Delhi and Mumbai circles has urged the government to package a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) so that the Rs 20,000 crore debts and assets including 1,100 towers, lands and buildings are deleveraged to correct the financials of the company. MTNL has also talked to the government about a merger with BSNL so that the telco will... Read More

December 1st, 2018 4:37 PM 30 COMMENTS

Apple Finally Approves Trai Do Not Disturb App for Inclusion in App Store

Apple has been resisting for a long time now. Earlier, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had requested Apple to include the Trai DND – Do Not Disturb app in App store. But unlike Google, Apple rejected the request. Apple said that they would not include the DND app by Trai into the App store, the reason being some privacy concerns. This means iPad and iPhone users in India will... Read More

December 1st, 2018 1:48 PM 33 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo Joins the Minimum Prepaid Recharge Club, Removes All Talk Time Vouchers

The prepaid sector in India has been stifled with a new problem lately. With the telecom operators vying to increase their revenue, average revenue per user (ARPU), and weeding out non-paying customers, the subscribers of these telcos have donned a sour attitude because they aren’t happy with the introduction of minimum recharges just for the sake of keeping their incoming and outgoing calls up and running. The situation was also... Read More

November 30th, 2018 5:33 PM 29 COMMENTS

SC Passes Order in Favour of RCom, Directs DoT to Approve Spectrum Trade With Reliance Jio

Previously, the long legal battle between RCom and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) was ongoing because DoT was adamant on Reliance Communications providing bank guarantees worth Rs 3,000 crore before giving the green flag for Reliance Jio and RCom sale of spectrum. However, as per the latest update, Supreme Court has given a sigh of relief for the Anil Ambani led telco, as this deal would finally help the telco in... Read More

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