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January 3rd, 2018 4:06 PM 21 COMMENTS

RCom 2G Customers Can Now Port Out to Other Networks Till January 31 as Trai Extends Deadline

Telecom regulator Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) today announced that RCom 2G subscribers can now port out from the network to another network until January 31, 2018. Earlier today, Trai asked RCom not to kill the 'Unique Porting Codes' until January 31. The porting codes were supposed to expire on December 31, 2017. To recall, Reliance Communications led by Anil Ambani, a couple of months ago announced the shutdown... Read More

January 3rd, 2018 2:32 PM 3 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Announces Rs 93 Recharge Pack With 1GB Data, Unlimited Voice Calls for 10 Days

Indian telecom operators ushered in New Year with a slew of new and revamped prepaid recharge plans as the tariff wars continue in 2018. Idea Cellular announced its all-new Rs 93 recharge plan aimed at competitors Airtel and Reliance Jio under their unlimited prepaid packs. Idea’s Rs 93 Unlimited Pack offers unlimited voice calling for both local and STD for a period of 10 days. Idea... Read More

January 3rd, 2018 9:26 AM 55 COMMENTS

BSNL Reduces the Validity of STV 485 and STV 429 Plans from 84 Days to 74 and 71 Days Respectively

BSNL is known for its bold moves in the telecom market. The state-run telecom operator yet again made a bold move by reducing the validity of two of its most popular plans- STV 485 and STV 429. The Digital India 429 plan of BSNL and Plan 485 were valid for 84 days in the past, but the operator revised both the plans and they are now valid for 71 days... Read More

January 2nd, 2018 10:26 AM 22 COMMENTS

Reliance JioPhone Now Available on Amazon India, But There’s a Catch

Does anyone still remember the Reliance JioPhone, which was touted as the smartest feature phone? Well, the same JioPhone is now available on Amazon India at a slightly higher price, which is the catch over here. A seller listed the JioPhone on Amazon for Rs 1,745 and on top of that, an additional delivery charge of Rs 49 is applicable, which takes the overall price of the feature phone to... Read More

January 1st, 2018 3:33 PM 99 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel is Offering Better Data Benefit Than Reliance Jio With the Rs 799 Prepaid Tariff Plan

Bharti Airtel is offering better data benefit than Reliance Jio with the Rs 799 tariff plan, which both the operators introduced a couple of months ago. India's leading telecom operator Airtel is offering 3.5GB data with the Rs 799 prepaid tariff plan, while the Rs 799 plan of Jio offers 3GB data per day. Overall, Airtel is offering 98GB data with the same plan, whereas Jio is offering 84GB with... Read More

December 30th, 2017 12:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Acquisition of RCom Assets to Help Reliance Jio’s FTTH and Enterprise Services: Moody’s

Reliance Jio Infocomm's acquisition of Reliance Communications' assets, including spectrum, optical fiber network, and media convergence nodes, is set to help the Mukesh Ambani-led 4G entrant for a large scale roll-out of its wireless and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and enterprise services, Moody's said in a statement. As part of the transaction, Jio will acquire 122.4 MHz of 4G spectrum, 43,000 towers, 178,000 route kilometer of pan India optical fiber network and... Read More

December 29th, 2017 9:57 PM 17 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches a New Year Combo Plan of Rs 74 Offering 1GB Data and 100 SMS per Day for 3 Days

Government-owned telecom operator BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has come up with a new tariff plan of Rs 74 on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. This plan is valid from December 24, 2017, to January 1, 2018, meaning customers can recharge the plan during these days itself. And the benefits offered by this plan is valid on blackout days as well, which is a good thing. BSNL has... Read More

December 29th, 2017 7:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

Government to Equip Towers With Solar Power Kits to Keep Them Functioning Even When There is No Power Supply: Sinha

At the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha held today, Manoj Sinha said that the government is looking to improve mobile internet connectivity in India by increasing the number of BSNL towers in rural areas. At the same time, he also revealed that there is a plan to set up towers with solar power kits so that the towers keep on functioning even when there's no power supply, which will... Read More

December 29th, 2017 1:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offering Additional 90GB Data for the Infocus Vision 3 Smartphone Users

Bharti Airtel has extended its data bundling offer to Infocus Vision 3 smartphone. This is the first Infocus smartphone to receive additional data benefit from Airtel. Under the offer, Airtel is offering up to 90GB free data for the Vision 3 smartphone users, which converts to 15GB data per month for six months. In the past, Airtel partnered with mobile handset brands such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Google, etc. The... Read More

December 29th, 2017 7:02 AM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Year in Review 2017: Benefited Customers the Most by Forcing Rival Operators to Offer More

Reliance Jio is the fastest operator in the world to achieve 160 million subscribers in just 16 months since launching the services to the public. The Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator opened the services to the public on September 5, 2016, and since then, it's unstoppable. The motto of Reliance Jio is to offer LTE services at affordable prices, and it succeeded in doing so during the entire 2017. What's highlight... Read More

December 28th, 2017 6:56 PM 140 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Confirmed to Acquire Wireless Infrastructure of Reliance Communications

As it was rumoured earlier, Reliance Jio officially announced that it's acquiring the wireless infrastructure of Reliance Communications (RCom). The subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of specified assets of RCom and its affiliates. The monetisation process of assets will be mandated by SBI Capital Markets Limited. “An asset monetisation process for RCOM assets was mandated by the lenders... Read More

December 28th, 2017 3:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Offering Free Subscription to Amazon Prime Video With myPlan Infinity Postpaid Plans Above Rs 499

It looks like Bharti Airtel is planning for a massive 2018 in the digital content space. The leading telecom operator has started offering a free subscription to Amazon Prime Video with its myPlan Infinity postpaid plans. That said, Airtel is yet to officially make an announcement on the same, but some of the Airtel postpaid users are already receiving the subscription notification in Airtel TV application. Maybe, the company is carrying... Read More

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