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February 13th, 2017 2:06 PM 25 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches 4G services in Chennai

Vodafone, today announced the launch of its Vodafone SuperNet 4G service in Chennai in the presence of Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand former World Chess Champion. After successful launches in Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Madurai, Tuticorin, Trichy, Hosur, Salem, Erode, Pondicherry and Vellore Vodafone SuperNet 4G was launched in Chennai. Vodafone SuperNet 4G will be made available in all major towns and cities across the state by March 2017. Built on the efficient 2100... Read More

February 13th, 2017 12:50 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Self Care Portal Now Offers Features Which Will Help You to Compare Your Monthly Usage to that of Previous Ones

India’s largest telecom network, Bharti Airtel is working on several changes to compete with the rival networks. Of late, they have been introducing various offers primarily to compete with Reliance Jio. At the same time, the company is focusing on bringing in better customer experience. Airtel has completely revamped their Airtel MyAccount Self Care portal with better navigation and detailed statistics of the customer’s usage per month. The best part... Read More

February 12th, 2017 12:55 PM 39 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular adds over 9000 4G sites in Q3, 4G user base declines

Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telecom operator deployed just over 9000 4G cell sites in the quarter, taking the overall 4G site count to 33,954 in the country. The telco’s 3G cell site count went up from the 60,467 in the second quarter to 66,661 in the third quarter, which ended on December 31, 2016. Idea’s 2G cell site count reached 132,362 in the third quarter against 130,633 in the... Read More

February 11th, 2017 9:03 PM 42 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio free services effect: Idea Cellular posts first ever net loss in Q3

Idea Cellular, India’s third largest telecom operator by users has reported its first ever consolidated net loss since its listing in the December 2016 quarter. In the quarter, the telco posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 383.87 crore for the December 2016 quarter, against a net profit of Rs 659.35 crore in the year-ago period. In a statement, Idea Cellular said that the Indian telecom industry witnessed an unprecedented... Read More

February 11th, 2017 7:16 PM 43 COMMENTS

RCom reports Q3 net loss of Rs 531 cr, blames competition & shutdown of profitable CDMA biz

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) reported a net loss of Rs 531 crore in the third quarter, while its revenue declined 4.3% at Rs 4,922 crore in the quarter, against Rs 5,142 crore in Q2. The telco said that it posted net loss on account of an unprecedented competitive intensity, complete shutdown of its profitable CDMA operations, and due to an increase in amortisation and interest expense aggregating Rs 278... Read More

February 11th, 2017 5:48 PM 22 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance Jio to soon offer 6-series numbers to customers in India, gets MSC Codes from the DoT

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has been allotted new MSC codes in the 6-series mobile numbers by the telecom department (DoT) in Rajasthan, Assam and Tamil Nadu telecom zones. The development will allow the 4G entrant to offer new mobile numbers beginning with “6”. The telecom department’s notification said that the new codes have been allotted to meet new one million users demand. “In consideration to the request of service providers,... Read More

February 11th, 2017 3:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla may head Voda-Idea merged entity

Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla could emerge as the unanimous choice for chairman of the Vodafone-Idea Cellular merged entity, Mint reported. Kumar Mangalam Birla's appointed of the proposed merged entity would also help Vodafone Group make a case that it has spun off or de-consolidated its subsidiary Vodafone India, person told the publication. “Vodafone can’t be seen as having greater control in the merged entity," he was quoted... Read More

February 11th, 2017 12:49 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone-Idea merged entity to surpass Reliance Jio in network capacity terms: Credit Suisse

The proposed merger of Vodafone and Idea Cellular will create a telco with 35% network capacity share in the country, surpassing Reliance Jio, which would have 31% network capacity share, according to Credit Suisse. It however added that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco would continue to lead in capacity share of data networks “by virtue of its large data spectrum holdings and exclusive 4G deployment.” In a note, the brokerage said... Read More

February 10th, 2017 8:18 PM 51 COMMENTS

Reasons Why Telecom Operators in India Are Against BSNL’s App-Based Calling?

Telecom sector in India is undergoing some massive changes, not only in terms of providing offers to consumers, but also operators are working hard to improve the existing infrastructure to catch up with the new entrant, Reliance Jio. State-run telecom operator BSNL recently announced a new technology with which users can make calls by just installing an application on their phones and the company call it as ‘app-based calling'.  To... Read More

February 10th, 2017 6:44 PM 4 COMMENTS

TTSL in talks to sell entire stake in Viom Networks: Report

Dual technology telecom service provider Tata Teleservices is in discussions to sell its entire stake in Viom Networks, a telecom tower company, to American Tower Corporation (ATC) for about Rs 4,000 crore, according to a PTI report. The latest development follows a divestment of majority of Tata Teleservices' stake in Viom Networks previously. TTSL's stake in Viom Networks came down to 26 per cent after American Tower Corporation bought majority... Read More

February 10th, 2017 2:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio Integrates JioMoney with JioChat; Users Can Now Send/Receive Money via Chat Itself

The high-flying telecom network in the country, Reliance Jio seems to be now shifting their focus towards improving their digital services. In an unusual move, RJIL, a couple of days ago announced the integration of JioMoney, the company's standalone payments service with the JioChat, a chat application designed to take on WhatsApp and other instant messaging apps. Well, you might be wondering, how does this integration work? Some months ago,... Read More

February 10th, 2017 2:01 PM 108 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio for causing ‘huge loss’ to company

The PoI war continues to gain pace as the operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, blaming each other for call failures.Yesterday, Bharti Airtel reinforced its claim that it has provided enough number of points-of-interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Times of India. According to Airtel, it has given PoIs to serve over 190 million customers, which is much higher than the customer base claimed by Reliance Jio (which is 72.5... Read More

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