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Ria Lakshman September 14th, 2016 6:00 PM 42 COMMENTS

RJio, BSNL ink intra-circle roaming agreement for 2G and 4G services: Report

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJio) and the state-owned service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has signed an intra-circle roaming agreement for 2G and 4G services. This will enable the BSNL customers to use RJio’s 4G services in roaming and RJio subscribers to use BSNL’s 2G network for making voice calls. Commenting on the new partnership, BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said, “We are focused on creating value... Read More

Srikapardhi September 14th, 2016 5:39 PM 17 COMMENTS

Telenor India launches 4G services in Hajipur, offers Super Saver 4G plans at Rs 11

Telenor India today announced the launch of 4G services for its customers in Hajipur. Hajipur is the third city in Bihar & Jharkhand region to go live with 4G services. Prior to Hajipur, the company launched its 4G services in Ranchi and Dhanbad in the month of July and August respectively and got encouraging response witnessing 100 % growth in subscribers’ month on month. With the brand promise of “Sabse... Read More

Imon September 14th, 2016 3:29 PM 5 COMMENTS

Exclusive: MTNL Mumbai adds flexibility for speed v/s data in all broadband plans

After posting standalone loss of 718 Cr during April-June quarter, MTNL has now revamped all its broadband plans in Mumbai circle and now lets the subscriber pick between two alternatives at the same tariff point, one can either go for higher speeds coupled with lower pre FUP data quota or opt for lower speeds coupled with higher pre FUP data quota. In the above table for example, the entry level pack... Read More

Imon September 14th, 2016 12:02 PM 16 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Vodafone to launch own 3G network in Odisha circle on 900 MHz

After expanding its 4G data network to 4 more circles, Vodafone is now working on launching its own 3G network in Odisha circle using efficient 900 Mhz spectrum which they bought in the last spectrum auction. According to our sources, the company has already deployed own 3G network in the circle and successfully tested it in a few places. Vodafone is using 5Mhz of spectrum in 900 Mhz band to... Read More

Imon September 14th, 2016 11:59 AM 13 COMMENTS

MTNL reports a standalone loss of Rs.718 crores in Apr-June 2016 quarter

Struggling PSU telecom operator, Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd. today reported that their standalone loss was at Rs 718.02 crore in the April-June quarter this year down fro Rs 734.24 crore in the same period a year ago. The total income of MTNL from their two operational circles of Mumbai and Delhi also declined by 4.5 per cent to Rs 744.72 crore in April- June quarter from Rs 780.12 crore in the... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 14th, 2016 7:16 AM 53 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio retaliates to Airtel’s claim on asymmetric traffic flow as baseless

Soon after Airtel announced its plan to offer three times more points of interconnect (PoI) to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), the latter released the call failure rates on various networks via a statement to the media. According to the statement, around 22 crore calls have failed on Airtel network. Around 52 crore calls have failed cumulatively on the networks of the three incumbent operators viz. Airtel, Vodafone India Ltd, and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 13th, 2016 7:27 PM 70 COMMENTS

After Idea, now Airtel to augment POIs -Jio breathes sigh of relief

Airtel, today said that following its bilateral discussions with Reliance Jio, it will provide additional PoIs to Jio which will be more than adequate to serve over 15 million customers. Airtel has been providing PoIs to Jio, well ahead of the commencement of its commercial operations. With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs will become 3 times the present number of PoIs. Based on the current traffic pattern... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 13th, 2016 2:08 PM 291 COMMENTS

Report: Is Reliance Jio losing its charm?

After an initial uproar, the feedbacks about Reliance Jio depict a mixed reaction, according to various reports. In terms of addition of new customers, Reliance Jio is adding five lakh customers a day for the Welcome offer instead of the one million customers it targeted, pointed out a report by The Hindu. December 31, 2016, is the internal target for the company to reach 100 million customers using e-KYC. However,... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 13th, 2016 1:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based digital verification process in Bihar

Airtel has started Aadhaar based e-KYC solution in Bihar from today following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of India. Consumers in Bihar have appreciated the e-solution and started taking SIM based on Aadhar e-KYC. Airtel become the first company to roll out E-KYC solution in Bihar. The solution will facilitate and enable instant activation of Airtel mobile connection and thereby enhance customer convenience and experience. The digital... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 13th, 2016 7:31 AM 34 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches 4G in West Bengal on 1800 Mhz offers 20 GB at Rs 955

Vodafone India, has launched 4G service in West Bengal in the prominent business and residential town of Siliguri. 4G services will be rolled out across West Bengal over the next few months. The launch in West Bengal follows the successful launch of Vodafone 4G services in Kerala, Karnataka, Kolkata, Delhi & NCR, Mumbai, Haryana UP East and Gujarat. Announcing the launch of Vodafone 4G service in West Bengal, Naveen Chopra,... Read More

Srikapardhi September 12th, 2016 7:12 PM 57 COMMENTS

Idea commissions more points of interconnect to facilitate smooth entry of Jio into telecom

Idea Cellular, today said that it welcomes Jio, and remains committed to facilitate its seamless entry into the hyper-competitive market. Idea Cellular has in the past been providing and augmenting Points of Interconnect (POIs) very liberally and we will continue to support all new operators for all their reasonable, fair and legitimate requirements of POIs. In the month of August 2016 there were a total of 2.97 million unique Jio subscribers who... Read More

Esmail September 12th, 2016 12:22 PM 144 COMMENTS

Jio starts B3-B5 carrier aggregation trials in Kerala, may launch LTE-A soon

Reliance Jio which is currently the largest holder of liberalised spectrum in the telecom sector has recently started testing carrier aggregation of band 3 (1800 MHz) spectrum with band 5 (850 MHz) spectrum in Kerala circle and may soon launch LTE-A on a pan India scale. The operator currently holds liberalised airwaves in 2300 MHz and 850 MHz pan India and in 1800 MHz in 18 out of the total... Read More