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Krishna Mukherjee November 13th, 2015 8:25 PM 14 COMMENTS

Vodafone to ramp up head count to 15,000 in two years

Telecom service provider Vodafone is planning to raise its number of staff by 200 to 15,000 employees over the next two years. “The planned capacity expansions and investments in the high-end technology centre and the customer service centres will create opportunities for employment and for skilling and training India’s rich talent pool,” the company said in a statement. Vodafone, which has over 188 million subscribers in India, has announced plans... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 13th, 2015 2:11 PM 10 COMMENTS

Aircel celebrates festive season with Apno Ke Saath; to offer 100-167 minutes for free incoming and outgoing calls

Telecom operator Aircel has launched a roaming pack ‘Apno Ke Saath’ that offers 100-167 minutes of free incoming and outgoing local and STD calls. Besides, the offer, which has been designed for the festive season, also provides free 100MB of 2G and 3G data at a price of Rs 35-51 in nine circles across India. Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said, “This festive season Aircel, keeping up with its... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 13th, 2015 11:25 AM 9 COMMENTS

Vodafone group CEO meets PM Modi; Commits Rs 13,000 crore investment in India

India’s second-largest telecom operator Vodafone will invest Rs 13,000 crores (£ 1.3 billion) for capacity augmentation, new business initiatives in the country and also for government’s Digital India and Make in India programs. In a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in London, Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Group Plc’s CEO, committed this investment. Vodafone also reiterated its commitment to support government’s Digital India and Make in India initiatives. Out of the... Read More

Imon November 12th, 2015 7:15 PM 9 COMMENTS

MTNL launches new 50Mbps Fibre Broadband Plan in Delhi

MTNL Delhi has now launched some new FTTH plans for broadband users in the circle. These plans will offer browsing and downloading speeds of upto 50 Mbps . Under the new FTTH (Fibre To The Home) Broadband, MTNL has launched five plans – Rs. 799, Rs. 999, Rs. 1500, Rs. 2500, Rs. 3500 – to counter other broadband players in the region. A recent subscription data from the sector regulatory,... Read More

Esmail November 12th, 2015 4:12 PM 50 COMMENTS

New MSC codes allotted to Airtel in Odisha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu circles

The department of telecommunications allocates from time to time new set of MSC codes to operators in certain circles where the operators meet certain qualifying criteria of subscriber base. DOT has assigned new MSC codes to Bharti Airtel for crossing 1 million new subscriber additions in Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu circles. The details of the MSC codes assigned are given below: Name of operator Name of circle MSC codes... Read More

Imon November 11th, 2015 5:04 PM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel updates My Airtel self-care app, starts offering multiple new features

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, released its revamped self-care app 'My Airtel' for Android platform. In the latest update, the company added multiple features to make the app more convenient to the users. It has also changed the app's user interface to match Google's Material Design guidelines. We've earlier shared how Airtel intregated Airtel Money into their self care app. With this update, one can recharge or pay for... Read More

Esmail November 11th, 2015 6:16 AM 24 COMMENTS

BSNL reduces free wifi offering at public hotspots to first 15 mins once a month

BSNL the largest PSU has cut down on the free wifi offering at its public hotspots to just first 15 mins once a month for one mobile number with immediate effect. Earlier the operator used to provide free usage of first 30 mins for up to 3 occasions in a month per mobile number. The move by the operator is aimed at increasing the revenue from its public hotspots through... Read More

Imon November 10th, 2015 4:34 PM 21 COMMENTS

Vodafone India service revenue up 6.2% in H1; to launch 4G in five circles starting Dec

Vodafone India, the country's second-largest mobile operator, said that its service revenue stood at Rs 21,883 crores in the six months ended September 2015, a growth of 6.2%, on the back of customer base growth and strong demand for 3G data services. “We continue to deliver healthy double digit underlying revenue growth of 11.2% and further enhanced EBITDA margin to 29.7%. Driven by the strong uptake in data, our 3G... Read More

Tharun G November 10th, 2015 3:15 PM 22 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular’s 4G LTE signal is now live in Punjab

After Vodafone's 4G LTE signal went live in Kerala, Idea's 4G LTE signals were spotted in Chandigarh (Punjab). Idea is readying its 4G network for an early 2016 launch. Idea had earlier announced its plan to launch 4G LTE services in Kerala, Maharashtra & Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, North East, Tamil Nadu, and Orissa in a phased manner. Idea will be using its efficient... Read More

Imon November 10th, 2015 3:11 PM 21 COMMENTS

Idea teases its 4G LTE services with a ‘4G is coming’ banner

Aditya Birla Group controlled Idea Cellular has started teasing the launch of its 4G LTE services with a new banner on their website. The banner states that "4G is coming soon”. A few weeks back, Idea announced that they will launch the 4G network based on FDD-LTE standard in 300 cities starting in December till the first half of the next year. Primarily Idea, the third largest telecom operator by... Read More

Imon November 10th, 2015 3:07 PM 1 COMMENTS

MTNL net loss narrows to Rs 730.44 crore in Q2

MTNL, the state-run telecom operator, said that it has narrowed its net loss to Rs 730.44 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, against a net loss of Rs 834.22 crore in the same period a year ago. The telco, which offers telecom services in Delhi and Mumbai, posted a decline of 7.46 percent in net revenue from operations at Rs 787.21 crore during the quarter, as compared to... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee November 10th, 2015 1:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo kicks off multi-city symposium around ‘Digital Disruption’

Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservice (TTL), has started multi-city symposium that showcases its gamut of offerings around digital technologies, including marketing solutions, enterprise collaboration, asset connectivity and enterprise connectivity to its customers in India. With more than 250 participants, consisting of CEOs, industry experts, entrepreneurs and CIOs, Tata Docomo led the discussion at its annual industry confluence ‘Do Big Symposium’ around the technologies powering digital disruption -... Read More