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Esmail October 1st, 2015 9:59 AM 104 COMMENTS

Advertising standards council of India orders Airtel to stop airing misleading 4G challenge ad by 7th October

In view of the consumer complaints regarding Airtel's 4G ad campaign where the operator challenges subscribers to find a faster network than it's own and get their lifetime bills paid by Airtel, the ad campaign was thoroughly scrutinised by the 'Advertising standards council of India' (ASCI). After reviewing the supporting evidence provided by Airtel in its defence, the ASCI found that Airtel's ads were grossly misleading and ordered the operator... Read More

Esmail October 1st, 2015 6:00 AM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL regularises annual 3G vouchers for prepaid subscribers Pan India

BSNL the largest PSU operator will be regularising 4 annual validity 3G vouchers for its prepaid subscribers on a Pan India scale from 1st October. This comes on the occasion of the 15th foundation day of the PSU and the planned 'Consumer week' being celebrated by the operator from 1st to 7th October during which it plans on releasing multiple consumer friendly offerings. The details of the regularised annual 3G... Read More

Esmail October 1st, 2015 5:00 AM 66 COMMENTS

Ambani brothers to jointly provide ‘Gold standard’ mobile network Pan India

Anil Ambani today announced in the Annual general meeting of Reliance communications that his company is in advanced talks with elder brother's Reliance Jio for spectrum trading and sharing agreement across India. This will be a strategic partnership which will benefit both operators such that Rcom subscribers can use Jio's 4G network while Jio's subscribers can fall back on Rcom's 3G and 2G network for voice services. Currently, RJio has... Read More

Esmail September 30th, 2015 7:56 PM 3 COMMENTS

BSNL revises ISD calling tariff Pan India

BSNL the largest PSU has revised its ISD calling tariff Pan India. The details of the revised tariffs are given in the table below. The revised calling rates will be applicable in all circles from 1st October 2015. ISD Tariff calculation sheet Sept, 2015 Sr.No. Destination/ Country Name Country codes Area codes Existing rate in (Rs./min) Revised rate in (Rs./min) Revised pulse duration for plans working on mcu basis (... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 30th, 2015 3:40 PM 37 COMMENTS

Aircel to add 346 new 3G sites by December in Kolkata to bolster network

Aircel, one of India’s leading innovative telecom service providers, today announced an aggressive expansion plan to create a robust 3G network Kolkata. The company will be adding close to 350 new 3G sites by end 2015, on the back of which, it expects to welcome more than two lakh customers to the Aircel family, enabling them to enjoy a data speed of up to 21 Mbps. On this occasion, Aircel... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 29th, 2015 3:23 PM 5 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo now offers self recharge facility by just dialing *123#

Tata Docomo, the unified telecom brand of Tata Teleservices, today announced new functionality to the My Best Offer (MBO) offer. This functionality allows subscribers a swift MBO recharge simply by dialing *123#. In just four easy steps subscribers can avail customized tariff plans best suited to their needs. This offer provides users the benefit of Customer Self Care at *123# by eliminating the need for menu change. A text message... Read More

Srikapardhi September 29th, 2015 2:53 PM 20 COMMENTS

Aircel to have 1,000 Xpress Stores every 4 kilometers across India by Q1 2016

Aircel, one of India’s leading innovative mobile service providers, continues to expand its retail footprint across the country and aims to have more than 1,000 ‘Aircel Xpress Stores’ in its chain by Q1 2016. Launched last year, Aircel Xpress Stores are based on the low-cost FOFO (Franchisee Owned Franchisee Operated) model that aims at providing maximum ease to customers with its presence spaced every 3-4 kilometers in most cities across... Read More

Chhavi September 29th, 2015 12:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telenor India supports new UN Global Goals; Launches SMS and social media campaigns

Telenor India today announced that it is supporting United Nations’ 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Telenor will spread the message around the UN goals to its 3,500 employees and reach out to its 48 million customers through its key communications channels, such as SMS and social media. “By extending Internet connectivity to as many people as possible, we enable access to vital services, such as health and education, whilst... Read More

Imon September 28th, 2015 10:27 AM 17 COMMENTS

BSNL extends 512Kbps Broadband Unlimited plan, after receiving good response from consumers

BSNL Gujarat has extended the popular 512Kbps Broadband Unlimited plan for its customers in the Godhra district. After receiving huge response from users, BSNL has extended the plan which helped them in counter GTPL in that region. The promotional plan is now extended for an additional period of 90 days, till the 28th of December, 2015. BSNL New Broadband Plan for Godhra Area of Gujarat with 'No Monthly Charges' Particular's... Read More

Imon September 26th, 2015 8:04 PM 27 COMMENTS

Airtel revises data packs in the Himachal Pradesh circle, adds extra data

Recently, telecom operators have started a trend of reducing data rates in many circles after continuously hiking data rates for a few months. Now, Airtel has added more data in existing packs for its prepaid users in Himachal Pradesh. A few days back, Idea Cellular revised all their prepaid packs in some circles by adding more data in them. This move of reducing data rates or adding extra data in... Read More

Imon September 26th, 2015 12:37 PM 11 COMMENTS

BSNL launches new ‘Value for Money’ combo packs in Karnataka

Today, BSNL has announced that it has launched new combo packs, the packs that combine data and talk-time benefits in a single pack, for the Karnataka circle. In addition to the existing 3G data plans in the Karnataka circle, new combo plans priced at Rs. 158, Rs. 319, and Rs. 329 have been launched. These packs have a validity of 30 days with 250MB, 2GB, and 1GB of free 3G... Read More

Imon September 26th, 2015 9:50 AM 44 COMMENTS

Telenor India’s new website goes live, continues offering exclusive offers through online recharges

Telenor India's new website, Telenor.in, is now live for its customers. The company (erstwhile Uninor), controlled by the Telenor Group, unveiled their new brand identity two days back. As a part of their rebranding process, they have launched a new website under their new brand name. The new website is more mobile - friendly and, unlike other operators, Telenor India continues offering more than full talk time with recharges made... Read More