September 23rd, 2015 5:05 PM 14 COMMENTS

Uninor unveils new global identity, changes brand name to Telenor

Telenor India introduced a refreshed brand identity today. The company has retained its prominent position as Sabse Sasta (most affordable) operator and has extended its commitment to deliver excellence through fair and easy services. With a brand new philosophy of delivering more value for money through a well-crafted campaign tag line “Ab life full paisa vasool”, Telenor builds on the promise to offer more for less in each transaction. The... Read More

September 23rd, 2015 7:32 AM 4 COMMENTS

MTNL Mumbai giving away free broadband connection with 6 GB of data to landline applicants

The PSU telecom operator MTNL has now started offering free broadband connections to new landline customers in Mumbai. The operator has announced that it is a festive offer for its new landline customers in Mumbai. Under this offer, the customers who have applied for a new landline connection in Mumbai before August 31 can avail broadband services for absolutely free for the period of one month. The state-run operator has... Read More

September 21st, 2015 7:06 PM 5 COMMENTS

Aircel announces ‘Aircel Extra Majaa Squad’ campaign for college students to promote Aircel 3G among youth

The new promotional activity of Aircel to promote Aircel 3G is “Aircel Extra Majaa Squad” (AEMS), under which the operator will travel to different colleges across Bengaluru and engage with students through attractive competitions. The colleges shortlisted for the purpose are Ambedakar Institute of Technology, Sambhram Institute of Technology and Jain College. In the contest Super Syncer Dubsmash, the contestants have to lip-sync and act their favorite songs out in... Read More

September 21st, 2015 5:28 PM 14 COMMENTS

BSNL bids goodbye to MMS, says it has become obsolete

BSNL the largest PSU has finally pulled the plug on the multimedia messaging system (MMS) platform which was never able to gain any traction in India. MMS which seems to be the communication technology of the age of the Dinosaur, never caught on with the masses due to it being higher priced than traditional SMS and not being supported by all handsets. Back in the day when someone spent Rs.5... Read More

September 21st, 2015 3:34 PM 55 COMMENTS

Aircel to roll-out 13000 2G, 3G and 4G sites across the country by December 2015

Aircel, today announced its network expansion of adding 13000 2G, 3G and 4G sites across the country by December 2015. The plan is in line with the growing demand for mobile telephony services and to offer better customer experience, uninterrupted services and enhanced data speeds. Sameer Dave, Chief Technology Officer, Aircel said, “In line with our commitment to offer seamless, uninterrupted and differentiated services to our customers, Aircel regularly undertakes... Read More

September 21st, 2015 1:40 PM 47 COMMENTS

Airtel moves all its prepaid mobile customers to per second billing

Airtel, announced that starting today it will move all its prepaid mobile customers nationally to the more affordable per second bill plan. Rolled out under the new “Pay For What You Use” initiative as part of the company’s “Customer First” commitment, this will help ensure that customers pay only for the time they use the Airtel network. Announcing the initiative, Ajai Puri, Director – Market Operations, Bharti Airtel (India &... Read More

September 21st, 2015 4:39 AM 36 COMMENTS

BSNL Kerala makes highest ever profit in FY 2014-15

Kerala is the main circle where from BSNL gets most of its revenue, which is much higher than any other circle in India. Now, BSNL Kerala has revealed that they made a profit of Rs. 486 crores in the financial year 2014-15. The national telecom operator is making losses in many other circles, but during a press meet at Trivandrum, BSNL Kerala Circle Chief General Manager Shri M.S.S. Rao shared... Read More

September 19th, 2015 6:31 PM 31 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

Airtel, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh). Now, customers across the country can experience high speed wireless broadband on Airtel 4G and get on to the digital superhighway to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including mobile phones,... Read More

September 19th, 2015 6:17 PM 5 COMMENTS

Global: Elon Musk to launch 4000 satellites into space to connect the unconnected world

The serial entrepreneur Elon Musk is the next warrior to enter the potential space race to connect world to internet, by planning to launch 4000 satellites into space for the purpose. Elon Musk has officially requested permission from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for the launch. His company ‘SpaceX’ initially revealed in January 2015 and plans to make it operational in next five years. The idea of Space Internet Technology is... Read More

September 19th, 2015 11:31 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL hikes fixed monthly charge of Sulabh plan in Kolkata from Rs.140 to Rs.160

BSNL the state owned telecom operator has been revising its products and services over the past few months. Now BSNL has hiked the fixed monthly charge of the 'Sulabh Plan' in Kolkata telecom district from Rs.140 to Rs.160. There are no free calls bundled with this plan and outgoing calls are charged at Rs.1.20 per metered call unit for both local as well as STD calls. The details of the... Read More

September 18th, 2015 9:44 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL to start charging Rs.99 per month as rental for previously rent free second connections

In yet another round of revision in tariffs, BSNL will start charging a fixed monthly rental of Rs.99 to the previously rent free second connection in Kolkata telecom district, under 'Sulabh highway incoming' (Plan ID 130007) and DEP MOP (Plan ID 700280). Also there will be no free calls bundled with this connection and outgoing calls will be charged at Rs. 1.6 per metered call unit for both on net... Read More

September 18th, 2015 4:11 PM 2 COMMENTS

Global: Airtel launches Smart TRADE-IN service to replace customers’ old mobile phones with new smartphones

Airtel Nigeria has announced the launch of a new service ‘Airtel Smart TRADE-IN’ enabling the customers to exchange their old phones for new smartphones. The old phone traded is valued and the amount is discounted from the cost of the new phone. The service is currently available in the showrooms of Ikeja Mall, Palms Mall, Sanusi Fafunwa and Oba Akran in Ikeja. Soon, it will be soon rolled out in... Read More

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