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Esmail September 8th, 2015 7:32 PM 30 COMMENTS

Airtel launches new Data paper recharge coupons in Bangalore, offering 1GB 3G/4G data at Rs. 47

Airtel the largest operator by subscriber base has launched two new paper recharge coupons (PRCs) in Bangalore city of Karnataka circle. Airtel says these recharge coupons are aimed at targeting the young users who work night shifts in BPOs in bangalore or students who stay up till late at night and are looking for affordable mobile data options. The first coupon with denomination of Rs.9 comes in 3 variants, the... Read More

Ria Lakshman September 8th, 2015 4:07 PM 2 COMMENTS

TRAI formulates steps to publish circle-wise network quality of operators on regular basis, action will assist consumers to take informed choice

Besides the proposal to give compensation to consumers on call drops, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to publish another paper on tracking the network quality of operators regularly. Such a tracking will help the subscribers understand which operator provides the best service in an area and choose the service provider accordingly. “Ideally customers should know quality of service provided by each base tower station (BTS), but the... Read More

Srikapardhi September 8th, 2015 2:35 PM 10 COMMENTS

Videocon Telecom has been awarded the new Number series to meet additional 1 Mn subscriber demand

Videocon Telecom, has been awarded new number series to accommodate 1 million additional subscriber demand in the Gujarat Telecom Circle. The new series have been awarded post the telco’s eligibility of VLR criteria’s on existing series as specified by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Videocon Telecom which already has 3 Number series, to accommodate 3 million subscribers in Gujarat telecom circle, will now be able to accommodate an additional Million... Read More

Imon September 8th, 2015 5:04 AM 15 COMMENTS

Vodafone launches new a roaming pack for Delhi, aims to acquire more users

Recently, Vodafone launched some new Roaming Minutes packs for the Delhi & NCR region. Public telecom operators (BSNL & MTNL) are providing free roaming for incoming calls since past few months, but private telecom operators are still charging for such calls. Earlier, those operators started offering Roaming Rate Cutters to make and receive calls during roaming at low cost. This time, Vodafone has introduced some Roaming Minutes packs to help... Read More

Esmail September 7th, 2015 9:26 PM 3 COMMENTS

The promise shown by ‘Jio Money’ and how it will stack up against competition

It is just recently that major operators like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea got payment bank licences from RBI and along with them an operator which is yet to launch commercial services, Reliance Jio got the payment bank license as well. But the questions that arise at this point are 'what is the significance of these mobile payment portals and wallets?' 'What segment of e-commerce was left uncovered by netbanking and... Read More

Imon September 7th, 2015 4:51 PM 7 COMMENTS

Uninor, the ‘Sabse Sasta’ operator, hikes data rates in the Gujarat circle

Uninor, the Telenor-owned Indian telecom unit, which has been promoting itself as 'Sabse Sasta' operator, has hiked data pack prices in the Gujarat circle. The revision came in when operators are increasing data rates, which industry experts are saying they are trying to earn more before they start bleeding after Reliance JIO's launch. If you don’t know, Reliance JIO will launch commercially with dirt-cheap rates to gain maximum users in... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas September 7th, 2015 1:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Netcruise Killed, Now It’s all MTS

We just lost another CDMA brand from India - Vodafone Netcruise. It was actually EvDO Rev A based data services provided over USB data cards. Vodafone and MTS India (SSTL) entered into a partnership in July 2011 by which SSTL’s EVDO products are to be sold under Vodafone brand. That time deal was perfect for both - Vodafone was weighing profit from 3G, and had 3G presence in just 9... Read More

Esmail September 6th, 2015 6:24 PM 36 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance communications starts charging roaming between Maharashtra and Mumbai circle

Reliance communications, India's 4th largest telecom operator has started charging roaming tariff between Maharashtra and Mumbai circles which it used to treat as paired circles previously. This move seems to have been influenced by the ongoing trend in the market where operators like Tata Docomo started charging roaming tariff between Kolkata and West Bengal circles. There are thousands of subscribers who currently have connection of one circle and frequent to... Read More

Imon September 6th, 2015 2:16 PM 14 COMMENTS

Idea sweetens the deal for new users on its network by introducing a new STV

To tap new users into own network, Idea cellular has launched new special tariff voucher (STV) in the Kolkata circle, which also includes Sikkim as well as Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The new STV aims new users whose 'Age-On-Network' is less than 30 days on Idea's network. Anybody with above mentioned terms can recharge with Rs. 4 STV through easy or self recharge to get local Idea-to-Idea call price of... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 8:46 PM 37 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo to strengthen 3G footprint in Karnataka circle in the current fiscal

Tata Docomo the 7th largest telecom operator by subscriber base has declared that it is in the process of setting up more 3G towers in Karnataka circle to improve its 3G footprint in the circle. Tata recently expanded its 3G network in the state by investing in 1000 new 3G towers and 500 new 2G towers across Karnataka. Even Aircel has recently declared that they will be adding 510 new 3G towers... Read More

Esmail September 5th, 2015 3:52 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL declares promotional and regular tariff for Audio and Multimedia Video conference calls

Last month we reported how BSNL has launched the v-Sangoshti plan for video conferencing for enterprise segment. Now BSNL has launched a similar offering on both Voice as well as Video conferencing platforms for residential and commercial connections using wired broadband. BSNL has launched a promotional offering for both platforms whereby it will be giving the plans at zero monthly rental with immediate effect upto 30th November. During the promotional... Read More