BSNLs’ employees observe two days strike on 21st and 22nd of April, among the all other demands for Strike, one of their demands is that “Compensation for loss making Rural services”. So let's have a look at ?the proportion of BSNL’s Rural Connections in the overall Rural Telephone Subscriber base. As per the TRAI’s press release Telecom Subscription Data as on 28th February, 2015, the overall Rural Telephone Subscribers are... Read More
While Indian telecom space is boiling over Net Neutrality, Uninor in a controversial move has removed VOIP calling on its social data packs. It social data packs which offer Facebook and WhatsApp access cannot be used for VOIP calling on these application platforms. As per the update on Uninor website, Voice-over-IP feature (VOIP) of Facebook & Whatsapp will not be part of social data packs offerings. However, VOIP calls can... Read More
Soon after the public started received the text messages of COAI demanding to make call to a toll free number in support of net neutrality. The campaign projects itself as an initiative to connect one billion unconnected citizens of India and reports that the internet should not be a privileged information service, reaching only a few in the country. The association calls all stakeholders to have an open informed debate... Read More
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, will soon meet the telecom companies to discuss the concerns on ‘frequent call drops’, which have raised since past few months. There is no confirmation on date of meeting yet. Besides the mass, the MPs have also reported similar issues on call drops, such that the calls get disconnected within 15-20 seconds of its connection. The complaints say that the... Read More
Tata Docomo, has announced the launch of their Truly Unlimited Plan at Rs 899 for their postpay customers in Mumbai. The plan offers unlimited local and STD calls to all networks and 500 MB of 2G Data Bundled for Consumers, Local and National SMS at 50p/SMS, International SMS at Rs 5/SMS. Designed especially for working professionals and self-employed customers, the plan is also available for Retail, IOCR and SME B... Read More
It seems a few of the Indian companies, especially from telecom, healthcare and education sectors are determined to make a fool of the consumers through their misleading ads. The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) received a total of 167 complaints against various ad campaigns during February. After consideration, the body has sustained the complaints against 125 companies. Among them, 73 misleading ads are from the category of personal and... Read More
COAI has taken a drastic step to confuse people on net neutrality. A campaign called Sabka Internet now creates a hullabaloo among the people. COAI has launched this campaign on Wednesday with a call to send a missed call to a toll-free number. A one page website with tagline ‘Support SabkaInternet for a Digital Bharat’ and a claim for ‘Affordable internet for all’ run live for the purpose. #Airtel sending... Read More
Vodafone India has launched a new 3G Data offer for Prepaid customers in Tamil Nadu dubbed as Vodafone 3G power play scheme which will offer double the data at same price. These offers are launched under the Speed is Good campaign. Vodafone 3G customers can simply dial *121# to access this special limited period offer valid from 17th April 2015 Vodafone 3G power play Plan Details 3G MRP Current Benefit New Benefit... Read More
BSNL already offer free WiFi services at major Ghats of Varanasi and other locations in India. BSNL has now revised its free WiFi plans across PAN India offering more free minutes of WiFi usage. BSNL has revised existing 20 minutes of free WiFi usage and now offer 30 minutes free WiFi a day, maximum 3 times a month. BSNL is already in process of rolling out its WiFi hotspots at major locations across the country. Airtel –... Read More
BSNL had earlier announced its plan to offer Unlimited Free Night Calling on its landline phones. But was only available for landline plans and combo broadband plan users were left out. BSNL has now decided to offer Unlimited Free Night Calling to broadband combo plan users. All major BSNL Landline plans and broadband combo plan subscribers can make unlimited calls to both Landline and mobile phone of any network within the country between the... Read More
Vodafone M-Pesa with over 90,000 agents brings a unique offer for all new M-Pesa customers on transactions pertaining to Mobile Money Transfers and Utility Bill Payments. Under this offer, all new M-Pesa customers making utility payments through M-Pesa get upto INR 50 cash back every month for 6 months. Utilities include Vodafone Post-paid bills, Landline bills, Vodafone Pre-paid recharge, DTH recharges, and Electricity and Gas bill payments. The minimum payment... Read More
Data seems to be the next big thing in Indian telecom market as all the companies are looking forward to introducing lucrative data plans these days. Among many others, MTS has introduced new data postpaid plans for Mblaze Ultra with an objective to enhance its market share. There are five options available to users in Delhi. Plan 1399: Users will get 20 GB day + 20 GB night data at... Read More
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