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Tharun G December 24th, 2014 1:56 PM 252 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Airtel starts charging for VoIP data on 2G and 3G, calls on Viber and Skype not to be covered by data packs

This Christmas may not be much of a delight for Airtel subscribers. In an unprecedented move, Bharti Airtel has started charging standard data rates for VoIP data usage on all Internet data packs and plans. As per the new data policy All Internet/data packs or plans (through which customer can avail discounted rate) shall only be valid for internet browsing and will exclude VoIP (Both incoming/ Outgoing). VoIP over data connectivity would be charged at standard data rates... Read More

Esmail December 24th, 2014 1:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

COAI asks Department of Telecommunications to limit testing of imported telecom equipment

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has written a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to conduct testing of imported telecom equipment on a sample basis rather than testing the entire shipment, as the latter would impede the supply of key network equipment. The industry telecom body has also requested for phased local screening of telecom network products as the country does not have the adequate infrastructure,” said COAI... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 23rd, 2014 5:10 PM 15 COMMENTS

How Can Airtel Beat Reliance Jio on 4G Turf?

Bharti Airtel, country's largest mobile operator, is going to enter a challenging phase with Reliance Jio's upcoming & much-anticipated commercial launch of 4G services. To make it short, Airtel's strategy regarding 4G is basically in limbo until Jio launches its services. They are watching Jio's footprints but thanks to Jio's super secret policy they can see only what Jio is showing to everybody. Jio have understood that there is no... Read More

Srikapardhi December 23rd, 2014 5:02 PM 6 COMMENTS

GSM mobile operators add 8.21 million in subscribers in November: COAI

GSM mobile operators have added 8.21 million in subscribers in November taking the overall base to 670.25 million with, 1.24% increase over the previous month, according to the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). All India GSM cellular subscribers as of October 2014 stood at 762.36 million. Idea Cellular has added 2.54 million subscribers in its network in November, the highest among GSM-based operators in India in terms of numbers... Read More

Srikapardhi December 23rd, 2014 12:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo launches FRC-51 for customers in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana regions

Tata Docomo has launched a new first recharge coupon-51 (FRC) for its new prepaid GSM customers in the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions. Under the new plan, the FRC is available at Rs. 51, and it offers full talktime on all top up recharges starting at as low as Rs 10, for 6 months. Plus, FRC 51 also provides talk time of Rs 30, 100 free SMSs every day for 30 days, and... Read More

Sonali Dange December 22nd, 2014 4:23 PM 49 COMMENTS

Why Reliance Jio wins hands down against Airtel 4G

4G war is definitely heating up and all of us are waiting with baited breath for Reliance Jio to launch its services. We have seen what Airtel has to offer in terms of 4G and now have lot of expectations from Reliance Jio in terms of 4G services in India. In my last article, I had analysed the pricing strategy of Airtel 4G. Today I am analysing Airtel vs Reliance... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 22nd, 2014 2:33 PM 2 COMMENTS

Department of Telecommunications wants all Machine-to-Machine servers based in India

A panel under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recommended that all the application servers and gateways that are used for machine-to-machine (M2M) services, must be located in India. The panel has suggested so on the grounds of national security. The DoT panel has also recommended that M2M service providers (MSPs) should be jointly governed under the regulations of the specific industry vertical where such M2M services are deployed along... Read More

Tharun G December 22nd, 2014 1:48 PM 21 COMMENTS

BSNL Kerala migrates to Trichy Intelligent Network, USSD and activation code changes

BSNL Kerala is migrating GSM prepaid Mobile Connections to Trichy based new intelligent network. The first phase of migration was completed on 16-12-2014 and 3.4 Lakh numbers were migrated. Due to migration USSD codes and SMS short codes for STV activation has been changed. The current number 53733 has been changed to 123. Prepaid STV balance enquiry short code will be *124*2#. New self-care USSD portal is now available on *124# for BSNL Kerala subscribers. Data... Read More

Srikapardhi December 22nd, 2014 1:13 PM 19 COMMENTS

Tata Docomo starts offering create your own number services

Tata Docomo has started a new service called "Create Your Own Number" which will allow its customers to create their own 10-digit mobile number. With this, Tata Docomo customers can walk into any Tata Docomo brand store and create a number based on preference for existing numbers, birth dates, favourite numbers or anything simple to remember. “For the millennial generation, their smartphones have become an extension of their personalities. Many favour specific device... Read More

Chethan S December 21st, 2014 11:58 PM 12 COMMENTS

Vodafone loses appeal over its spectrum licence extension in six circles

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) has rejected Vodafone India’s plea to extend the validity of the operator’s licences in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (East) circles. The operator’s licences in the seven circles will expire in December 2015. Earlier, Vodafone had approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for an extension of these licences for a period of 10 years but DoT’s refusal made the telecom operator... Read More

Srikapardhi December 21st, 2014 11:41 PM 34 COMMENTS

4G in India: COAI seeks deadline extension for the 4G network rollout by another five years

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has requested the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to extend the deadline for completion of 4G network rollouts by another five years. The government had allocated 4G spectrum to telecom service providers in the auction in 2010, with specific rollout targets for the spectrum winners. The operators were supposed to achieve the network rollout within a five-year period which expires in 2015. In case telecom... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 21st, 2014 2:13 PM 4 COMMENTS

WiFi Can be a Game changer for Reliance Jio

Around 2 years back WiFi was a technology from Mars for Indian. But WiFi now sees its mass adoption, thanks to public WiFi offerings, cheap home broadband. People are creating WiFi at their homes as they have more than one internet enabled devices. For Jio Wifi is important to reach existing non 4G mobile phone users. On the preview website we saw two of such Wifi router devices. These devices... Read More