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Rudradeep Biswas December 8th, 2014 3:43 PM 1 COMMENTS

3G Roaming issue: SCI issues notice to Airtel, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, and Tata Teleservices

The Supreme Court of India has issued notice to Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone India Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd and Tata Teleservices Ltd over Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal’s (TDSAT) judgement that allowed Airtel, Idea and Vodafone to offer 3G services under a roaming arrangement in areas where not all of them own 3G spectrum. This notice was issued in an appeal by the department of telecommunication (DoT) challenging an... Read More

Tharun G December 8th, 2014 2:22 PM 8 COMMENTS

Idea reduces data/validity of existing 3G pack, adds two new packs in Kerala Circle

Following Airtel's footsteps, Idea has also reduced data and validity of certain 3G packs in Kerala circle. Now Idea subscriber has to spend more to get 3G internet for a month. Monthly 3G packs Rs 107 used to provide 300MB data for 30 days has been drastically reduced to 21 days validity and 250MB data. Validity of another monthly pack Rs 199 600MB has been reduced to 28 days from existing 30... Read More

Srikapardhi December 8th, 2014 3:37 AM 2 COMMENTS

TRAI report card: BSNL tops in wired broadband as of october 2014

The number of broadband subscribers between September and October has increased from 75.73 million to 79.21 million in India, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The largest growth in broadband during October this year was among mobile devices users (phones and dongles), registering a growth of 5.75 per cent growth. On the other hand, there was no change between September and October in fixed wireless subscribers (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max,... Read More

Chethan S December 6th, 2014 12:11 PM 23 COMMENTS

BSNL makes profit in Kerala, J&K and Odisha

IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Rajya Sabha that BSNL has made profit in only three territorial circles of Kerala, Jammu & Kashmir and Odisha in 2013-14. The company has recorded profits of Rs 396.80 crore in Kerala, Rs 9.37 crore in J&K and Rs 5.16 crore in Odisha. However, the financial support of Rs 6,724.51 crore has been provided to BSNL on surrender of broadband wireless... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 6th, 2014 4:03 AM 10 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Will Do ‘Ab Dikha Do Apna Magic’

Reliance Jio, since its inception after buying 95% of Infotel, the pan India BWA spectrum winner in 2010 auction is in the news for right reasons. Firstly it was a subsidiary of Reliance Industries controlled by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani who was the guy behind today's Reliance Communications (now owned by Mukesh's brother Anil Ambani). Secondly it marks the fact that Mukesh will be back in telecom. In 2005... Read More

Tharun G December 5th, 2014 5:29 PM 18 COMMENTS

Exclusive First look at Jio Drive : India’s answer to Google drive and One drive, to offer 100 GB storage

When it comes to online storage the obvious options for us would be Google Drive or OneDrive. Reliance Jio is giving you one more option by entering online cloud storage segment with Jio Drive service. Today we bring to you first exclusive look at Jio Drive Android App and its online cloud storage service. Jio Drive is available across multiple platform ranging from Android, iOS, Windows/MAC desktops and on the web. Jio drive comes... Read More

Mahit December 5th, 2014 4:37 PM 6 COMMENTS

Aircel hikes data tariff in Mumbai circle, other operators to follow suit?

Aircel has hiked its base data tariff in Mumbai circle from the previous 10p/10KB to 15P/10KB. This revision in the 2G tariff is currently implemented only in the Mumbai circle and the chances are that it might be done on a PAN India basis pretty soon. The rise in the tariff maybe be considered insignificant as most of us subscribe to a data pack wherein we can browse for a fraction... Read More

Srikapardhi December 5th, 2014 2:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

TRAI to go tough on non compliance of regulations

India's broadcast regulator, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) principal advisor N Parameswaran said that the regulator is in the process of working on the amendment to the Quality of Service (QoS) regulation. The comments have come and the authority is yet to take a final decision on the same. Almost three months ago, the regulator had come up with its consultation paper on levying financial disincentives on multi system... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas December 5th, 2014 1:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

Ericsson to operate and manage Reliance Communications wireline and wireless networks across India

Reliance Communications Limited has signed a seven-year full-scope managed services agreement with Ericsson to operate and manage their wireline and wireless networks across India. Ericsson will also take over responsibility for the field maintenance, network operations and operational planning of Reliance Communications’ 2G, CDMA and 3G mobile networks. This strategic pan-Indian deal is an expansion of the existing agreement, which enables Ericsson to deepen its partnership with Reliance... Read More

Chethan S December 4th, 2014 8:16 PM 1 COMMENTS

New Delhi Railway Station starts free wi-fi service

After Bangalore, New Delhi becomes the second city to provide free wi-fi at its railway station, starting today. Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu and Manoj Sinha, minister of state, launched wi-fi broadband services for public at New Delhi Railway Station. The commuters will be allowed 30 minutes of free internet and will later be charged as per the package designed by Railwire. The commuters would have to spend Rs 25... Read More

Esmail December 4th, 2014 6:16 PM 10 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Reliance Jio to use RCOM as home network ?

Reliance Jio preview website went online few days ago, but it was quickly pulled down. We have managed to pull some in depth information regarding partnership with RCOM from Jio website FAQ page. The partnership has gone beyond passive infrastructure sharing to vital operations of Jio services. Reliance Jio holds 20 MHz of spectrum in the 2300 MHz band in all 22 circles and 5-7 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz... Read More