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Chethan S June 26th, 2014 12:55 PM 28 COMMENTS

Airtel to launch Something Similar to “MyPlan” for Prepaid Customers ?

Yesterday Airtel India tweeted saying "Forced to choose from standard prepaid packs? Not any more, the wait is about to get over" and no more hints were revealed which made lots of prepaid customers excited and curious. TelecomTALK has learnt from reliable sources that Airtel is in the process to make prepaid user experience more friendly and will be launching something similar to myPlan for its prepaid customers . In postpaid Airtel allowed... Read More

Srikapardhi June 25th, 2014 2:16 PM 24 COMMENTS

Airtel offers 33% extra 3G Data in Delhi Circle to Selected Customers for Rs355

Generally we have a concept called wholesale pricing or purchasing goods in bulk - when consumer buys something in bulk they get some discount or extra benefit. In Telecom also we have been witnessing such a similar strategy and it matters the most when the long term customers who are having considerable age on Network get unique benefits depending on their usage pattern. May be in a similar scenario, Manu Arora... Read More

Chethan S June 24th, 2014 8:44 PM 16 COMMENTS

Videocon uses Vodafone’s Help Content and Misses Out Editing Brand Name!

Earlier today we were alerted by Mr. Amolak about Videocon using Vodafone's help content. When @VideoconTelecom copied @VodafoneIN's content via Amolak Mishra through email CC @TelecomTalk pic.twitter.com/aL1d4Igjuz — Chethan S (@gischethans) June 24, 2014 Amolak had emailed Videocon's Appellate authority about the issue. While the authority replied in less than two hours it took almost eight hours to see the actual issue fixed. Funny thing is Videocon fixed only the... Read More

Srikapardhi June 24th, 2014 2:57 PM 9 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular launches ‘No Bill Shock Postpaid Combo Plans’

Idea has launched ‘No Bill Shock Combo Plan’ for its postpaid subscribers in Maharashtra & Goa, Uttar Pradesh (East), Mumbai and Delhi. This plan will help users to avoid any kind of data bill shock by capping monthly data usage limit. Idea No Bill Shock Plans are offered at Rs. 199 and Rs. 275 with 2G data and at Rs. 249, Rs. 399 and Rs. 549 with 3G data. All... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 24th, 2014 1:45 PM 4 COMMENTS

MTS India to Offer Free MBlaze Ultra WiFi Dongles with the Purchase of HP Omni10 Tablets

MTS today announced its latest offering which includes a FREE MBlaze Ultra WiFi dongle on purchase of HP Omni10 tablet that is priced at Rs. 27,990. In addition to the FREE dongle, MTS is also offering customers FREE 200 MB of data usage every month for lifetime as well as accessories including a wall charger and an on-the-go (OTG) cable. The principal thought behind this initiative is to provide HP... Read More

Esmail June 23rd, 2014 9:14 PM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel To Become World’s Third Largest Operator by Subscriber base soon

Bharti Airtel today declared on the basis of its strong subscriber base growth that it is likely to soon become the world’s third largest telecom operator after China mobile and UK’s Vodafone reports ET. This statement comes soon after Airtel signed a definitive agreement with Loop Mobile in Mumbai circle which added 3 million subscribers to its existing 4 million subscribers in Mumbai, making it the largest operator by subscriber... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 23rd, 2014 2:28 PM 3 COMMENTS

Videocon Telecom offers best in class salary increments going up to 38% to its employees

Videocon Telecom has given its employees a big reason to smile. The Telco has announced best-in-industry increments going up to 38% for its employees in the current financial year, with the average fixed raise being 11% and rest coming in form of bonus which will be in addition to the Performance linked incentive (PLI). Here Videocon Telecom employees can earn up to 12 month basic and minimum 3 month basic... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 22nd, 2014 3:50 PM 3 COMMENTS

Huawei to Deliver MTS India’s Smartphone Demand

India's pure play CDMA data & voice service provider MTS India has tied up with Huawei to bring more dual-sim (cdma/evdo+gsm) smartphones. Few days back MTS has launched Blaze 5.0 - with 97GB of bundled high speed data. It's likely that this data promotion will be continued with all future smartphone release from MTS. At present such smartphones from the company are coming from ZTE, Alcatel, Micromax. Our Take: Though... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 21st, 2014 1:12 PM 19 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Bets on Cloud Computing: to Set up 14 Data Centers across the Country

Reliance Jio which is expecting a August 2014 wide level trials and any time in 2015 for commercial roll out is on its way create several data centers across the country. As per the media reports Jio will have 14 data centers in the country. All of them will few of the largest data centers in the world with space of 50,000 - 7,00,000 sq ft. Expected list of Jio's... Read More

Esmail June 20th, 2014 7:03 PM 13 COMMENTS

Vodafone to begin 4G trials in second half of 2014

Closely after Mukesh Ambani's declaration of launch dates of 4G by Reliance Jio comes another declaration from Vodafone India's chief technology officer Vishant Vora stating that Vodafone will be starting its 4G trials in the second half of 2014 in the five circles where it won spectrum in 1800MHz band in the February auctions. Vodafone had won 5MHz or more in the 1800MHz band in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Karnataka and... Read More

Srikapardhi June 20th, 2014 12:18 PM 48 COMMENTS

Vodafone IN Hikes it’s Pay as you Go Internet rates to 4p/10KB

Telecom Major Vodafone IN revised it's Pay as you Go internet rates wef 20th June 2014 from 2p/10KB to 4p/10KB. In a text communique sent to it's AP subscribers, Vodafone sent sms as : We tried to verify and confirm the same by visiting it's website [as on June 20,2014 8:00am] and found that the website has not been updated yet with effective pricing. We then convinced ourselves - "Website... Read More

Asif Iqbal June 20th, 2014 11:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

India Gadget Expo 2014 Hyderabad: Important Updates from Day 1

The India Gadget Expo 2014 was being held in Hyderabad for the first time and the TelecomTalk team was present at the event to cover it. Here are the important updates from Day 1 of the event. Gionee Showcased Its Smartphones Right after the entrance, Gionee had the biggest booth in the India Gadget Expo 2014... Read More