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August 31st, 2013 12:26 PM 39 COMMENTS

Broadband – Internet Rates May Go Up by 30% as DoT Decides to levy Fee on it in Unified Licence

Using the Internet or Broadband may become costlier up to 30%  as the Department of Telecom changed its rules of telecom licences agreement bringing revenue from Internet or Broadband services under its cess net. Earlier the initial version of the Unified Licence which was introduced on August 2,2013 , DoT had exempted Internet - Broadband services revenue from adjusted gross revenue (AGR) - part of telecom company's earnings on which... Read More

August 29th, 2013 5:10 PM 87 COMMENTS

TRAI Imposed Fines on 8 Mobile Operators over Poor Quality of Services, Aircel & Reliance Tops the Chart

India's telecom regulator TRAI has recently imposed fine on  GSM and CDMA mobile service providers who were not meeting the benchmarks for Quality of Service  as per regulations Aircel and Reliance (Rcom and RTL) tops the chart. TRAI imposed fine of Rs.9,50000 on Aircel, 9,00,000 on Reliance Communications (Rcom) and Reliance Telecom (RTL),  Rs.4,00,000 each on Vodafone India, Tata Docomo and BSNL, Rs.2,50,000 on Idea Cellular, Rs.2,00,000 on Uninor and Rs.1,50,000... Read More

August 27th, 2013 9:33 PM 53 COMMENTS

India To Have Just 5 Telecom Operators, Offering Services Nationally : Anil Ambani

Indian telecom industry is facing a virtual consolidation and within a few years the country will have just 5  pan-India operators offering services at the national level, Reliance Communications (Rcom) Chairman Anil Ambani said today. "We believe that the India's telecom sector is going through a virtual consolidation and we expect in the next few years India will see 4-5 large operators who will be there on nation wide (pan... Read More

August 27th, 2013 9:27 PM 32 COMMENTS

Data War: is CDMA Player MTS Losing the Game?

CDMA is dying in India – post MNP thousands of customers moved out from CDMA networks (mostly Reliance and Tata Docomo) and joined GSM networks. Country’s only pure-play CDMA operator MTS India, the telecom service brand of Sistema Shyam Teleservices is the sole savior of CDMA in the country. But are they taking right moves to make CDMA popular? Probably they are not, so main 7 concerns I find MTS... Read More

August 27th, 2013 7:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches Pan India ‘Women Empowerment’ Scheme

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, in a unique step of women empowerment,  launched the product sale through Women Retailers, Direct Selling Agents and Women Rural Distributors. According to Mr. R.K.Upadhyay, Chairman and Managing Director, BSNL " under the new scheme, we will appoint Women Direct Selling Agents,  Women Rural Distributor or Women Retailers. This unique scheme covers remote, urban and rural segment of... Read More

August 27th, 2013 4:02 PM 34 COMMENTS

4G India: Reliance Jio, TranSwitch, Rancore, Airtel, Tikona, Google, Videocon, Nokia

This week's biggest 4G news is Reliance Jio Infocomm has applied for unified license to offer any type of communications over its 4G/BWA spectrum won in 2010. That means Reliance Jio can offer voice and messaging services as well as data services over its 20MHz of 2300MHz spectrum. Govt recently has come up with unified license policy to open up new opportunities to telecom sector of the country. The new... Read More

August 26th, 2013 2:01 PM 29 COMMENTS

Vodafone India Introduces Internet World, a Data Experience Zone in Karnal (Haryana)

Vodafone India has launched a unique Vodafone Internet World, a data experience zone at Movie Time Theatre in Karnal. It was launched during the Vodafone Internet Weekend held on August 24 and 25, 2013. This first-of-its-kind initiative is a part of Vodafone’s strategy to democratize mobile internet and drive adoption and usage in the state. It gave people an opportunity to experience a whole gamut of internet options available on... Read More

August 26th, 2013 1:51 PM 22 COMMENTS

Videocon Mobile Services Now Offers International Long Distance Calls to US and Canada at less than 10P/min

Videocon Mobile Services has introduced a special US and Canada ILD (International Long Distance) Pack. This never before voucher is available for both new & existing subscribers and offers the lowest calling rates to US & Canada across industry. This Voucher offers free ILD calls to US and Canada at an effective price of less than 10P/minute, which is a discount of 98% on the rack rate of Rs 6.40... Read More

August 23rd, 2013 11:31 AM 16 COMMENTS

TRAI Tightens Norms, Now Rs.5000 fine on Telcos for Pesky Calls and SMS

In a bid to curb pesky calls from telemarketers, Indian Telecom regulator TRAI issued new rules include a fine of Rs.5000 for each complaint on a telecom operator if found that the unsolicited commercial call (UCC) or SMS was made by unregistered telemarketers using its network. TRAI also said that the basic phone or Wireless / Mobile connections of Banks, Insurance firms and Realty players will be disconnected if rules... Read More

August 22nd, 2013 12:29 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone and ICICI Bank Launches Mobile Money Service ‘M-Pesa’ in Mumbai

Vodafone India along with ICICI bank today launched its mobile money transfer and payment service 'M-Pesa' in Mumbai, expanding the footprint in the country's business capital. Apart from Mumbai, the service, which was launched in December last year, is presently available in Kolkata, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Delhi - NCR. With the M-Pesa mobile money service, Vodafone subscribers will be able to deposit and withdraw cash from designated... Read More

August 22nd, 2013 6:16 AM 26 COMMENTS

GSM Operators Add 1.49 Million Subscribers in July; Aircel Leads the Chart

According to data released by industry body the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI), Aircel adds maximum subscribers in July 2013, leaving Bharti Airtel and Uninor behind at 2nd and 3rd spot respectively. The company adds 755,523 users during the month, taking its total to 61.73 million. The total GSM subscriber base of India stands at 672.63 million recording a 0.22 per cent rise from the previous month with the... Read More

August 21st, 2013 5:42 PM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone – ICICI Bank’s M-Pesa (Mobile Money Service) Launched in Delhi and NCR

Vodafone India today announced the launch of ‘M-Pesa’ a unique mobile money transfer and payment service in Delhi and NCR. The financial transactions are provided by ICICI Bank for M-Pesa services. This service will now be available through 1400 specially trained authorized agents and across 130 Vodafone exclusive retail stores in Delhi and NCR region. Using their ‘M-Pesa’ account, customers can at their convenience: · Deposit and withdraw cash from... Read More

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